Boswell's Life of Johnson, Volume I, 1709-1776 by James Boswell
1904. Oxford Edition. 680 pages. No dust jacket. Volume I. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. B&W frontispiece. Heavy foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Moderate sunning to spine and board edges. Small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends.