Boswell JamesABAA
Boswell JamesABAA
The journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson . containing some poetical pieces by Dr. Johnson relative to the tour and never before published: a series of his conversation literary anecdotes and opinions of men and books . From the London edition revised and corrected by the author
181024722Philadelphia: John F. Watson 1810. First American edition 8vo pp. xvi 2 412; contemporary marbled boards rebacked and retipped new red morocco label on spine; title a bit browned else a very good sound copy. Another edition was published in Boston later the same year. "Though the Life is a vaster and richer piece of work no one will maintain that it displays Boswell's unique gift for biography better than the Tour. Indeed most lovers of Boswell will agree that the Tour as a whole is more consistently good than the Life; that is that nowhere in the Life could one find so many consecutive first-class pages as those that compose this book" Pottle. The book published is almost the same as the actual journal that was kept in 1773. When Johnson's death made it possible for Boswell to publish the manuscript he only added an introduction and a conclusion before giving it to the printer. Pottle 63. <br/><br/> John F. Watson hardcover books
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