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Attention Goldsmith Collectors!! 1806 Five Volume Set The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith Here is an antiquarian set of hardcover books that would be a fantastic addition to a collection! You are bidding on a rare set of antique hardcover books titled The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith. A New Edition, in Five Volumes. To Which Is Prefixed, Some Account of His Life and Writings. Printed in London for J. Johnson..., 1806. This is a very early complete set of the Miscellaneous Writings of Oliver Goldsmith! The set is complete in five volumes and you are bidding on all five volumes. It is an all-matching set. Oliver Goldsmith was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright 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." He is thought to have written the classic children's tale "The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes," the source of the phrase "goody two-shoes". This antique set is bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards, with raised bands and gilt-lettered red leather spine labels. The books show external wear, with rubbing and minor scuffing to the covers. The spine title labels are in gold lettering on red morocco labels. Two of the spine title labels are missing. The bindings are firm. The pages are tightly bound with one page partially loose in Volume I. The pages exhibit occasional light foxing, with heavier foxing visible on the frontispiece portrait of the author in the first volume. The books remain in good condition. A very early complete set! The set of books has nice provenance: A bookplate appears on each front pastedown of Mr. Thomas Storey of Westfield House, Lancaster. Sir Thomas Storey was the mayor of Lancaster four times and the High Sheriff for the county. He was governor of the Royal Ablert Asylum and of the Ripley Hospital. Would make a super addition to a collection. Great gift idea! (Inventory: Box 2) Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter
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