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    By Oliver Goldsmith
    Glasgow   R. Chapman
    8.5" by 5.5" viii, cxxiv, [4], 240; iv, 372; xii, [2], 421; v, [3], 383pp
    The collected works of Irish author Oliver Goldsmith, including his best known works, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.
    By Oliver Goldsmith

    1816 The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith

    Glasgow   R. Chapman
    8.5" by 5.5" viii, cxxiv, [4], 240; iv, 372; xii, [2], 421; v, [3], 383pp
    The collected works of Irish author Oliver Goldsmith, including his best known works, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.
    £225.00
    : 3kgs / : 955P38
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    Illustrated, Leather Binding

    Complete in four volumes.

    A collection of the works of Oliver Goldsmith.

    Illustrated with a frontispiece to Volume I. Collated, complete.

    Including a life of the author, alongside, 'The Vicar of Wakefield', miscellaneous poems, 'The Good-Natur'd Man', 'She Stoops to Conquer', 'The Deserted Village', biographical pieces on Dr.Parnell, Henry Lord Bolingbroke, 'The Citizen of the World', 'The Bee', prefaces by Goldsmith, essays, and poetical eulogies.

    'The Vicar of Wakefield' is Goldsmith's best known work, and was one of the most popular and widely read novels of the Victorian era. The novel follows Charles Primrose, the vicar, as his family loses money, and sees him and his children through many trials and tribulations.

    Oliver Goldsmith was an Irish poet and novelist. Goldsmith studied at Trinity College Dublin, where there stands a statue of him by J. H. Foley.

    Condition

    In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart, a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. Light marks to the boards and spines. Very small damp stain to the front joint of Volume II. Front hinge of Volumes II, III, and IV are starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Repairs to the title pages of Volumes I, II, and III, repairing chips.

    Very Good

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