Search Results: poems and essays by oliver goldsmith

Charles Daly, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition remarks. 267 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn, with noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed and spine ends are crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

N.d. Thomas Crowell. Hard Cover. VG+. Undated Crowell maroon hardcover. Illustrated w/b&w frontis. Bright, tight, very clean copy, pristine and free from markings/marginalia within. VG+/no dj

New York [no Date, Ca. 1900]: Thomas Y. Crowell. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". F Gladstone Edition Used. H Hard Cover. Very Good. In maroon/red cloth with gilt titling, top edge gilt, 8vo, 530pp. (minimal shelfwear, slight browning to page edges, names to endpapers).

Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1884. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Phillips, Samson and Company. Boston. 1857. . Full-Leather. 6 1/2" by 4". The covers are very sound and in good condition. Front signature was reglued in, and edges slightly trimmed. The first two free endpapers did not take regluing so both are not flush, with heavy breakage and chips missing at crease of paper on first endpaper. Second noted endpaper is actually the first frontis portrait of Goldsmith, with a second color frontis of a design of a harp. There is another front illustration after that, as shown in the pictures posted. Coat of arms bookplate of "Stearns Firm" on pastedown front endpaper. Otherwise, book is in good condition with some moderate age staining here and there throughout text. .

London: Rivington, 1821. Hardcover. Good. 32mo. Wear and rubbing to leather spine. Owners label to front pastedown, and name to ffep. Light spotting.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.. Red cloth with gilt, a nice copy, top edge dusted a bit. No date. . Astor Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 64mo - up to 3" tall.

London: W. Osborne & T. Griffin. Poor. 1784. Hardcover. Front cover is detached but present. Spine has wear to the ends, label is missing. Covers have light wear to the outer corners. Front blank is missing part of the upper edge. .

Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1863. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. 13200 shelf. First published 1854. Gold-stamped embossed blue cloth, light edgewear. Foxed engraved portrait of Goldsmith. 1863 gift note on title pg. w/ color lithograph. Clean text. No dust jacket. With biographical essay by John Aikin, intro by Henry T. Tuckerman. 530 pgs

Blue wave-grain cloth over boards, blind stamped frame encloses mandorla centerpiece on each cover; gilt stamped floral frame and titles on spine; all edges gilt; full color initial title page with floral and lyre design ('Crosby and Nichols') precedes title page ('Crosby and Ainsworth'). Clean, scuffed covers and spine; front cover has horizontal scrape with some cloth torn; rubbed at spine ends, light fraying; tightly bound; bright, clean interior. Large 24mo, 530 pp.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1854. Hardcover without dust jacket, 530 pages: intact and complete, but covers and spine well worn, some looseness developing, some foxing and faded old water stains, but text clean and unmarked. See also our other Goldsmith listings. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Fair.

Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Stated. 530 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pencil marking to pages on occasion. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, insect damage and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine. Small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends.

Hardcover. Very Good. Life is by John Aikin, well worn covers and heavy bumping to corners, some spine chipping, frp, xlvi + 384pps, ex library copy but few intrusions.

Oliver & Boyd, 1823. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1823. No Edition Remarks. 517 pages. Fully bound in brown leather with gilt border. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Light thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be slightly loose. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Leather peeling to edges, with noticeable scuffing and scratches overall. Heavy splits to spine joints with some loss to spine strip. Remaining piece of spine strip is loose.

U.S.A: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1882. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback 1882 Hardcover Book in Good Condition, in leather bibnding with tooling. Introductory Essay by Henry T.Tuckerman, Esq. No publication dated stated. c 1882. Full leather with tooled floral design on opposing corners of the front and a gilt debossed branch and 'Goldsmith' in the center, gilt debossed titles on spine. All edges gilt. Rounded corners. Spine head/heel partially rubbed through the surface of the leather. Inner hinge cracked. Binding tight. Backstrap tight. Headbands very tight and compact. Endpapers green floral design. Tissue protected frontispiece-"The Haunch of Venison-Goldsmith". Other delightful illustrations. Each page outlined with red border. Pages toned and clean, Foxing on some pages. A handsome and rare volume- well-preserved, clean, tight, solid. Oliver Goldsmith (1731-1774) Irish born English Poet, Playwright, and Novelist. 530 pages. 5… Read More

Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co, 1858. Illustrated by Steele engraved frontis. c.1854. Red blind-stamped cloth, gilt dec & pr spine, original yellow Ad endpapers. 12mo. pp. xxvii, 530. VG. 3/8" head chip, foxed plate..

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark