Unsigned first edition book: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson. First edition, first issue with 12-line errata. London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1775. Hardcover bound in contemporary calf, 5.5 x 9, 384 pages. Book condition: VG-/None, with scuffing to boards, creasing to spine, mottled foxing to textblock, gift inscription to first free end page, and engraved portrait of Johnson affixed to front pastedown. In 1773, Johnson toured Scotland— in particular the islands of the Hebrides—along with his friend James Boswell, who published his recollections of the journey a decade later. A desirable first edition of Johnson's candid account of Scottish life and culture.
