The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. From a Variety of Original Sources. In Two Volumes
by Prior, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1837. The Irish novelist, playwright, and poet (1730?-1774) is best known for "The Vickor of Wakefield' and "She Stoops to Conquer." Sir James Prior (1790?-1869) also wrote a biography of Edmund Burke. These are Very Good copies of the First Edition. Two volumes; large octavos. Marbled paper boards and endpapers; leather spine and tips. Raised bands on the spine, gilt. The spine labels are rubbed but most of the lettering is still present. Clean texts; 515 pages and 586 pages, indexed. Unfoxed; bright and supple paper; still readable today. The margins are rubbed and bumped Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002094
- Title
- The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. From a Variety of Original Sources. In Two Volumes
- Author
- Prior, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1837
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Biography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
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Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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