BOSWELL, JAMES - Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samual Johnson, Ll. D. Now First Published from the Original Manuscript

Toronto: MacMillan Co, 1936. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Binding is clean, sound and unworn but the spine is very slightly faded; gold lettering is still bright. Untrimmed fore edge. Contents are clean and unworn but are very lightly age browned . No DJ. ; 9-1/2" Tall, XVIII + 435pp. Red cloth, bright gold lettering in black spine panel. TRAVEL. Preface and Notes by Frederick A. Pottle and Charles H. Bennett. When a 19-volume publication of Boswell's manuscripts was almost complete, another extraordinary treasure-trove came to light at Malahide Castle, when through a happy accident an old croquet-box in an unused cupboard was found to contain another large batch of Boswell papers. First in importance among the documents - all of which are invaluable to students of the period - was the original manuscript of the JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES.. The bulk and the added expense would have increased the set too far beyond the limits originally contemplated and promised to the subscribers, so the JOURNAL was published separately. "It is the publisher's privilege thus to make available one of the great books of English literature in its original form, which, as it here appears, differs materially from the previously printed text. " Index. Frontispiece is a two-page fold out map. 5p b/w illus in text.. Very Good- .