Item #43722 The Life of Samuel Johnson (10 volumes). James Boswell, Clement Shorter.

The Life of Samuel Johnson (10 volumes)

New York and Garden City: Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday, Page and Company, 1922. Temple Bar Edition, Limited. Hardcover. Octavo [23 cm] 1/4 parchment vellum with brown patterned paper over boards and paper spine labels printed in red and black. Top edge gilt; other edges deckled. Engraved frontispieces and illustrations in the text with tissue guards. Good only. The spines are darkened, and there are large areas of damp staining on most of the spines. Several volumes have occasional tide marks on the pages (some larger than others), and there are sporadic cracks in the text blocks. All plates present. Item #43722

Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson and Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides in Ten Volumes with A Bibliographical Introduction by Clement Shorter. Number 72 in an edition limited to seven hundred and eighty-five copies.
Extra charges apply due to size and weight.

Price: $250.00

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