Author: EDITED BY JOHN WILSON-CROKER
Title: Boswell's Life of Johnson Including Theirtour to the Hebrides
Description: London: John Murray, 1860. New Edition.. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in full brown leather binding with 5 raised bands to spine,with brown moroccan label to sdpine lettered in gilt,compartments within spine richly adorned with gilt device,gilr lined borders.All page edges are marbled and the endpapers are in a rich and colouirful blue and brown marbled pattern.Binding is firm with no hinge weakness,some spotting to pre-lims and endpapers,some surface scratch marks to outer boards.Very Good condition of this One New Edition complete in single volume.With frontispiece and illustrated with 6 Portraits of Samuel Johnson through the years.Preface is followed by an impressive full-page portriat of James Bowell.The work includes a further nine Portrait Plates.Some slight wear to corners but a very decent copy in this handsome full leather (calf) binding 8vo heavy tome at over 1.5 KG [1860] New Edition 874pp. Very Good .

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