Boswell's Life of Johnson: including their Tour to the Hebrides. By the Right Honourable John Wilson Croker ... New edition. With portraits
by Boswell, James (1740-1795)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London : John Murray, 1876. New Edition. Hardback. Good to very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Gilt vignette to front panel. Sun-toning evident to spine and boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Some library marks remain. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Remains quite well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 874 pages; Physical description: xxx, 874p. frontis., ports.; 24.5cm. Subjects: Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784 -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs - 18th century -- English literature -- Literary biography. Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. Hebrides (Scotland) -- Description and travel. Notes: A reissue of the edition of 1860.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 222145
- Title
- Boswell's Life of Johnson: including their Tour to the Hebrides. By the Right Honourable John Wilson Croker ... New edition. With portraits
- Author
- Boswell, James (1740-1795)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : John Murray
- Date Published
- 1876
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