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A Diary of a Journey into North Wales, in the Year 1774
by Johnson, Samuel
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- first
- Condition
- Modern half-calf over marbled boards. Old library stamps to verso of title and last page, old dampstaining p 51-53 affecting one
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About This Item
London: Printed for Robert Jennings, 1816. First Edition, issue without Q2 ad leaf. Edited, with Illustrative Notes, by R. Duppa. WIth two facsimile plates of Dr. Johnson's handwriting. [iii-]xvi, 226 pp. Errata slip tipped before p 1. Without half-title. 1 vols. 12mo. Modern half-calf over marbled boards. Old library stamps to verso of title and last page, old dampstaining p 51-53 affecting one plate, very good. First Edition, issue without Q2 ad leaf. Edited, with Illustrative Notes, by R. Duppa. WIth two facsimile plates of Dr. Johnson's handwriting. [iii-]xvi, 226 pp. Errata slip tipped before p 1. Without half-title. 1 vols. 12mo. Johnson in Wales. This is the first printing of Johnson's diary of a trip to Wales which he took with the Thrales in July-August of 1774. The diary was later incorporated into various editions of Boswell's Life (e.g., Croker's edition, 1831). Courtney & Smith, p. 174; Fleeman 816.DW/1 (b)
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 307526
- Title
- A Diary of a Journey into North Wales, in the Year 1774
- Author
- Johnson, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Edited, with Illustrative Notes, by R. Duppa. WIth two facsimile plates of Dr. Johnson's handwriting. [iii-]xvi, 226 pp. Errata
- Book Condition
- Used - Modern half-calf over marbled boards. Old library stamps to verso of title and last page, old dampstaining p 51-53 affecting one
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, issue without Q2 ad leaf
- Publisher
- Printed for Robert Jennings
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1816
- Keywords
- American | Europe | Samuel Johnson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; History, Travel & Geography;
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- 12mo
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