Boswell, James

4to (290 x 229mm.), FIRST EDITION, WITH 10 MANUSCRIPT CORRECTIONS PRESUMABLY IN BOSWELL'S HAND, corrections to page numbers and typographical errors on 8 pages, stabbed and sewn in original blue green wrapper, collector's brown chemise and slipcase, entirely unopened and uncut, some light soiling and marginal fraying

James Boswell; Lady Joyce Gunning Kerr Talbot de Malahide; Ralph Heyward Isham; gifted to his son Jonathan Isham; sale, Christie's New York, 19 May 2000, lot 189

A letter from the solicitor of Lady Talbot to Ralph Isham sent with the pamphlet on 7 June 1951 is included in the lot.

Pottle 113; Rothschild 466

Condition is as described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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IN ENTIRELY ORIGINAL CONDITION, UNOPENED AND UNCUT. Therefore it is presumed that many of the manuscript corrections must have been made at the printers, before the sheets were folded and stitched.

This title was Boswells' last publication, appearing at the same time as the second edition of Life.

The Boswell archive was presumed lost until the early twentieth century, when it became known that many of his papers remained in the collection of his great-great-grandson, the 6th Baron Talbot de Malahide, and had been moved at some point from Auchinleck, Boswell's home in Scotland, to Malahide Castle, near Dublin. Over two decades, the American collection Ralph Isham reassembled Boswell's papers, including those at Malahide Castle. He announced in 1948 that his collection was now complete; this pamphlet was later gifted to him by Lady Talbot in 1951.