Author: James Boswell

Also known as: James Boswel, Bowell James, James Boswell, Janes Boswell, James Boswell Esq, James Boswell esq. ... (see complete list), Robert M., Boswell Hutchins, James and Pottle, Frederick A. Boswell, James Boswell edited by Frederick A. Pottle, James Boswell; Frederick A.Pottle [Editor], James]; Charles Grosvenor Osgood, ed. [Boswell, James. Introduction By Herbert Askwith. Boswell, James; Pottle, Frederick A. (Edited by) Boswell

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Books by James Boswell

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The Life of Samuel Johnson 1083 copies, 12 reviews
Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763 361 copies, 1 review
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides With Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. (Konemann… 102 copies, 2 reviews
Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764 including his correspondence with Belle de… 57 copies, 1 review
Meeting Dr. Johnson 44 copies
Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson (Selected and Abridged By Edmund Fuller) 40 copies
Boswell on the grand tour: Germany and Switzerland, 1764 39 copies
Boswell in search of a wife, 1766-1769; 31 copies
The Journals of James Boswell: 1762-1795 28 copies
The life of Samuel Johnson, Vol I of III 28 copies
Boswell on the grand tour: Italy, Corsica, and France, 1765-1766 19 copies
The heart of Boswell : six journals in one volume 19 copies
The Life of Samuel, LL.D and the Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides 19 copies
The Life of Samuel Johnson. Volume II. Everyman's Library No. 2 19 copies
Boswell for the defence, 1769-1774; 18 copies
Boswell's Edinburgh Journals, 1767-1786 11 copies
To the Hebrides: Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands And James… 10 copies
Boswell's Life of Johnson, together with Boswell's Journal of a tour to… 9 copies, 1 review
Boswell, the applause of the jury, 1782-1785 9 copies
Boswell, Laird of Auchinleck, 1778-1782 9 copies
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1740-10-29

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1795-05-19

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UK (Scotland)

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Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

London, England, UK

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University of Edinburgh

University of Glasgow

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