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Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell.
London: Shakespeare Printing Office, 1804. FINE BEWICK ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo, pp. xxvii, 68. With five full page woodcuts and numerous vignettes by Thomas and John Bewick. Elegantly bound in later red half Morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to spine. Speckled edges. Some occasional light spotting, some near..... More
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith. The Globe Edition, with Biographical Introduction by Professor Masson.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. [Literary Works]. FINE PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[2] lxii; 695 [3]. With a wood engraved frontispiece. Contemporary red full morocco by BICKERS for Ladies' College Guernsey, with raised bands, gilt titles and elaborate gilt decoration to spine, and large armorial gilt stamp of..... More
The Vicar of Wakefield.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1915. [Illustrated Classic] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, a later impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4]; xxxvi; 305; [3]. With numerous wood engravings by Thomson, including a frontispiece. Contemporary lilac half calf by RIVIERE, with raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine, and blue cloth over..... More
History of Greece, Abridged, for the Use of Schools.
London: Printed for J. Brambles [etc.], 1807. NEW EDITION. Duodecimo, pp. viii, 269 [3]. With a frontispiece engraving of the death of Alexander the Great. In contemporary half brown calf with gilt titles to spine and marbled boards. Black ink ownership inscription to front free end-paper. Lightly browned throughout; wear..... More
The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the East.
London: Printed for N. Newbury, 1762. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. In two volumes. Foolscap octavo, pp.viii, 286 [2]; pp.[2], 238 [16]. In contemporary mottled calf boards, recently re-backed to style with raised bands and gilt titles to original red labels to spines. Armorial bookplates of the De Burghs, Earls of Clanricarde..... More
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