A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

by Samuel Johnson

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

First edition, first issue, with 12-line errata. D8 and U4 are cancels. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, marbled endpapers, early rebacking preserving original spine. Joints a bit tender, title and text lightly spotted. Courtney & Smith p. 122; Chapman & Hazen p. 151; Rothschild 1256. Item #40064 The scarce first printing. I had desired to visit the Hebrides ... and was ... induced to undertake the

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