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Everybody's Boswell Being the Life of Samuel Johnson, abridged from James Boswell's complete text and from the "Tour to the Hebrides"
by Boswell, James; Morley, F.V. [editor]
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1930. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. dark blue blind-stamped cloth, no dust-jacket. 665 pages. Index. Illustrated with 55 drawings and map end-papers by Ernest H. Shepard. Edited and abridged by F.V. Morley. Stated first edition. The best abridgment of thee classics to date. No previous ownership marks. No previous ownership marks. paper cracked on inner front hinge, not affecting integrity, and spine lettering quite dulled. A clean, square, tight and unmarked copy. Remnants of tattered jacket laid-in loose. Good+. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018353
- Title
- Everybody's Boswell Being the Life of Samuel Johnson, abridged from James Boswell's complete text and from the "Tour to the Hebrides"
- Author
- Boswell, James; Morley, F.V. [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Biography, Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography and Biography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
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- Cloth
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- Cracked
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- Spine
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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