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Select Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Comprising The Vicar of Wakefield; Plays and Poems.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1901. [Anthology] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] xii; 434 [2]. Contemporary tan full polished calf for Henry Sotheran, with raised bands, gilt titles to burgundy label, and further gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Very light spotting to preliminaries. Lightly toned..... 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
![The History of Greece [and] The History of Rome. The History of Greece from the Earliest State to...](/pictures/thumb/56833.jpg?v=1591116130)
The History of Greece [and] The History of Rome. The History of Greece from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great. To which is Added, a Summary Account of the Affairs of Greece, from that Period, to the Sacking of Constantinople by the Othomans. [and] The History of Rome from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire.
Derby: Henry Mozley, 1826. [Greek and Roman History] FINE CONTEMPORARY BINDING, two volumes bound as one. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8] 382; pp.viii; 432 [4]. With a folding map as a frontispiece to each title. Contemporary full marbled calf with gilt titles to black label, and extensive gilt decoration to..... 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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