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The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell, The Complete Trade Editions, 15 Vol.

The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell, The Complete Trade Editions, 15 Vol.

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The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell

The Complete Trade Editions, in publication order:

Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763
Frederick A. Pottle, editor
McGraw-Hill Book Company 1950

Boswell in Holland 1763-1764
Frederick A. Pottle, editor
William Heinemann 1952

Portraits, by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Frederick W. Hilles, editor
McGraw-Hill Book Company 1952

Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1764
Frederick A. Pottle, editor
William Heinemann 1953

Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy, Corsica and France 1765-1766
Frank Brady and Frederick A. Pottle, editors
William Heinemann 1955

Boswell in Search of a Wife, 1766–1769
Frank Brady and Frederick A. Pottle, editors
William Heinemann 1957

Boswell for the Defence, 1769-1774
Frederick A. Pottle and William K. Wimsatt Jr., editors
William Heinemann 1960

Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 1773
Frederick A. Pottle and Charles H. Bennett, editors
McGraw-Hill Book Company 1961

Boswell: The Ominous Years, 1774-1776
Charles Ryskamp and Frederick A. Pottle, editors
McGraw-Hill Book Company 1963

Boswell in Extremes, 1776-78
Charles M. Weis and Frederick A. Pottle, editors
McGraw-Hill Book Company 1970

Boswell, Laird of Auchinleck, 1778–1782
Joseph W. Reed and Frederick A. Pottle, editors
McGraw-Hill Book Company 1977

Boswell, the Applause of the Jury, 1782-1785
Irma S. Lustig and Frederick A. Pottle, editors
McGraw-Hill Book Company 1980
-includes newsletter from The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell dated September 1986 laid in

Boswell: the English Experiment, 1785-1789
Irma S. Lustig and Frederick A. Pottle, editors
McGraw-Hill Book Company 1986

Boswell: The Great Biographer, 1789-1795
Marlies K. Danziger and Frank Brady, editors
McGraw-Hill Book Company 1989

The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell were established in 1949 to publish the papers in two separate editions, a popular series, known as the Trade Edition, and a comprehensive scholarly Research Edition comprising the manuscript of the Life of Johnson, the journals, the correspondence, as well as a catalog of the papers at Yale. The first volume of the Trade Edition, the London Journal 17621763, appeared in 1950 and, surprising both its publishers at McGraw-Hill and Heinemann and its scholarly editors, became an immediate worldwide bestseller. The publication of the popular series was completed in 1989 with Boswell the Great Biographer, 17891795, the thirteenth volume of the journals. 

Also included in this set, an associated volume:

James Boswell: The Earlier Years, 1740-1769
Frederick A. Pottle
William Heinemann 1966

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