Author: CARLYLE, ALEXANDER (1722-1805); KINSLEY, JAMES, EDITOR
Title: Anecdotes and characters of the times / edited with an introduction by James Kinsley
Description: London : Oxford University Press 1973. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxiv. 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index. The text for this edition is taken from 'the autograph of 'Anecdotes and characters of the times' (Carlyle's title. misleadingly altered to 'Autobiography' by his first editor John Hill Burton in 1860).' - note. Series; Oxford English memoirs and travels. Subjects; Carlyle. Alexander 1722-1805. Scotland — Social conditions — 18th century. Scotland — Social life and customs. Scotland — Social life. 1729-1769 — Personal observations — Early works. 1860. civilization. Genre; Autobiography. ISBN: 019255414X. Weight in Kg appr.:

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