Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763
by BOSWELL, James; POTTLE, Frederick A. (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Littleton, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1950. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Book club edition. A diary kept by James Boswell in which the 22-year-old Scotsman recorded events over a period of 9 months during his visit to London. Though written in the 18th Century, the journal wasn't published until this 1950 edition. An entry in the publisher's series "The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell." With maps of central London and the Thames waterfront at endpapers, and two additional plates with facsimiles of the journal's leaves. Edited, and with an introduction by Frederick A. Pottle. Preface by Christopher Morley. --- In light blue paper-covered boards backed in darker blue cloth, with gilt-stamped spine titling; Boswell family crest to front cover. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With a small area of soiling to front cover, otherwise a tightly-bound, intact copy.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xxix, 370 pages .
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 87055
- Title
- Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763
- Author
- BOSWELL, James; POTTLE, Frederick A. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir; >>England, UK and UK History; >>History;
Terms of Sale
Bluebird Books
All sales sold on a satisfaction guaranteed basis--all we ask is that you notify us within 30 days of purchase that you would like to return an item.
About the Seller
Bluebird Books
Biblio member since 2005
Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...