A Collection from the Yale Edition of the Private Papers of James Boswell
Published by Heinemann 1952-1963, London, 1952
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
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A collection of four smart volumes from the Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell. Four volumes. From the Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell. A set of detailed and comprehensive historical and biographical studies of the life and work of James Boswell, a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer best known for his biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson, Life of Samuel Johnson, which is commonly said to be the greatest biography written in the English language A great mass of Boswell's diaries, letters, and private papers were recovered from the 1920s to the 1950s, and their publication by Yale University has transformed his reputation. This set contains: Boswell in Holland 1763-1764, 1952. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. A work of travel writing, containing diaries and letters from Boswell from his time travelling through Holland. Edited by Frederick Albert Pottle, an American editor best known as the editor of Boswell's papers and the author of an outstanding account of Boswell's life. Boswell for the Defence 1769-1774. First edition, review copy with the original request from the publisher. Illustrated with a frontispiece, five plates and three maps. Collated complete. This volume collects Boswell's journals from the years following his marriage, detailing his early adult life as an advocate in Edinburgh and his return to London for literary pursuits. Edited by Frederick Albert Pottle and William Kurtz Wimsatt Jr., an American professor of English, literary theorist, and critic. Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, 1773, 1963. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates, and two maps. Collated complete. With a new preface, this is a modern edition of a book read and admired for two centuries, following Boswell and Johnson on their tour of the Hebrides. Edited by Frederick Albert Pottle and Charles H. Bennett, an American scholar. Boswell: The Ominous Years 1774-1776, 1963. First edition. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. This new section of the inimitable journal begins after the execution of the sheep-stealer in Edinburgh, for whose life Boswell had fought so valiantly to the end. Following his soon busy social life and struggle to remain faithful to his wife. Edited by Frederick Albert Pottle and Charles Ryskamp, an American art director. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than Boswell in Holland and Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson which have been price-clipped. Wrappers are smart with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spines with the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. A contemporary ink inscription to the front fly leaf of Boswell in Holland. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with minor age toning to the endpapers. A contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper of Boswell in Holland. Near Fine.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Collection from the Yale Edition of the Private Papers of James Boswell
- Author
- Frederick A. Pottle; William K Wimsatt Jr.; Charles H. Bennett; Charles Ryskamp
- Publisher
- Heinemann 1952-1963, London
- Publication year
- 1952
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Cloth
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Edition
- First edition.
- Item weight
- 2 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 9.5" by 6.5"
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