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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.; Containing Some Poetical Pieces by Dr. Johnson, relative to the Tour, and never before published; A Series of his Conversation, Literary Anecdotes, and Opinions of Men and Books: with an Authentick Account of The Distresses and Escape of the Grandson of King James II, in the Year 1746
by BOSWELL, James
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Without Dust Wrapper
- Seller
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GALSTON, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, England: Printer for Caddel, and W. Davies, Strand., 1807. 4th Edition . Leather Binding. Good/Without Dust Wrapper. 8vo - 7.75 to 9.75" tall. Good - The Fourth Edition Revised and corrected. I believe this is the first edition containing an index. Full calf with 4 pairs of raised bands down the spine, gilt decoration, accompanied by some blind decoration, on the boards and spine with marbles end pages, marbled text block with burnished head, XV, 460 pages, paginated and correct with the engraved frontispiece of James Boswell by W. Evans from an original painting by Joshua Reynolds. Corners bumped and rounded, some shelf wear, slight loss of the leather at te head of the spine (see images), ex Libris plate of "Abraham Wildey Robarts" on the front paste down, pages some pencil edition details on the reverse of the ffep, light foxing and tanning on the first and last few pages, light tanning extremities to the remaining pages otherwise contents clean, bright and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Loudoun Books Ltd.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012933
- Title
- The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.; Containing Some Poetical Pieces by Dr. Johnson, relative to the Tour, and never before published; A Series of his Conversation, Literary Anecdotes, and Opinions of Men and Books: with an Authentick Account of The Distresses and Escape of the Grandson of King James II, in the Year 1746
- Author
- BOSWELL, James
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Without Dust Wrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printer for Caddel, and W. Davies, Strand.
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1807
- Pages
- 460
- Size
- 8vo - 7.75 to 9.75" tall
- Weight
- 1.49 lbs
Terms of Sale
Loudoun Books Ltd.
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About the Seller
Loudoun Books Ltd.
Biblio member since 2022
GALSTON, East Ayrshire
About Loudoun Books Ltd.
Loudoun Books Ltd. was formed on 15 February 2011, although we had been selling at book fairs and through online marketplaces, for approximately 10 years prior to that. Based in Ayrshire, Scotland we specialise Scottish interest, rare, collectable, First Edition and out of print books.
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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- First Edition
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