BOSWELL, JAMES. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791. Engraved portrait and two plates. 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary tree calf gilt, lower joints renewed, but cracked, upper joints cracked, upper cover of vol. 2 becoming loose, some wear to spine ends and edges; endpapers renewed, lacking advertisement leaves ([-]2) in vol. 1 and front blank ([A]1) in vol. 2, some scattered pale foxing; cloth chemises and quarter morocco pull-off slipcase. FIRST EDITION, First State of S4r in first volume, with "gve" on line 10. Bookplates of William Mills Rothschild 463. (2)
BOSWELL, JAMES. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791. Engraved portrait and two plates. 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary tree calf gilt, lower joints renewed, but cracked, upper joints cracked, upper cover of vol. 2 becoming loose, some wear to spine ends and edges; endpapers renewed, lacking advertisement leaves ([-]2) in vol. 1 and front blank ([A]1) in vol. 2, some scattered pale foxing; cloth chemises and quarter morocco pull-off slipcase. FIRST EDITION, First State of S4r in first volume, with "gve" on line 10. Bookplates of William Mills Rothschild 463. (2)
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