DE LA TORRE, LILLIAN — Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector, Being a Light-Hearted Collection of Recently Revel'd Episodes in the Career of The Great Lexicographer, Narrated as from the Pen of James Boswell

New York, A.A.Knopf. 1946, Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Book, Including : The Unmasking of the Flying Highwayman; the Singular Episode of the Monboddo Ape Boy; the Recovery of Prince Charlie's Vanish'd Ruby; the Stolen Christmas Box, and the Pilfer'd Great Seal of England; also, the Detection of the mysterious Visitant of Mincing Lane, and the macrabre affair of the Wax-work Cadaver. Baffling mysteries unravelled by the inimitable Doctor, as narrated by Boswell - all in authentic 18th.C style and places - a light delight for Johnsonian readers. Bookplate on ffep, slight stains and wear. Good>Very Good/No Jacket.