Author: Oliver Goldsmith; Mary Russell Mitford; Washington Irving
Title: The Vicar of Wakefield; Our Village; the Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall
Description: London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1904-1906 . Cloth. A beautifully presented collection of books by Oliver Goldsmith, Mary Russell Mitford and Washington Irving, highly illustrated by Charles E. Brock. In the publisher's original cloth binding, highly decorated with gilt to the front board and to the spine. First editions thus with illustrations by Charles E. Brock. These works are part of The Series of English Idylls collection. This collection is comprised of the following: 'The Vicar of Wakefield' (1904) by Oliver Goldsmith, first published in 1766, surrounds ideas of family endurace and the drama concerning the Primrose family. With twenty-five colour illustrations. Collated, complete. Mary Russell Mitford's charming collection of sketches of rural life in Victorian England, in 'Our Village' (1904), first published in 1843. With twenty-five colour illustrations. Collated, complete. 'The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall' (1906) by Washington Irving, first published in 1822. With twenty-four colour illustrations. Collated, complete. The charming, colourful illustrations present in these works are by widely published English painter and illustrated, Charles E. Brock. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt to the front board and to the spine. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities and to the spine. A touch of darkening to the spine and the occasional light mark. Light offsetting and age toning to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Charles E. Brock. Very Good Indeed .

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