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The Yale Edition of the Private Papers of James Boswell

Trade Edition    Research Edition    Independent Volumes

Trade Edition

Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763, ed. Frederick A. Pottle, 1950.

Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763 was reprinted by Edinburgh University Press (1991) and Yale University Press (1992).

Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764, ed. Frederick A. Pottle, 1952.

Portraits, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, ed. Frederick W. Hilles, 1952.

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

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

Boswell in Search of a Wife, 1766-1769, ed. Frank Brady and Frederick A. Pottle, 1956.

Boswell for the Defence, 1769-1774, ed. William K. Wimsatt Jr. and Frederick A. Pottle,1959.

Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 1773, ed. Frederick A. Pottle and Charles H. Bennett, 1961.

Boswell: The Ominous Years, 1774-1776, ed. Charles Ryskamp and Frederick A. Pottle, 1963.

Boswell in Extremes, 1776-1778, ed. Charles McC. Weis and Frederick A. Pottle, 1970.

Boswell: Laird of Auchinleck, 1778-1782, ed. Joseph W. Reed and Frederick A. Pottle, 1977.

Boswell: Laird of Auchinleck, 1778-1782 was reprinted by Edinburgh University Press (1993).

Boswell: The Applause of the Jury, 1782-1785, ed. Irma S. Lustig and Frederick A. Pottle, 1981.

Boswell: The English Experiment, 1785-1789, ed. Irma S. Lustig and Frederick A. Pottle, 1986.

Boswell: The Great Biographer, 1789-1795, ed. Marlies K. Danziger and Frank Brady, 1989.

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Research Edition

The Correspondence of James Boswell and John Johnston of Grange, ed. Ralph S. Walker, 1966.

The Correspondence and Other Papers of James Boswell Relating to the Making of the Life of Johnson, ed. Marshall Waingrow, 1969.

The Correspondence of James Boswell with Certain Members of the Club, ed. Charles N. Fifer, 1976.

The Correspondence of James Boswell with David Garrick, Edmund Burke, and Edmond Malone, ed. Peter S. Baker, Thomas Copeland, George M. Kahrl, Rachel McClellan, and James M. Osborn, 1987.

The General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1766-1769, Volume 1: 1766-1767, ed. Richard C. Cole, with Peter S. Baker and Rachel McClellan, and with the assistance of James J. Caudle, 1993.

Catalogue of the Papers of James Boswell at Yale University, 3 volumes, by Marion S. Pottle, Claude Colleer Abbott, and Frederick A. Pottle, 1993.

James Boswell's Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript in Four Volumes, Volume 1: 1740-1765, ed. Marshall Waingrow, 1994.

The Correspondence of James Boswell and William Johnson Temple, 1756-1795, Volume 1: 1756-1777, ed. Thomas Crawford, 1997.

The General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1766-1769, Volume 2: 1768-1769, ed. Richard C. Cole, with Peter S. Baker and Rachel McClellan, and with the assistance of James J. Caudle, 1997.

The Correspondence of James Boswell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb, Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate, ed. Nellie Pottle Hankins and John Strawhorn. 1998.

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Independent Volumes

Frederick A. Pottle, James Boswell: The Earlier Years, 1740-1769, 1966, rept. 1985.

See also: David Buchanan, The Treasure of Auchinleck: The Story of the Boswell Papers, 1974.

Frederick A. Pottle, Pride and Negligence: The History of the Boswell Papers, 1982.

Frank Brady, James Boswell: The Later Years, 1769-1795, 1984.

See also: Frank Brady, Boswell's Political Career, 1965.

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