Lot 91
Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with "gve" on p.135, line 10, vol. 1, by Henry Baldwin, 1791.
Hammer Price: £2,600
Description
Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with "gve" on p.135, line 10, vol. 1, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 engraved facsimiles, usual cancels (all but NN1 with square brackets to signatures), vol. 2 lacking initial blank (as usual), scattered faint spotting, marginal tear with neat old repair (2Y3, vol. 2), contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, [Rothschild 463], 4to, by Henry Baldwin, 1791.
Description
Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with "gve" on p.135, line 10, vol. 1, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 engraved facsimiles, usual cancels (all but NN1 with square brackets to signatures), vol. 2 lacking initial blank (as usual), scattered faint spotting, marginal tear with neat old repair (2Y3, vol. 2), contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, [Rothschild 463], 4to, by Henry Baldwin, 1791.
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