[Rarebooks] FS: Boswell's JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES WITH SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1786

[Charles Agvent]

BOSWELL, James. THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES WITH  SAMUEL
JOHNSON,  LL.D.  London: H. Baldwin for C. Dilly 1786. Third  Edition.
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.  Later  boards with early leather  spine  label.  Probable
First  Issue:  Ad leaf present but not half title which may have  been
lost   in  rebinding.  Cancel  leaf   (pages  73-74)  bound  reversed.
Illustrated  with a portrait of Samule Johnson. A map was added in the
1791  printing  but is not present here. Printed on  quality
paper,  this edition is identical to the First London Edition, but the
Errata  has been incorporated into the text. Occasional foxing,  small
tear to dedication leaf. Very Good                             $350.00

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