Earl Percy Dines Abroad: A Boswellian Episode
by Harold Murdock
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 7.5". Not Stated. A limited edition copy of this account of a dinner given in London by General Paoli, in honour of Earl Percy. The first edition, and no. 389 of 550 limited edition copies, of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with nine plates and a folding map. Collated, complete. Harold Murdock (18621934) was a Boston banker, book collector, and Director of Harvard University Press. He wrote several books on English and American history. This work recounts a dinner given in London by General Paoli, the Corsican patriot and refugee, in honour of Earl Percy, in 1778. The guests include Mr Boswell, Doctor Johnson, Mrs Anna Williams and Thomas Pennant. Although Murdock uses research concerning these well-known figures, there is some artistic license used. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, though a little bumped to the extremities, with a couple of marks to the front board. Front hinge is slightly strained but holding firm. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last couple of pages. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 867M15
- Title
- Earl Percy Dines Abroad: A Boswellian Episode
- Author
- Harold Murdock
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 10.5" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- Earl Percy General Paoli Boswell Doctor Johnson General Paoli
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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