Life of Samuel Johnson Volume I by James Boswell
No Edition Remarks. 576 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound blue leather with blue cloth covered boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Volume I. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Gilt lettering is darkened. Heavy sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Heavy splits and peeling to spine and corners. Visible wear marks to boards.