Catalogue of the Papers of James Boswell at Yale University: For the Greater Part Formerly the Collection of Lieut.-Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham

Edinburgh University Press / Yale Univ. Press. New. 1993. Hardcover. 0748603999 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED - 1440 p. , 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 -- REVIEWS: This three-volume work provides a detailed description of the complete papers of James Boswell, housed at Yale University--a collection of over 10,000 items that is considered one of the most significant in the literary world. Thoroughly indexed thematically and by name, the Catalogue offers a wealth of new information not only on Boswell but also on the society in which he lived and the illustrious people--from Voltaire to King George III--about whom he wrote. * "It’s hard to imagine how anyone doing serious research relating to James Boswell himself, or to those with whom he had much correspondence or contact, is going to be able to avoid consulting this colossal cataloguing achievement." --Richard B. Sher, Eighteenth-Century Scotland * "[An] extraordinary work. .. .This intelligently organized and meticulously detailed Catalogue will richly benefit not just Boswellians but all students of life in eighteenth-century Britain." --Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. -- with a bonus offer-- .