Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector, being, a light-hearted Collection of Recently reveal'd Episodes in the Career of the Great Lexicographer narrated as from the Pen of James Boswell
by James Boswell; Samuel Johnson; Lillian de la Torre
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Jacket spine is a shade faded with worn hinges and lightly chipped ends, small puncture to the jacket front hinge near the top, minor shelf wear to the extremities, front flap price clipped, very little wear to the book itself. Text is clean. Running title, 'including: the Unmasking of the Flying Highwayman; the singular Episode of the Monboddo Ape Boy; the Recovery of Prince Charlie's vanisht Ruby, the stolen Christmas Box, and the pilfer'd Great Seal of England; also, the Detection of the mysterious Visitant in Mincing Lane, and the macabre Affair of the Wax-Work Cadaver. By Lillian de la Torre. New York: imprinted for Alfred A. Knopf, Bookseller, at the sign of the Borzoi, and are to be had wherever Books are sold. 1946.' xi+257 pages..
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- Bookseller
- Companion Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047906
- Title
- Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector, being, a light-hearted Collection of Recently reveal'd Episodes in the Career of the Great Lexicographer narrated as from the Pen of James Boswell
- Author
- James Boswell; Samuel Johnson; Lillian de la Torre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- For Sale;
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Burnaby, British Columbia
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- Shelf Wear
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