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Doctor Johnson in Cambridge. Essays in Boswellian Imitation.
by ROBERTS S.C
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University Press, Cambridge,, [1926]. Sm. 8vo., First UK Edition, neat signature on front paste-down, free endpapers mildly browned; marbled paper boards, cloth back, upper board and backstrip with paper labels lettered in black, small splash-stain on board label else a very good, crisp, clean copy. First published by Putnam, New York, in 1922. Collects eight delightful sketches, five of which originally appeared in the 'Cambridge Review'.
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- 8899
- Title
- Doctor Johnson in Cambridge. Essays in Boswellian Imitation.
- Author
- ROBERTS S.C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University Press, Cambridge,
- Date Published
- [1926]
- Keywords
- literature, johnson, johnsoniana, essays, eighteenth century, cambridge, s.c. roberts, literature, doctor, johnson, cambridge
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