“At night I strolled into the Park and took the first whore I met, whom I without many words copulated with free from danger, being safely sheathed. She was ugly and lean and her breath smelt of spirits. I never asked her name. When it was done, she slunk off. I had a low opinion of this practice and resolved to do it no more.”
First published version of the frank and honest record James Boswell kept between the years 1762 and 1763. Of note, he recounts the fateful meeting of Samuel Johnson, the famous writer, moralist, and lexicographer with whom Boswell would form a lasting, close relationship.
Author: Frederick A. Pottle
Title: Boswell’s London Journal, 1762-1763
Edition: The Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell, First Edition, first printing
Published: New York et al: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1950
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 370p
Condition: Good condition dust jacket with edge wear, light chipping and toning—in new protector. Boards and spine very clean with edge wear, bumping to corners, and crushing at spine ends. Binding solid and square. Pages tanned. Mild foxing on fore-edge.
Comments: Handsome copy
