Author: John Forster
Title: The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith
Description: London, Ward, Lock & Co. 1890. Leather. A lovely illustrated copy of John Forster's biography of Oliver Goldsmith in a tree calf binding. An illustrated work from 'The Minerva Library of Famous Books', in a full tree calf binding, with gilt detailing to the boards, spine and square, and marbled end papers and edges. Prize bookplate to the front paste down from Knutsford's High School for Girls. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations. An informative biography of the notable author Oliver Goldsmith by the Victorian biographer John Forster (1812-1876). In a full tree calf binding. Externally, smart though front board is slightly warped, with cracking to the head and tail of the front joint. Light rubbing to the joints, extremities, and head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: C. Stanfield; D. Maclise; John Leech; Richard Doyle; Robert James Hamerton. Good .

Keywords: Oliver Goldsmith Biography John Forster Biography C. Stanfield; D. Maclise; John Leech; Richard Doyle; Robert James Hamerton


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