Oliver Goldsmith - The Deserted Village

London, Constable & Co. 1909. Hardback. The first W. Lee Hankey's illustrated edition of Oliver Goldsmith's celebrated poem. A social commentary denouncing the depopulation of rural areas in the country, and the pursuit of excessive wealth written in heroic couplets and narrating of the decline of a village as more and more people move to America. By the famous English author Oliver Goldsmith. Published together with a limited edition signed by the artist. First edition thus of the trade edition with forty stunning colour plates by W. Lee Hankey, British painter and book illustrator known for his landscapes, character studies, and portraits of pastoral life. Collated, complete.From the library of William Hulme Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme, with armorial bookplate to front pastedown. In the original publisher's full cloth binding over pictorial front board. Externally excellent with light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, back strip darkened. George Fleming sticker to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting scattered to odd leaf, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: W. Lee Hankey. Very Good Indeed .

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