Presentation Copy, Inscribed by Author, Henry Guppy. The French Journals of Mrs. Thrale and Doctor Johnson. Edited from the Original Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library and the British Museum. With Introduction and Notes by Moses Tyson M.A., Ph.D, . and Henry Guppy, M.A., Ph.D.

Moses Tyson, M.A., Ph.D. . and Henry Guppy, M.A., Ph.D.

Edité par The Manchester University Press, 23 Lime Grove Oxford Road; and The Librarian, The John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester, 1932

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1932 First Edition. Size octavo, 8.75" tall, 274 pages. Signed by Author. Burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, top page edge dyed burgundy, outer edge rough trimmed - some uncut and partially or fully unopened, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, slight fading to spine and outer margins of the boards, toning and dust marking to the uneven page edges, a few faint spots to the front end-paper and half-title, other than this the pages are very clean throughout. Dust jacket condition very good, small nicks/chips along the upper edge and to the spine, spine sunned - darkened, outer margins of panels a little sunned also and also the edges of the flaps, not price clipped, price 15s. Net. Contains a portrait of Mrs Thrale as the frontispiece, tissue-guarded, after the portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, a portrait of Dr. Johnson, tissue-guarded also after the portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds and a facsimile of a page of Mrs. Thrale's French journal and a facsimile of part of a letter from Dr. Johnson to Mrs. Thrale. This is a presentation copy from the author Henry Guppy. It contains a loosely inserted handwritten note by Henry Guppy, on John Rylands Library headed notepaper: "To Mrs Fred Lyall as a moderate token of gratitude and regard from Henry Guppy".

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Presentation Copy, Inscribed by Author, Henry Guppy. The French Journals of Mrs. Thrale and Doctor Johnson. Edited from the Original Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library and the British Museum. With Introduction and Notes by Moses Tyson M.A., Ph.D, . and Henry Guppy, M.A., Ph.D.
• Éditeur: The Manchester University Press, 23 Lime Grove Oxford Road; and The Librarian, The John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester
• Date de parution: 1932
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Cloth Bound Boards
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Signé: Inscribed by Author(s)