The Imperfect Correspondent in Historical Perspective: [introduction to] an anthology assembled by Ian Jackson and privately issued as a New Year's present for his friends

Ian JACKSON

Published by Berkeley: [privately printed for Ian Jackson], 2005

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4to. Wrappers. Edition limited to 100 copies. A disquisition with examples - laced with footnotes as lengthy as they are diverting. (The anthology itself is not present: a series of quotations individually presented on piles of A4 paper for correspondence.) "I think the only chance of a good biography," he quotes Benjamin Jowett, "is for a man to write memoirs of himself. His friends always think it necessary (except for Boswell, that great genius) to tell lies about him - they leave out all his faults lest the public exaggerate them. But we want to know his faults - that is probably the most interesting part of him." Jackson, benevolent in scholarship, hoards and harvests such imperfections. Seller Inventory # 24M100130

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Title: The Imperfect Correspondent in Historical ...

Publisher: Berkeley: [privately printed for Ian Jackson]

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition