Lot 314 , Boswell, James - The Life of Samuel Johnson, 6th edition, 4 vols, 8vo, half calf, portrait and titles browned and spotted, bookplates o

Boswell, James - The Life of Samuel Johnson, 6th edition, 4 vols, 8vo, half calf, portrait and titles browned and spotted, bookplates of Charles William Hamilton Sotheby, London 1811, uniformly bound with - Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, ..., published by Hester Lynch Piozzi, 2 vols, London 1788 (6)
Estimate £50-80

The Vol II letter is certainly heavily foxed, title page not as bad, foxing disappears by page 13


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