Boswell's journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D: Now first published from the original manuscript by Boswell, James - 1936

Literary Guild, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Literary Guild, 1936. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Literary Guild, Inc, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. First printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. New York: The Literary Guild, 1936. In mylar. Fold-out map. Illustrated. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Literary Guild, Inc, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First Edition, 1936; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages completely free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket in Good condition, moderately edge-worn, now housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; An excellent copy; Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: The Viking Press, 1936. First edition, Limited edition 787/790. Hardcover. Octavo, xviii, 435 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus slipcase. Slipcase in red paper with title label on rear panel, light soiling, blemishes on front panel. Spine is is red with paper title label. Boards quarter bound with red cloth to spine and red paper to boards. Light blemish to front top edge. Text block has deckle edges, spotting to edges and endpapers, uncut pages. Illustrated with b&w folded map and plates. 1372248. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York; London: The Viking Press; William Heinemann, LTD, 1936. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 7.5". None. A limited edition copy of James Boswell's important journal recounting his 1773 tour with his friend, Samuel Johnson. A limited edition, limited to seven hundred and ninety copies, of which this is numbered three-hundred and fourteen.Without the original slipcase.Illustrated with one folding map, and four plates. Collated, all illustrations are present.'The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides' is an important early travel journal by James Boswell, recounting his travels with his friend Samuel Johnson, who was then in his mid-sixties. Boswell encouraged Johnson on this tour through the highlands and western islands of Scotland, setting out from Edinburgh in 1773. This work was penned from the diary that Boswell kept during the tour, and was published after Johnson's death in 1784.Boswell and Johnson met in 1763 when Johnson was fifty-four, and they became fast friends. Their friendship resulted in… Read More

New York : Viking Press, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good 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. Previous owner's bookplate. Physical description; xviii, 435, [4] p., [6] leaves of plates (1 folded) : facsims., map ; 26 cm. Subjects; Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784 — Travel — Scotland — Hebrides. Boswell, James 1740-1795 — Travel — Scotland — Hebrides.