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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
de Johnson, Samuel
- Usado
- good
- Estado
- Good/No Jacket
- Librería
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Dover, New Hampshire, United States
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Baltimore: Philip H. Nicklin and Co., et al., 1810. First American Edition. Full Leather. Good/No Jacket. Fry and Kammerer, printers. Stated first American edition. x, 284, iv pp. Full leather with minor gilt decorative ruling to the covers, and gilt banding to the spine. Johnson's reflections on the natural and cultural history of Western Scotland, recounting his journeys among the lakes and terrain of various islands, and into various villages. In GOOD condition. Moderate scuffing to the leather, with rather heavy scuffing along the extremities and hinges. Corners bumped and slightly bent over. Very minor surface cracking to the leather spine. Missing a ½ inch triangular piece at the foot of the spine. A few minor ink smudges to the rear cover, with a faint dampstain at the upper right corner. First two front endpapers beginning to detach along the lower gutter. Many ownership signatures/writing to the first and last endpapers, title page and introductory page, some in pencil, some in ink. Marginalia present to one page within. A few scattered ink spots present. Moderate browning to the pages, with scattered foxing and soiling. Dog ear creases present to the upper corners of many pages. Light dampstain affecting the upper fore edge margin of the last few pages.
Sinopsis
"I mentioned our design to Voltaire," wrote Boswell. "He looked at me as if I had talked of going to the North Pole …" As it turned out, Johnson enjoyed their Scottish journey (although the land was not quite so wild and barbaric as perhaps he had hoped), and Boswell delighted in it. The year was 1773, they were sixty-three and thirty-two years old, and had been friends for ten years. Their journals, published together here, perfectly complement each other. Johnson's majestic prose and hawk eye for curious detail take in everything from the stone arrowheads found in the Hebrides, to the 'medicinal' waters of Loch Ness and 'the mischiefs of emigration'. Meanwhile, it is very lucky that as Johnson was observing Scotland, Boswell was observing Johnson. His record is perceptive, highly entertaining and full of sardonic wit; for him, as for us, it is an appetizer for The Life of Johnson .
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 003685
- Título
- A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
- Autor
- Johnson, Samuel
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Full Leather
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First American Edition
- Editorial
- Philip H. Nicklin and Co., et al.
- Lugar de publicación
- Baltimore
- Fecha de publicación
- 1810
- Palabras clave
- Noisbn Samuel Johnson Scotland
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Travel;
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