JAMES BOSWELL: The Earlier Years, 1740-1769 [and] The Later Years, 1769-1795
by Pottle, Frederick A. and Frank Brady
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0070505586
- ISBN 13
- 9780070505582
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Both the first (1966) and second (1984) volume are first editions. The definitive biography of James Boswell (1740-1795) one of the world's great diarists, and author of the exceptional biography 'Life of Johnson,' who ranks as one of the literary giants of the Age of Enlightenment. Prepared by the two greatest Boswellian scholars of the 20th century. Textual illustrations. The first volume is a very good copy, with some mild edgewear to the boards and pictorial dust jacket. The second volume is fine in a fine dust jacket. An essential set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65964
- Title
- JAMES BOSWELL: The Earlier Years, 1740-1769 [and] The Later Years, 1769-1795
- Author
- Pottle, Frederick A. and Frank Brady
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0070505586
- ISBN 13
- 9780070505582
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Literature, Biography, Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Travel, English Writers
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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