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GOLDSMITH, Oliver.. The Good Natur'd Man: a comedy. The fifth edition.. Printed for W. Griffin. 1768, 1768.

Price: US$28.59 + shipping

Description: Without half title. Disbound (AN) ESTC T146775. Prologue by Samuel Johnson.

Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom

Goldsmith, Oliver; Johnson, Samuel. The Good Natur'd Man: A Comedy. W. Griffin, London, 1768.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: vi, [2], 74, [2] p. Prologue by Dr. Johnson. "A New Edition". Minor stains to last page.

Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.. The Good Natur'd Man: A comedy. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden.. London W Griffin, 1768.

Price: US$32.49 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo, pp vi, [2], 74, [2], half title, disbound, a very good copy, NEW EDITION, the second edition from same year as the first, of which there were several issues. This edition, of course, follows later variants with Epilogue on pp [75]-[76], with 'finis' on p 76, footnote on page 75. The prologue is by Dr Johnson. A nice clean copy.

Seller: J & S WILBRAHAM, LONDON, United Kingdom

Goldsmith, Oliver.. The good natur’d man: a comedy. As performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. By Mr. Goldsmith. London: printed for W. Griffin, in Catharine-Street, Strand, 1768., 1768.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Octavo. vi, [ii], 74, [ii]pp. With a half-title and an epilogue. Half-title lacking in this copy. New edition. Todd's '3f' impression. Page [75] has pressfigure 1. Prologue by Dr. Johnson. Disbound. ESTC T1549; Todd, W.B. ’The first editions of The good natur’d man and She stoops to conquer’. Studies in Bibliography 11, 1958: 133-142.

Seller: Sam Gatteno Books, Grosse Pointe, MI, U.S.A.

GOLDSMITH, Oliver.. THE GOOD NATUR'D MAN: A comedy. As performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. A new edition.. London: printed for W.Griffin., 1768.

Price: US$58.48 + shipping

Description: 8vo in fours, pp. vi, [ii], 74, [2]; just shaved at foot of some leaves; disbound. With a prologue by Samuel Johnson. See W.B. Todd in Studies in Bibliography 11 (1958) pp. 133-42. Probably Todd's 3f impression

Seller: Christopher Edwards ABA ILAB, Henley-on-Thames, OXON, United Kingdom

Goldsmith, [Oliver]. The Good Natur'd Man:; A Comedy. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. W. Griffin, London, 1768.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo, [viii] 74, 1pp; nineteenth-century three-quarter red morocco and marbled boards by J. Larkins. Bound with half-title present. This copy is Scott's first issue, without the "Epi" catchword and the epilogue printed on a single page, with no footnote, and with all other points, though Scott states that "there are so many differences in the type-setting between different copies of this first edition, that is quite impossible to say, with any approach to certainty, which is the first issue." R.H. Isham and Percy Fitzgerald bookplates. Scott pp 211ff. Leaf with Dr. Johnson's Prologue rather tightly trimmed at the upper edge; small pinhole through the page numbers 43-44; covers rubbed

Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Goldsmith, Mr. [Oliver]. The Good Natur'd Man: A Comedy, as Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. Printed for W. Griffin, London, 1768.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, second impression, mixed state of L1-2 (no catchword p. 74, 3-1/2 line footnote on one page Epilogue). vi, [ii], 74, [1, Epilogue], [1] pp., with half-title. Dr. Johnson supplied the Prologue. Rothschild 1031; Courtney & Smith, p. 113; Fleeman 68.1GGM/1 (citing Todd) Later full red morocco gilt, a.e.g., by Rivière Front cover and free endpaper detached, else fine vi, [ii], 74, [1, Epilogue], [1] pp., with half-title First edition, second impression, mixed state of L1-2 (no catchword p. 74, 3-1/2 line footnote on one page Epilogue).

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER. The good natur'd man: a comedy. As performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden. The fifth edition. for W. Griffin, London, 1768.

Price: US$343.75 + shipping

Description: 8vo, pp. [iii]-vi, [2], 74, [2]; bound without the half-title; 19th century polished tan calf over marbled boards; upper joint tender, edges worn; the Preface leaf trimmed close; good copy. First performed on the 29th of January, 1768. "All the 'editions' for W. Griffin in 1768 may be distinguished as 5 impressions of the same edition. See Todd, Studies in Bibliography II 1958" (NCBEL II, col. 1198). The Prologue, a 30-line poem in heroic couplets, was written by Dr. Johnson. Chapman & Hazen, p. 150; Courtney and Smith, p. 113; Fleeman 68.1GGM/1. See Scott, pp. 211-12 and Rothschild 1031.

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER. The good natur'd man: a comedy. As performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden. New edition. for W. Griffin, London, 1768.

Price: US$343.75 + shipping

Description: 8vo, pp. [iii]-vi, [2], 74, [2]; bound without the half-title; later plain paper wrappers; very good copy. First performed on the 29th of January, 1768. "All the 'editions' for W. Griffin in 1768 may be distinguished as 5 impressions of the same edition. See Todd, Studies in Bibliography II 1958" (NCBEL II, col. 1198). The Prologue, a 30-line poem in heroic couplets, was written by Dr. Johnson. Chapman & Hazen, p. 150; Courtney and Smith, p. 113; Fleeman 68.1GGM/1. See Scott, pp. 211-12 and Rothschild 1031.

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

Goldsmith, Oliver. The Good Natur'd Man: A Comedy. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. W. Griffin, London, 1768.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: London: W. Griffin, 1768. Walton called Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) an "inspired idiot," certainly the greatest example of damning with faint praise that Quercus can think of. Whatever! The Anglo-Irish novelist/playwright may have been a hack, but several of his works ("She Stoops to Conquer," The Vicar of Wakefield") remain classics. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Extremely scarce; held by Trinity College Dublin only. The publisher calls this "A New Edition," and Quercus believes it to be in the Third State. Clean text; 76 pages; very bright and supple, a delight to read. This copy has been rebound in maroon pebbled leather with four bands on the spine. Lightly rubbed, and with a small ownership sticker on the rear paste-down. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.