The Correspondence of James Boswell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb, Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate - Research Edition: Correspondence, Volume 8 (Hardcover)


This collection brings together many of James Boswell's weekly letters to and from James Bruce and Andrew Gibb, the overseers of his Ayrshire estate. Dealing with the day-to-day issues of estate, rents, milking, hedge-cutting and bottle-washing, as well as more general comments on Boswell's bugeoning career, these letters reveal his closely-maintained links with his birthplace, despite his long absences from it.

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This collection brings together many of James Boswell's weekly letters to and from James Bruce and Andrew Gibb, the overseers of his Ayrshire estate. Dealing with the day-to-day issues of estate, rents, milking, hedge-cutting and bottle-washing, as well as more general comments on Boswell's bugeoning career, these letters reveal his closely-maintained links with his birthplace, despite his long absences from it.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Edinburgh University Press

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell, v. 8

Release date

July 1998

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

1998

Authors

Editors

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Dimensions

234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

420

ISBN-13

978-0-7486-0624-5

Barcode

9780748606245

Categories

LSN

0-7486-0624-6



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