Dr Johnson & Mr Savage
by Richard Holmes
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0340529741
- ISBN 13
- 9780340529744
- Seller
-
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Hodder & Stoughton , 1993 Book. Illus. by William Hogarth. Very Good. Blue Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reconstruction of the friendship between Richard Savage and Samuel Johnson, forged twenty years before Johnson met Boswell, drawn from lost poems, trial manuscripts, unpublished diaries and scandal magazines. 260pp with index, illustrated with black and white chapter heads by Hogarth and map of London reproduced on endpapers in red and black. Gilt lettering to spine. Minor bumping to lower edge, otherwise very good plus copy with no inscriptions. DJ is unclipped, with slight edgewear and surface scuffing, otherwise very good..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013198
- Title
- Dr Johnson & Mr Savage
- Author
- Richard Holmes
- Illustrator
- William Hogarth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0340529741
- ISBN 13
- 9780340529744
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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