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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales (6 Volume Set)
by BOSWELL, James; HILL, George Birkbeck (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1891. Hardcover. James Boswell's biography of the noted English author Dr. Samuel Johnson has been described as "the greatest biography written in the English language." This 6-volume set was edited by George Birkbeck Hill, and published in 1891 on the centennial of the first publication of this work. With various frontis portraits of Dr. Johnson and James Boswell, and with fold-out facsimile letters and miscellaneous engraved illustrations. --- In blue cloth-covered hardcovers w/gilt-stamped spine titling; top edges gilt. Volumes lack dust jackets. --- With a tear to the cloth at the back joint of Volume I, some chafing and rounding of cover edges, inked gift inscription to first two pages of volume I and a little looseness to some signatures; else a clean, firm, unmarked set.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 604,551,527,514,524,lxxi,323 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78675
- Title
- Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales (6 Volume Set)
- Author
- BOSWELL, James; HILL, George Birkbeck (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1891
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
Biblio member since 2005
Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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