Boswell in Holland: 1763 - 1764, including his Correspondence with Belle de Zuylen (Zelide] (The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell) by Boswell, James [ Frederick A.Pottle -- editor] - 1952

William Heinemann, London, 1952. First Edition Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. editorial committee, advisory committee, list of illustrations, introduction by editor, five appendices and index. Map illustrated endpapers, of Holland at the time of Boswells' visit. Black and white illustrated frontispiece, showing the Tower of " The Cathedral and part of Cathedral Square, Utrecht ". Within the text there are three other illustrations. Dark blue coloured tint to the top text block edge. Dark blue coloured boards with gilt coloured illustration on the front board and gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a coloured illustration of the frontispiece, with black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. In this book we meet James Boswell in Holland, and what he did, whom he met, letters written to various friends and family and the day-to-day life of a gentleman- at- large in the middle of the 18th century.  Softening to the head and heel of the backstrip and book corners. Foxing to the text block edges and foxing has intruded onto the first few pages and the last few pages of the book. Browning and offset tanning to the endpapers. Browning to the pages. Dustwrapper is in very poor shape.Rubbing to the dustwrapper with water marks and myriad handling marks. Chipping to the backstrip edges and to the dustwrapper corners with a few chips and tears to the edges. There is a tear on the bottom spine which traverses the full width of the spine and down the back panel measuring 1.5 ". There is foxing on the verso of the dust wrapper along with blue coloration from the book cloth. The front fold over is priced clipped on the lower right-hand corner, and there is a crease running full length of the front fold over. There is also faint discolouration along the extreme edge of the dust wrapper. The dustwrapper is also somewhat "loose" around the book.  Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XIX, 430 pages, last 2 blank, . Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Letters ; Diaries; 18th Century; Netherlands; 18th century; Inventory No: 0101261. .