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. Seller Inventory # 874

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Title: Boswell's Life of Johnson (Six Volumes); ...

Publisher: Harper and Brothers, New York

Publication Date: 1891

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good +

Edition: First Thus.

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