The Deserted Village

Philadelphia: Porter and Coates. 1st thus. Very Good/None. Hammatt Billings. Hardcover, 46 pages, b&w line illustrations, including frontispiece, by Hammatt Billings. No date. Ivory spine, white laminated covers with beveled gilt edges and rounded corners, bright silver, gold gilt and black decoration to the front panel. All edges gilt. Some light spotting to rear cover which is light… Read more about this item

London : Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1859. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". The Etching Club. A wonderfully illustrated copy of Oliver Goldsmith's popular pastoral poem, with historically accurate engravings by the 'Etching Club'. An 1859 reprint of 'The Deserted Village', a politically charged pastoral poem by 18th century novelist Oliver Goldsmith. Originally published in 1770,… Read more about this item

Porter and Coates No date, c. 1900. Decorative hard covers are worn, soiled. Pages are gilt-edged.Spine is cracked, but intact. Illustrated throughout with b/w engravings.

Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1900. Ex-library book. Hardcover; decorated cloth. Text clean and binding tight. Slight foxing on inside ends. No date but circa 1900.

London : Cassell & Co., 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 56p., ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: English poetry.

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1902. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Light cover rub, gift inscription on flyleaf, otherwise light wear; Gift Box with 1/2" side tear, light soil, light rub. Crisp hardcover. Two gift cards laid in.; Thirty-three full page drawings by Edwin A Abbey. … Read more about this item

Green cloth hard cover book with gilt lettering & gilt edges. Former owners names inside front cover pages. Cover edges are bumped and some wear to cover. Some staining & foxing throughout book. 53 pages, 5" x 7 3/8". Black & white engravings with tissue guards. Book will ship in a box and will be well protected.

London: Cassell & Co., 1885. 56 pp. Illustrated. All edges gilt. Light wear to the spine ends and corners. A brief gift inscription, dated Christmas 1886, is written on the front free endpaper. A previous owner's name is on the front pastedown. There are spots of foxing on some pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1902-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Harper & Brothers Publishers; New York, 1902. Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good, red cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board/spine, AEG with few blemishes, sine wear/rub marks to boards, some discoloration/fading to front board, binding sturdy, interior tidy, lightly sunned pages, light shelf wear, very small tears to buckram… Read more about this item

Sampson Low, 1861. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1861. 46 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been heavily rub worn with noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a noticeably frayed… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low, Son and Co.. Good with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and moderately worn, front hinge cracked, owner signature on front free endpaper, some light foxing to front and rear several leaves. 1861.Brown blindstamped beveled boards with gilt design and lettering stamped on front boards. All edges gilt. Goldsmith's classic narrative poem illustrated with wood engravings… Read more about this item

London: Constable & Company, 1909. Cloth. Good. 10.5" by 7.5". W. Lee Hankey. A charming new edition of Oliver Goldsmith's beloved verse, illustrated with colour plates by Lee Hankey. 'The Deserted Village' is a poem written in heroic couplets which comments on society and rural depopulation.Written by Irish author Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774). A writer of both fiction, poetry… Read more about this item

Nicely illustrated antique copy of "THE DESERTED VILLAGE" by Oliver Goldsmith. 1899; E.P. Dutton & Co.; New York. This edition features full-page illustrated plates by H.L. Richardson (each with a tissue guard). Gilt top page edges. Condition: Small stains to the covers; approximately 3/4 of the front cover is tanned; sharp corners. There is a crack at the center of the book… Read more about this item

Boston: J. E. Tilton and Company, 1866. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Billings, Hammatt. J. E. Tilton and Company,1866. Brown leather with gilt design/lettering on cover. Brown page keeper ribbon. All edges gilt. Tissue paper over engravings intact. Flyleaf inscription. Minor foxing on a few pages. Pages mildly toned. Leather is lightly worn at corners and… Read more about this item

London, England: Noel Douglas, 1927. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Another fine contribution to the The Noel Douglas Replicas series, reprising here Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village, originally published in 1770, the year that saw publication of five separate quarto format editions released. This reproduction is from the original First Edition… Read more about this item

45 Pages. Illustrated by The Etching Club. This classic old Oliver Goldsmith book comes in brown boards with gold lettering on the front cover and gold gilted closed book page edges (top, side, and bottom) all of which are in very good condition. The exterior book's detriments are worn areas at the top and bottom of its spine, and 2… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1859. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". The Etching Club. Beautifully illustrated edition of this famous poem by Oliver Goldsmith. A social commentary denouncing the depopulation of rural areas in the country, and the pursuit of excessive wealth written in heroic couplets and narrating of the decline of a village as more… Read more about this item

London: Constable & Co. , 1909. Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7.5". W. Lee Hankey . The first W. Lee Hankey's illustrated edition of Oliver Goldsmith's celebrated poem. A social commentary denouncing the depopulation of rural areas in the country, and the pursuit of excessive wealth written in heroic couplets and narrating of the decline of a… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1909. Hardcover. near fine. Small quarto. Decorated boards. 99pp. With 40 color plates and tissue guards by W.Lee Hankey and numerous black and white illustrations. Pictorial endpapers. Bookplate of former owner on front pastedown. First edition with Hankey's illustrations.

Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1880. Undated, ca. 1880. Worn but attractive Victorian copy of Goldsmith's famous poem with well-made engravings throughout the text. Off white boards lettered and decorated in gilt, silver gilt and black, off white cloth spine, 46 pages. Covers soiled and rubbed, but with decorative design on the front in very good condition with… Read more about this item