Title: Everybody's Boswell
Author: James Boswell
Illustrator: Ernest H. Shepard
Year: 1989 (First Edition)
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Wordsworth
Remarks: 1st Wordsworth edition
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good/Very Good
Author: James Boswell
Illustrator: Ernest H. Shepard
Year: 1989 (First Edition)
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Wordsworth
Remarks: 1st Wordsworth edition
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good/Very Good
Description:
James Boswell's humorous and epic biographical account of "arguably the most distinguished
man of letters in English history", Dr. Samuel Johnson, also serves as a fascinating portrayal
of everyday life in Victorian Britain.
Illustrated with no less than 54 excellent, full-page b&w sketches by the celebrated Ernest Shepard.
Chocolate cloth boards with gilded text on spine. Dust jacket scuffed along extremities. Minor wear to front; rear has four, small square-shaped pockmarks, plus a light hint of soiling. Otherwise the jacket is complete and free from tears. Pages are in very good, unmarked condition – although p. 191 has a small closed tear – and the vintage tan framing them actually enhances the character of the book! Binding is very tight.
Measures 23.5 cm × 15.5 cm (9.4″ × 6.2×). Oversize 8vo. 608 pp.
Price: £15.00 £10.00
