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London : London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1871. New Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in a contemporary binding of navy 1/2 aniline calf over sand grained blue boards. Gilt-blocked leather label to spine, with gilt-tooled compartments. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Marbled endpapers - a.e.g. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 695 pages; Physical description: lx, 695 p. ; 18 cm. Subjects: English poetry -- Irish poets -- 18th century -- Collections -- Anthologies -- Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774). At head of title: ""The Globe edition"". Portrait to title page. Text in double columns.

London : printed for Richardson & Co, 1821. New edition. Hardcover. Good copies only in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 v : ill. ; 22 cm. Subject;Goldsmith, Oliver 1730-1774.

London : Printed for J. Johnson; W.J. and J. Richardson; W. Otridge and Son; F. and C. Rivington; J. Walker; W. Lowndes; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; Cuthell and Martin; F. Wingrave; Scatcherd and Letterman; Wilkie and Robinson; R. Lea; Darton and Harvey; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; and Matthews and Leigh, 1806. New Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Some boards detached. Provenance; from the library of Sir Thomas Jackson with the owner's bookplate. Physical description; four volumes: I-IV only. Subjects; Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774) Criticism and interpretation.

London:: Printed for W. Otridge et al, 1812., 1812. 4 volumes. 8vo. xi, 118, 273; [iv], 450; [ii]; 476; vi, 488 pp. 19 engraved plates including frontispieces (some signed by Charles Burney (1726-1814), Corbould, H. Whatley, Thomas Stothard) - 2 pls. in vol. IV mounted; minor offsetting, light foxing. With a ca.1920s binding signed by Bayntun, Bath, in gilt stamped spine with five raised bands, quarter dark morocco over light blue cloth, a.e.g.; lightly rubbed, cloth occasionally discolored. Very good. Handsome binding for this set. Goldsmith was described by contemporaries as prone to envy, a congenial but impetuous and disorganized personality who once planned to emigrate to America but failed because he missed his ship. His premature death in 1774 may have been partly due to his own misdiagnosis of his kidney infection. Contains a life of Goldsmith. The poems, with separate chapter leaves and associated plates, are: The Traveller; or, A Prospect of Society, [with:] The Deserted Village, [with:]… Read More