Boswell James.ABAA
Boswell James.ABAA
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson LL.D. By James Boswell Esq. 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: With an Authentick Account of the Distresses and Escape of the Grandson of King James II. In the Year 1746.
1785122700Sm. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1785. Sm. 8vo iii-vii lacks half-title 1 524 1pp. Modern full diaper calf panelled in gilt backstrip stamped and lettered in gilt with 4 raised bands a lovely retrospective binding by Dusel. § First edition mixed issue; E3 E4 and M4 are cancels as usual; leaves I5 Q7 and U6 are in Pottle's second state. We first sold this copy in 2005 after Dusel rebound it. It makes a very attractive "gift" copy. "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 57. Rothschild 456. Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly hardcover books
