Author: Oliver Goldsmith
Title: The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith in Six Volumes
Description: Perth, R. Morison Junior, 1792. Leather. A collection of The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith. The set consists of volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 and is missing volume 3. Volume I contains: The Author's Life and his Essays, embellished with Copperplates. Volume 2 contains: All his Poetical Works, Life of Lord Bolingbroke, and Life of Dr Parnell. Volume 2 also contains a fold-out illustration to the front of the volume. Volume 4 contains: First of the Citizen of the World. Volume 5 contains: Second of the Citizen of the World. Volume 6 contains: The Good Natur'd Man, and She Stoops to Conquer. Volume 7 contains: Poems for Young Ladies. Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1730 4 April 1774) was an 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". Goldsmith was described by contemporaries as prone to envy, a congenial but impetuous and disorganised personality who once planned to emigrate to America but failed because he missed his ship. Thomas De Quincey wrote of him 'All the motion of Goldsmith's nature moved in the direction of the true, the natural, the sweet, the gentle&apos. In full calf leather bindings with gilt embellishment to the spines. Externally, a trifle rubbed. There is some chipping to the tops and tails of some of the spines. Some joints are starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound, though some hinges are tender. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. There is an ink inscription to the recto of front free end papers in volume I. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .
Keywords: Oliver Goldsmith Citizen of the World Ireland Citizen of the World None
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Title: The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith in Six Volumes
Description: Perth, R. Morison Junior, 1792. Leather. A collection of The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith. The set consists of volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 and is missing volume 3. Volume I contains: The Author's Life and his Essays, embellished with Copperplates. Volume 2 contains: All his Poetical Works, Life of Lord Bolingbroke, and Life of Dr Parnell. Volume 2 also contains a fold-out illustration to the front of the volume. Volume 4 contains: First of the Citizen of the World. Volume 5 contains: Second of the Citizen of the World. Volume 6 contains: The Good Natur'd Man, and She Stoops to Conquer. Volume 7 contains: Poems for Young Ladies. Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1730 4 April 1774) was an 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". Goldsmith was described by contemporaries as prone to envy, a congenial but impetuous and disorganised personality who once planned to emigrate to America but failed because he missed his ship. Thomas De Quincey wrote of him 'All the motion of Goldsmith's nature moved in the direction of the true, the natural, the sweet, the gentle&apos. In full calf leather bindings with gilt embellishment to the spines. Externally, a trifle rubbed. There is some chipping to the tops and tails of some of the spines. Some joints are starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound, though some hinges are tender. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. There is an ink inscription to the recto of front free end papers in volume I. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .
Keywords: Oliver Goldsmith Citizen of the World Ireland Citizen of the World None
Price: GBP 275.00 = appr. US$ 392.70 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: SET23-D-5
- Book number: SET23-D-5
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