[First Edition] Letters of James Boswell

First Edition (first printing). 8vo. xxii, 550pp (over both volumes). Maroon cloth lettered and ruled in gold at the spines, with a blind-stamped double border to all boards. Portrait frontispiece to the first volume. Top edges a little dust soiled and the free endpapers toned. A tiny bump to the tip of one corner, and some light soiling to the upper board of the second volume. A short crease to the corner tips of four adjacent text leaves. A very good set. No dust wrappers. The first volume covers correspondence between 1758-1777, and the second volume 1778-1795.

Estimate:£30.9

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