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New York: Soho Press, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st, edition, Signed by the author on the title page, 329 pages. Condition: FINE book / FINE jacket: new. In 1763, James Boswell and Samuel Johnson take a boat down the Thames to visit Greenwich. Unknown to this pair, they are being stalked by John Boswell, James's younger brother, who has recently been released from an asylum for the insane. A perfect literary thriller set in 18th century London.

New York: E P Dutton Inc, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 1st edition (stated, number line), 8vo, pale rust boards with beige cloth backstrip, 210 pages. Condition is VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD + jacket: a few faint spots to top page edge, small scrape on front board; jacket has minor edgewear, price-clipped. A fictionalized account of the Ladies of Llangollen, Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, well-born ladies who defied all conventions of the 18th-century Irish homeland and eloped as a married couple to live in Wales.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. NF. 200p. 1st edition. NF/ NF : minor wear; book is unread (in mylar).