The Poetical Works,

£95 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Containing Goldsmith's most famous narrative poems including 'The Traveller,' 'The Hermit,' and 'Deserted Village,' alongside shorter poems and excerpts from his famous plays, including the epilogue to She Stoops to Conquer (1771). Begins with a 34-page introductory memoir by Scottish writer and academic, William Spalding (1809-1859), who also contributed to the eighth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. 8vo (17.5 x 11.5 cm); 12 in-text wood engravings, woodcut tail-pieces, ownership inscription in pen to upper paste-down endpaper, excised endpapers, moderate spotting; green morocco tooled in blind, spine lettered in gilt, gilt edges, faded spine and rubbed edges; iv, 152pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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