Select Works of Oliver Goldsmith Comprising The Vicar of Wakefield, Plays and Poems
por GOLDSMITH, Oliver [1728-1774]
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Condição
- Muito Bom
- Livreiro
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Sobre este item
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1901. Full Leather. Very Good. Octavo. Pp. xii, 434. Bound in contemporary full maroon calf, with a large central gilt crest of Rugby School with the motto "Orando Laborando" (by prayer and work), bordered by double gilt fillets framing a wavy blind roll and blind-stamped corner pieces, gilt-rolled edges. Spine elaborately gilt in compartments between raised bands, morocco lettering piece, gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. Rugby presentation bookplate on pastedown, but overall a fine, well-preserved copy, with the spine gilt still bright and crisp. With a bibliographical introduction by Alfred W. Pollard, the present collection contains, besides "The Vicar of Wakefield", five plays, including "She Stoops to Conquer", and all of Goldsmith's miscellaneous poems.
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- Livreiro
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 34257
- Título
- Select Works of Oliver Goldsmith Comprising The Vicar of Wakefield, Plays and Poems
- Autor
- GOLDSMITH, Oliver [1728-1774]
- Formato/Encadernação
- Full Leather
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Editorial
- Macmillan and Co. Limited
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1901
Termos da venda
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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Sobre o Vendedor
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Membro de Biblio desde 2012
Toronto, Ontario
Sobre Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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