GOLDSMITH, Dr. [Oliver]. The Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great. Vol. I and II.. J. & F. Rivington, T. Longman, G. Kearsley, W. Griffin, G. Robinson, R. Baldwin, W. Goldsmith, T. Cadell,and T. Evans., London, 1774.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 2 Vols. (different bindings). 389p; 284, [62]p. Vol. 1: 22 cm full leather binding with red and gilt impressing on front board for "Quebec Library." Vol. 2: 21 cm Half leather binding with marbled boards. Ex-library with bookplates, stamps, and labels on endpapers. Front board detached from vol. 1 with some wear along edges, extremes, and bumped corners. Pages clean. Text unmarked. Front board detached from vol. 2 with deterioration and missing pieces from spine leather, bumped corners and faded boards. Text is heavily marked with underlining throughout. Sold "as-is."

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

GOLDSMITH DR. [OLIVER]. The Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great. [ with: The Roman History ]. for J & F Rivington & C. Bathurst 1781, 1774.

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Description: First edition. Two volumes. With Goldsmith's Roman History from the Foundation of the City of Rome to the Destruction of the Western Empire. The Fourth Edition. 2 volumes. for C. Bathhurst 1781. 4 volumes 8vo (8 1/ 4 x 5 1/2 inches), uniformly bound contemporary full tan calf. Joints cracked but held on cords, lacking 1 lettering piece, headbands chipped, rubbed & scuffed, margins of endpapers discoloured

Seller: Bristow & Garland, Shaftesbury, United Kingdom

Goldsmith, Dr. [OLIVER]. The Grecian History from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great. Vols. I & II. J. and F. Rivington et al, London, 1774.

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Condition: Good

Description: 2 vols.: 399; 284 p. + 64 p. index. 21 cm. Full leather with raised spine bands. Stain and scuff to lower front board of vol. I. Spine ends a little chipped, some scuffing to boards, corners worn. Front board detached on vol. II. Bookplates on front pastedowns for Edward Chatterton-Orpen. Pages clean and neat. Goldsmith's Roman history was so well received that he decided to write a history of Greece. Though his historical writings helped educate many generations of schoolchilren and adults, it is said that at times Goldsmith was extremely gullible. When he was working on this history, he apparently asked Edward Gibbon the name of the Indian prince who fought against Alexander. When Gibbon flippantly replied, "Montezuma," Goldsmith credulously wrote down the name. Despite unusable advice from facetious friends, Goldsmith persevered and completed this account on the eve of his death. Index at rear of vol. II.

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

(Greece) Goldsmith, Dr. [Oliver]. The Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great. Printed for J. and F. Rivington, London, 1774.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. [iv], 389; 184, [64, index] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Scott, pp. 327-8; Rothschild 1030; Tinker 1136; NCBEL, II, 1200 Contemporary calf, one label missing, some rubbing at joints [iv], 389; 184, [64, index] pp. 2 vols. 8vo

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

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER. The Grecian history, from the earliest date to the death of Alexander the Great. J. & F. Rivington [et al.], London, 1774.

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Description: First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. [4], 389 [i.e. 399]; [2], 284, [64] index; contemporary full calf, black and red morocco labels on spines; labels a little chipped, joints starting; good and sound, or better. The last of Goldsmith's works, published posthumously, and intended as a prequel to his Roman History. CBEL II, 644; Rothschild 1040; Scott, p. 327.

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

Goldsmith, Oliver.. The Grecian History from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great.. London: Printed for J. and F. Rivington[et al.], 1774., 1774.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Description: Two volumes, octavo. [4], 389; [2], 284, [64, index] pp. Contemporary calf. Gilt spine with red morocco labels, edges stained red. Spine extremities lightly worn, lacks back free endpaper. Still, an attractive, unrestored copy. First edition. Scott, pp. 327-8. Rothschild 1030. Sterling 410. Tinker 1136.

Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.