Author: HUTCHINS, ROBERT MAYNARD (EDITOR) / ADLER, MORTIMER J. (EDITOR)
Title: Boswell : Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. By James Boswell: Great Books of the Western World Collection Series
Description: Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc, 1984. 1952 Edition: Twenty-Seventh Printing. Hard Cover. 618 pages: 6.5 x 9.5 in.: 2.4: Vol. 44: KB#006847: No Jacket as Issued. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Volume 44 of the Collection. LCCN# 55-10350. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. The only reason that this book is not classified as in Fine condition is that the gilt lettering at the top of the spine is somewhat faded. If interested, I have many additional volumes available of this classic Great Books Of The Western World Series. "The great books are pre-eminently those which have given the western tradition its life and light. The unity of this set of books does not consist merely in the fact that each member of it is a great book worth reading. A deeper unity exists in the relation of all the books to one tradition, a unity shown by the continuity of the discussion of common themes and problems. It is claimed for this set of great books that all the works in it are significantly related to one another and that, taken together, they adequately present the ideas and issues, the terms and topics, that have made the western tradition what it is. ". Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued .

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