[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. 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. London: H. Baldwin for C. Dilly, 1786. Third Edition. 
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. 
(#001570)        $350.00

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