2nd printing, October 1987. Pages lightly age toned else a fine , tight copy. In eighteenth-century England, Dr. Johnson and his biographer, James Boswell, investigate nine mysteries which involve highwaymen, hidden treasure, and murder. These delightful, cerebral mysteries which have more in common with Sherlock Holmes. The stories are related by James Boswell, the real life biographer of Dr. Samuel Johnson. Some are based upon actual events with Johnson and Boswell added by literary license. In all of the stories the language and surroundings ring true to the period.

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Title

Dr. Sam: Johnson Detector (IPL Library of Crime Classics)

Publisher

International Polygonics, LTD, N.Y.

Publication Date

1983

Language

English

ISBN 10

0930330080

ISBN 13

9780930330088

Binding

Pictorial Wrappers

Illustrator

Sweny, Stephen

Edition

2nd Printing.

Condition

Near Fine

Book Type

Book

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In eighteenth-century England, Dr. Johnson and his biographer, James Boswell, investigate nine mysteries which involve highwaymen, hidden treasure, and murder

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