The Life of Samuel Johnson Vol.I by James Boswell
1820. New Edition. 512 pages. Fully bound in brown leather. Gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Volume I. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Front free endpaper, frontispiece, title page and first page textblock detached but still present. Moderate water marks to pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate peeling and splits to spine and corners. Visible wear marks to boards.