The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith

The charming third edition of the literary biography on the Anglo-Irish poet, restoring the original woodcuts and cutting down on arbitrary notes. The third edition on The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, a literary biography on the Anglo-Irish poet and novelist, written by English biographer John Forster. Published in 1855, first published in 1848. In full calf, with numerous in-text illustrations. Most famous for his biography and friendship with Charles Dickens, this biography focuses on Oliver Goldmisth, author of the Vicar of Wakefield, and credited with popularising sentimentalism in English literature. The third edition restores the woodcuts at the request of Thomas Carlyle, and cuts down on notes to make it more appealing to the modern reader. In full calf. Externally, the odd faint scratch and scuff to boards with rubbing to joints and edges. Fading to spine, and bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Joints starting, but holding. Marble end papers are bright and clean. Tape to rear end paper hinge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good.…