The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell.
London & New York: William Heinemann & McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1950-1989. 8vo. 14 volumes, set. First editions, first impressions. Original cloth, gilt. The last four volumes are in their original jackets. Some boards a little warped. The jackets of volumes 11 & 12 are rubbed and 12 is faded on the spine as usual. Loosely inserted are newsletters from the editorial board at Yale and some correspondence including an airmail letter to the former owner from Frederick A Pottle explaining the delay in publication and Heinemann's dropping of UK publication. Item #8342
The set consists of: Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763, ed. Frederick A. Pottle (William Heinemann, 1950); Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764, ed. Frederick A. Pottle (William Heinemann, 1952); Portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds, ed. Frederick W. Hilles (William Heinemann, 1952); Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland, 1764, ed. Frederick A. Pottle (William Heinemann, 1953); Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy, Corsica, and France, 1765-1766, ed. Frank Brady and Frederick A. Pottle (William Heinemann, 1955); Boswell in Search of a Wife, 1766-1769, ed. Frank Brady and Frederick A. Pottle (William Heinemann, 1957); Boswell for the Defence, 1769-1774, ed. William K. Wimsatt Jr. and Frederick A. Pottle (William Heinemann, 1960); Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 1773, ed. Frederick A. Pottle and Charles H. Bennett (McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961); Boswell: The Ominous Years, 1774-1776, ed. Charles Ryskamp and Frederick A. Pottle (William Heinemann, 1963); Boswell in Extremes, 1776-1778, ed. Charles McC. Weis and Frederick A. Pottle (William Heinemann, 1971); Boswell: Laird of Auchinleck, 1778-1782, ed. Joseph W. Reed and Frederick A. Pottle (McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1977); Boswell: The Applause of the Jury, 1782-1785, ed. Irma S. Lustig and Frederick A. Pottle (William Heinemann, 1982); Boswell: The English Experiment, 1785-1789, ed. Irma S. Lustig and Frederick A. Pottle (William Heinemann, 1986); Boswell: The Great Biographer, 1789-1795, ed. Marlies K. Danziger and Frank Brady (William Heinemann, 1989). Complete sets are becoming increasingly uncommon.
Price: £350.00