Search Results: the life of oliver goldsmith mb by prior james

E.L. Carey & A. Hart, Philadelphia: ., 1837 550 p. Foxed. Early manuscript ownership of John Bair (York County, PA). Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. 8vo. 220 mm. Original full leather binding, rubbed. Original leather spine label. Raised bands. Hardbound. Good. S&S/AI 46432. PAIMP 22. Hardcover. Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: John Murray, 1837. The Irish novelist, playwright, and poet (1730?-1774) is best known for "The Vickor of Wakefield' and "She Stoops to Conquer." Sir James Prior (1790?-1869) also wrote a biography of Edmund Burke. These are Very Good copies of the First Edition. Two volumes; large octavos. Marbled paper boards and endpapers; leather spine and tips. Raised bands on the spine, gilt. The spine labels are rubbed but most of the lettering is still present. Clean texts; 515 pages and 586 pages, indexed. Unfoxed; bright and supple paper; still readable today. The margins are rubbed and bumped Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket.

London : John Murray, 1837. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A scarce set of the works of Irish playwright and author Oliver Goldsmith, complete with an account of his life by James Prior. Containing his miscellaneous works (in four volumes), and his life (in two volumes). Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1730 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish writer and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773). He also wrote An History of the Earth and Animated Nature. WIth bookplate of Stratheden House to front pastedown. Complete in six volumes. In full calf bindings. Externally sound, though with some marks and some rubbing. One joint starting. Two hinges strained. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with just some scattered light spotting and light foxing to the first and last few pages as usual. Good

London: John Murray. 2 Vols. xxiii, 515 pp.; vii, 586 pp. Half leather, marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt designs, and leather strips on spines. Slight corner wear, slight cover rubbing, bookplates, previous owner's names in pencil, slight foxing, Very Good. Tipped in are an autograph letter signed (1859) by James Prior and the stamped and addressed envelope in which it was enclosed. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1837.

London: John Murray, 1837. xxiii,(1), 515 pp, vii, (1), 586 pp. Frontispiece engraving of Goldsmith's Monument in Westminster Abbey facing title page Vol. !, facsimile letter facing t.p. Vol. II In contemporary fine binding of full polished calf, the backs ornately gilt, with red and brown morocco labels lettered in gilt, the covers with double gilt rules, top edges gilt, marbled end papers, from the collection of noted American book collector M.D. Thatcher, his bookplates front paste downs and his signatures in pencil verso front end pages. A Fine and lovely set with notable provenance, a few tiny rubs to calf. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.