Boswell's Life of Johnson (Six Volumes); Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1891. First Thus. Cloth. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. All volumes have some age spotting, especially on spines. Foxing to preliminary pages in all volumes.
Volume 1: 12 illustrations. Binding loose. 604 pp.
Volume 2: 8 illustrations. Spine starting to separate. 551 pp.
Volume 3: 5 illustrations. 525 pp, last 2 pages are untrimmed.
Volume 4: Water damage to bottoms of pages. 4 illustrations. Hinge starting to separate. 514 pp.
Volume 5: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774). 3 illustrations. Water damage to bottoms of pages. Foldout of a facsimile note handwritten by Boswell. 524 pp.
Volume 6: Water damage to bottoms of pages. Foldout chart of Dr. Johnson's contemporaries with their dates of birth and death. Addenda, index, dicta (quotes listed by topic), philosophi, &c. 523 pp. Last 2 pages untrimmed. Good +. Item #874
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