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1954 The Highland Jaunt: A Study of James Boswell and Samuel Johnson
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Early Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Rebound
The second impression of this work, published five months after the first impression.
Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen images on plates. Collated, complete.
Moray McLaren offers a literary and historical study of the celebrated journey undertaken by Johnson and Boswell through the Scottish Highlands and islands in their Hebridean Tour of 1773.
Drawing on Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, McLaren examines the contrasting temperaments, observations, and ambitions of the two travellers, as well as the cultural, political, and social context of the Scotland that they encountered.
Rebound in crushed morocco with gilt detailing, with endpapers renewed.
Condition
Rebound in crushed morocco with gilt detailing to back strip and board perimeters. Endpapers renewed. Light fading to back strip as is common with morocco of this shade, otherwise externally fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.
Fine
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