About this title: In 1762 the 22-year-old James Boswell left Edinburgh to conquer London. His journal, published for the first time only in 1950, is an intimate and exhilarating account of the momentous nine months he spent exploring the high and low life of 18th-century London. It describes Boswell's growing friendship with the great Dr Johnson (later to be ...
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Description: Good in Unknown jacket. HC. VG+. BOMC. Fairly Heavy 8vo. Small stain bottom edge. 370pp. includes index. Some small pieces missing from dj, some browning and edge wear. Dj in glassine cover. T32. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY, 1950
Description: Octavo, hardcover, VG in edgeworn brown pictorial dj. 370 pages, two endpaper maps of period London. The Yale Edition of the Private papers of James Boswell. 37 page introduction and notes by Frederick A. Pottle. 27 page preface by Christopher Morley. read more
Edition: Book of the Month Club
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, New York
Date Published: 1950
Description: Very Good to Fine in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. From the title page: "Now first published from the original manuscript prepared for the press, with introduction and notes by Frederick A. Pottle, Sterling Professor of English, Yale University with a preface by Christopher Morley. " The journal covers 9 months of Boswell's life as a young man. We accompany him to the House of Lords to hear King Geo. III, to a cock fight, to a public execution, etx. 370 pp. Indexed. Map endpapers. The ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Date Published: 1950-01-01
Description: Good. Good+ hardcover with DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear with small tears and tanning/rubbing.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
Date Published: 1950
Description: Very Good in Fair jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "This edition published from the original manuscript prepared for the Press. With introduction and notes by Frederick A. Pottle". 370 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. While a stated 1950 first edition, this is a book club edition printed from the first edition plates. Book: Very good. Clean and complete, with firm hinges. Mild edge wear. Interior pages mildly tanned. Dust Jacket: Fair to good. Substantially ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1950
Date Published: 1950
Description: /Dust Jacket Included. Excellent copy. This hardcover printing is a book of the month club edition. The dustjacket has some wear and tears. No alien writing inside. 370 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw Hill Book Company
Description: Good. B0000CHSWH Hardcover with no DJ, moderate to severe shelf-wear, rubbing, smudges, chipping and bumping on cover, edges, corners, and spine. Binding is tight and square. Inside pages may contain underlining, note taking, tanned pages, folded page corners, and/or highlighting. Book is in stock and ready to ship from Phoenix, Arizona same or next business day. Select Expedited shipping and receive your book within 3-5 business days. Buy with confidence! Please leave feedback after your ... read more
"I read this because it has descriptions of the 10th and 11th Earls of Eglinton (cousins to my husbands family). That was really the only reason, but I do remember being fascinated by Boswell himself and his ability to record the time in which he lived."
"Lots of salubrious details in this little volume (a bestseller upon its release, believe it or not), but I found it pretty dull going on the whole. If you are in love with the hypocritical, theatrical, megalomaniacal, shameless sponge who wrote it, you'll probably like it."
"You can't put this one down. It certainly opens your eyes to the lifestyles of the nearly there in the 18C.
Boswell's no holds barred approach to recalling his adventures in London is totally unexpected. You really feel sorry for this man, who is desperate to follow his dream but inevitably doomed to live the life his father has planned for him."
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