OLIVER GOLDSMITH BIBLIOGRAPHICALLY AND BIOGRAPHICALLY CONSIDERED. Based on the Collection of Material in the Library of W.M. Elkins, Esq.
by SCOTT, TEMPLE. Introduced by A. Edward Newton
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About This Item
New York: The Bowling Green Press, 1928. . Limited edition, no 240 of 1,000 copies, small 4to., pp.xix,368, uncut, pictorial black cloth, gilt, t.e.g., colour frontispiece with tissue guard, b/w illustrations; neatly pencilled annotations and ticks to List of Illustrations, just occasional pencil markings within, engraved ownership bookplate plus publication notice to front paste-down endpaper, rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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- Bookseller
- MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- OLIVER GOLDSMITH BIBLIOGRAPHICALLY AND BIOGRAPHICALLY CONSIDERED. Based on the Collection of Material in the Library of W.M. Elkins, Esq.
- Author
- SCOTT, TEMPLE. Introduced by A. Edward Newton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: The Bowling Green Press, 1928.
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- Cloth
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