This 1952 first edition is the second volume of the acclaimed Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell, documenting the famed biographer’s experiences during his travels in the Netherlands. Published by William Heinemann Ltd, it features extensive scholarly annotation by a prestigious editorial committee from Yale and Oxford. The volume is bound in its original navy blue cloth with a crisp gold-gilt crest on the front board. The book is in very good vintage condition with a tight, square binding and bright gilt, showing only minor shelf wear to the edges and light, age-related foxing to the preliminary pages and paper edges.