Marrin's Bookshop

Synopsis

Edited by frank brady, assistant professor of english and frederick a. pottle sterling professor of english, yale university. (the yale editions of the private papers of james boswell).

Item Description

FIRST TRADE EDITION. 8vo. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. xxix+ [iii] + 425 pp. Bound in original blue cloth, gilt, with gilt clock of series device, in unclipped pictorial dust wrappers, which has edge wear, including head and tail of spine. Extremities worn, including corners and chips at tail of spine. Page edges and endpapers browned, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 7 plates, including portrait frontispiece, facsimiles and folding plan of the city of Edinburgh. Map endpapers. Decorated by devices on series and title pages. Based in Edinburgh and at the family estate at Auchinleck, Boswell alternates between a number of women before entering into marriage with his cousin, Margaret Montgomerie. The book also contains an account of Boswell's two visits to London, including conversations with Dr Johnson, and his appearance at Garrick's Shakespeare Jubilee at Stratford-on-Avon. Complete with introduction, notes, appendices, including genealogical tables, and a full analytical index.