THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES AND NUMEROUS WORKS, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER; A SERIES OF HIS EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE AND CONVERSATIONS WITH EMINENT PERSONS 2 VOLUMES
by Boswell, James
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry Baldwin, 1791. London: Henry Baldwin, 1791, First Edition, 2nd state with "Give" spelled correctly on page 135, 4to., 516+588 pages. Book bound in a 20th century quarter brown leather with leather corners, marbled boards. Five raised bands on spine with with gilt decoration between compartments. Red leather title labels and green leather volume labels. Frontispiece with facsimile handwriting of Dr. Johnson, end of volume 2, and the Round Robbin Plate. Set in very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Cape Cod Booksellers
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- Title
- THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES AND NUMEROUS WORKS, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER; A SERIES OF HIS EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE AND CONVERSATIONS WITH EMINENT PERSONS 2 VOLUMES
- Author
- Boswell, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- London: Henry Baldwin
- Date Published
- 1791
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Plate
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Facsimile
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- Jacket
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