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Goldsmith, [Oliver]. The Deserted Village. Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1912.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition of 469 copies. Full brown calf leather with double ruled gilt borders on top and back, gilt lettering on spine. Leather is darkened Lion spine but gilt lettering clean and bright. Slight scuffing at bottom of spine and lower corners.Book is free of foxing. Copperplate engravings by H. W. Bicknell are signed by him in pencil. Pages are clean and unmarked. The tissue guard over the first engraving has a tear at top edge near gutter. Lacking slipcase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 23 pages
Seller: James F. Balsley, Bookseller, Williamsburg, VA, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver. DESERTED VILLAGE. Bibliophile Society, Boston, MA, 1912.
Price: US$81.25 + shipping
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Top edge of book is worn. ; Printed for members only. Limited to 469 copies. Signed by illustrator W. H. W. Bicknell. Full leather bound. Top edge gilded. ; Engravings; Signed by Illustrator
Seller: Gibson's Books, New Hope, AL, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Deserted Village. The Bibliophile Society, Boston, MA, 1912.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 23pp. Smooth Brown leather with gilt ruling. Rubbing to the spine edges, corners, and a tiny chip on the bottom edge of the spine. Internally clean. One of 469 copies printed for members of the Bibliophile Society with a copper plate etching by F.W. Bicknell, who signed it in pencil. There are 7 copper etchings in all with tissue guards.Also signed by A.N. Macdonald on the title page. "The Deserted Village is a poem by Oliver Goldsmith originally published in 1770. It is a work of social commentary, and condemns rural depopulation and the pursuit of excessive wealth. The poem is written in heroic couplets, and describes the decline of a village and the emigration of many of its residents to America". Size: Octavo
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 23 pp.; HB. Original descriptive publisher's brochure laid in. One of a limited edition of only 469 copies for the members of the Bibliophile Society. Title page engraving by Arthur N. Macdonald, and is originally signed by him in pencil. Six etched illustrations by W.H.W. Bicknell, which were only produced for this book (and then the plates destroyed) are each originally pencil signed by the illustrator. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, t.e.g., f.e./b.e. deckled, frontis; no defects. Cover: polished calf, gilt linework front/back, gilt titles spine; moderate shelf/edgewear, with edges and joints scuffed, spine a bit worn. Lacks slipcase.
Seller: Independent Books, Long Beach, WA, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver; H.W. Bicknell.. The Deserted Village.. The Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1912.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 26 cm; 23 pages. Engraved title page signed in pencil by A.N. MacDonald, and with six copperplate engravings (five of them portraits) with tissue guards, all signed in pencil by Bicknell. Printed on Japan vellum paper. Bound in smooth calf ruled in gilt, preserved in double buckram slipcases. Title label on outer slipcase somewhat sun-darkened; minor abrasions to edge of inner slipcase. Bookplate removed from front pastedown, else an unblemished copy!
Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Deserted Village. The Bibliophile Society, Boston, MA, 1912.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 23pp. Smooth Brown leather with gilt ruling. Rubbing to the spine edges, a light scratch on the front panel, otherwise like new. One of 469 copies printed for members of the Bibliophile Society with a copper plate etching by F.W. Bicknell, who signed it in pencil. There are 7 copper etchings in all with tissue guards.Also signed by A.N. Macdonald on the title page.Housed in a light brown doublecased slipcase.with a white spine label. "The Deserted Village is a poem by Oliver Goldsmith published in 1770. It is a work of social commentary, and condemns rural depopulation and the pursuit of excessive wealth. The poem is written in heroic couplets, and describes the decline of a village and the emigration of many of its residents to America". Size: Octavo
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.