THE WORKS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH 1854 LEATHER BOUND IN FOUR VOLUMES
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[GOLDSMITH, OLIVER]. The Works. London: John Murray, 1854.
First edition thus. Leather-bound in four volumes. Hardcover. Octavo (220 x 135 mm). Pp. xii, 468; [8], 487; 447; [8], 450. English text. Bound in stunning full calf, spines and boards gilt, all page edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Initial and terminal blanks plus half-titles present. Additional engraved titles and frontispieces. Printed footnotes. Printed by Bradbury and Evans. Contents: volume 1: Poetical Works, Dramas, The vicar of Wakefield; volume 2: Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning, The citizen of the World; volume 3: The Bee. Essays, Unacknowledged Essays, Prefaces, Introductions, etc. volume 4: Biographies, Reviews, Animated Nature, Cock Lane Ghost, Vida's Game of Chess, Letters, Index. Condition: VERY GOOD. Bindings tight and secure with all the hinges intact. Very light rubbing to extremities. Interiors largely fresh and clean. Without previous ownership markings. A handsome set.