The vicar of Wakefield, and other works / by Oliver Goldsmith ; with introductions and notes by John Francis Waller
1885, First Edition. London : Cassell. Very good copy in the original illustrated, gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #444604
Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Physical description; vii, [1], 369 pages : illustrations. Notes; Publisher's advertisements follow text. Contents; The vicar of Wakefield -- The deserted village -- The traveller --The haunch of venison -- Retaliation -- Stanzas on the taking of Quebec, and death of General Wolfe -- An elegy on the glory of her sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize --She stoops to conquer, or, The mistakes of a night -- The good-natured man. Subjects; Goldsmith, Oliver 1730?-1774. Prisoners. Abduction. Poor families. Children of clergy. Clergy. England.
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