SISMAN, Adam.

Boswell's Presumptuous Task.

New York: Farar, Straus, & Giroux, (2001),

First American Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. xxii, 351pp. Farar, Straus, & Giroux, Item #13368

A study of the friendship between Samuel Johnson and Boswell, Boswell's struggle to finish his great biography, and his relationships with family, friends and competitors. Very fine in a very fine jacket.

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