SKU: BBB-0262
BIOGRAPHY - MEMOIR
The Life of Samuel Johnson & The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Harper & Row / Harper Torchbooks |
| Year Published | 1966 |
| Edition | First Harper Torchbook edition 1966 (abridged/selected reprint of original 1791 text) |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Condition | Fair–Good |
| Genre | BIOGRAPHY / Memoir |
| BriteBound SKU | BBB-0262 |
About This Book
THE LIFE OF DR. JOHNSON & THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES WITH SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. First Harper Torchbook edition published 1966 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Incorporated, 49 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016. Originally published in 1910 by Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc., New York, and G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., London under the title Everybody's Boswell. Reprinted by arrangement. Selections edited by F.V. Morley; Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Harper Torchbooks — The Academy Library, TB 1254. Price on back cover: $3.95 (with library sticker). Red/yellow cover with pink/black 18th-century street scene illustration. Cover shows heavy wear, creasing, and edge damage — condition Fair to Good. Interior yellowed but readable. One of the most famous biographies in the English language; Boswell's Life of Johnson is a perennial classic with steady collector and academic demand.