1908 EXQUISITE Oliver Goldsmith Irish Literature FINE BINDING Ltd ed of 100

1908 EXQUISITE Oliver Goldsmith Irish Literature FINE BINDING Ltd ed of 100

“I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.”

― Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield

This fine, decorative 19^th-century set is an illustrated printing of ‘Works of Oliver Goldsmith’ compiled by Peter Cunningham. This Cunningham edition of Goldsmith’s works was published in ten volumes, beautifully bound as part of a limited print run. This particular example is numbered no. 73 of only 100 sets!

Item number: #23360

Price: $1500

GOLDSMITH, Oliver

The works of Oliver Goldsmith

New York / London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, the Knickerbocker Press, 1908.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 10 volumes
  • Each volume individually paginated
  • 81 plates throughout
• Provenance: Handwritten
  • Martha Platt Gray, Santa Barbara 1929
    • Martha Platt Gray (1869-1946) was the wife of David Gray Sr., and mother of David Gray Jr.
  • David Gray, Jr., Santa Barbara 1929
    • David Gray Jr. (1908-1966) was a financier of antique automobiles, perhaps inspired by his family’s connection with the Ford Motor Company. His grandfather, John Simpson Gray (1841–1906) was an original investor in, and the first president of, the Ford Motor Company; his father, David Gray Sr. (1869-1928), is credited as being the company’s original treasurer.
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~9in X 6in (22.5cm x 15cm)
  • EXQUISITE & RARE

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