Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763

Rare hardcover copy in slipcase. An occasional underlined passage, but mostly unmarked throughout. Slipcase in very good condition. Book shows some light scuff marks on the spine, obvious but not overly bad.

James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (1740-1795) was a Scottish lawyer. In 1762, he traveled to London for the second time—James Boswell's London Journal is the diary he kept. Along with many more of his private papers, it was found in the 1920s at Ireland's Malahide Castle, when it became the property of Yale University; McGraw Hill published it in… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann. 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Fair price clipped dust jacket. Two tears to front panel with tape, several other smaller chips and tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

USA: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition, in Very Good Condition, without dust jacket.The Yale Editions of the private papers of James Boswell. Published from the original manuscript. Introduction and notes by Frederick Pottle, Sterling Professor of Literature, Yale University.… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Australia: William Heinemann Ltd, 1951. Blue boards, gilt lettering and insignia to spine and front. Top edge blue. Endpaper Maps. B/w Frontispiece. Partial toning of front and rear feps. Clean and firmly bound. DJ price unclipped, moderate edgewear. Overweight book.. First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good with slightly cocked spine and rubbing to the corners and the bottom edge of the boards.

London: William Heinemann October 1951 5th Printing 8vo xiii,370pp, 1951 VG+ original blue cloth, gilt devise, map end-papers, in VG+ DW, protected in Brodart sleeve.

Heinemann's Yale Edition, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1950. first published. 370 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth and gilt lettering. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned. More pronounced tanning and foxing to free end papers and pastedowns. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable. Unclipped jacket. Moderate tanning to jacket spine… Read more about this item

London: The Harborough Publishing Co (Ace Books H218) 1958 First UK Paperback Edition, 1958 VG. Cover art by John Vernon.

New York: McGraw Hill Book Company. 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in boards. Light shelfwear on spine. Light foxing on top text block edge. .

McGraw-Hill, January 1950. Hardcover. Good - Cash/No Jacket. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Corners are bumped. Unmarked pages. Secure pages, solid binding. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Penguin, 1966. Paperback. Acceptable. 1966. No Edition Noted. 400 pages. Illustrated black paper cover. Minor tanning to pages with title page coming away from binding. Front hinge is cracked with exposed netting and mild tanning to text block edges. Covers have visible rubbing and noticeable corner bending. Heavier creasing to spine.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper.

Australia: William Heinemann , 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very good hardcover book no inscr. in dustwrapper professionally protected only slight edge wear. First Aust edition. Large 8vo

The Reprint Society, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Clean, tight copy. Foxing to edges and some pages. Dust jacket is fair with small rips and wear to edges. Some fading.

Heinemann, 1950-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Unmarked. No dust jacket. Front and back end maps locate the places mentioned in the book. Preface by Christopher Morley. Prepared, with intro and notes by Frederick A. Pottle. 370p. Index. First Published from the Original Manuscript (Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell). James Boswell's… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good in a good plus dustwrapper. Dustwrapper is worn on the edges and has small tears along the edges, which in some cases have been repaired with tape. Book is slightly rubbed on the edges of the spine and corners. Price was clipped from the inside of The… Read more about this item

Heinemann. Hardback. 370pp. Edited by Frederick A. Pottle. Maps to endpapers. 3 plates. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt device to front is very clean but as patchy colour loss to edges. Dust wrapper is somewhat edge worn with tiny chips and nicks and some more significant loss to head of dust wrapper… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1950. Softcover. Good. Later. Good in wrappers. Has flared cover, readers crease, stain on text edge, name inked on end page. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.