James Boswell and his world by David Daiches - 1976

Scribner. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Scribner. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Scribner, 1976-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. 9x7x0. Slight edge wear to the dust jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. 7.25" wide by 9.5" tall. Very Good condition in Very Good Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Well illustrated with 99 old prints, portraits, document and manuscript facsimiles, etc. Chronology. Bibliographical note. List of Illustrations. Index. First printing, with complete row (with 1 present) on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "He was an extraordinary bundle of paradoxes, and perhaps it is this that makes him so perennially interesting. Loving husband and father, dissipated whore chaser; conscientious lawyer, drunken buffoon; writer of tedious doggerel, and of one of the finest biographies in the English-language: what is one to make a man like this? His copious journals illuminate the paradox, showing us the narcissistic dreamer of glory (Guards officer? politician?… Read More

Scribner, January 1976. Hardcover. Used - Good/Good.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Frontis., 128 pp., illus.

New York : Scribner (�1976), 1976. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 128 pages; Description: 128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Subject; Boswell, James, -- 1740-1795. Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. Authors, Scottish -- 18th century -- Biography.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York : Scribner (�1976), 1976. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 128 pages; Description: 128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Subject; Boswell, James, -- 1740-1795. Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. Authors, Scottish -- 18th century -- Biography.