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You are bidding on a wonderful and rare antique hardcover book titled The Life And Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith. By John Forster. Published in London, England by Bradbury & Evans and Chapman & Hall, 1848. This is a biography in Four Books. This one volume contains all four books. The book is illustrated. This is the scarce First Edition. John Forster (1812-76) was a noted biographer, critic, essayist and historian, probably best remembered for the first biography of his close friend, the novelist Charles Dickens. He edited the Foreign Quarterly Review, The Daily News, and The Examiner. Born in the same year as Dickens, Forster was the son of a butcher from Newcastle-on-Tyne. Rising to prominence in literary circles, he befriended the likes of Charles Lamb, Leigh Hunt, Thomas Carlyle, Robert Browning and Tennyson. He produced a series of essays dealing with the seventeenth century Puritan Commonwealth, as well as several biographies. This lovely book is quarter-bound in polished calf leather with leather tips. The spine has five raised bands. Titling is in gold on a black leather label. There is gold compartmentalised designs. Covers have swirling design. Covers firmly attached with no cracking or splitting of hinges. The binding shows some wear and scuffing but is in overall very good condition. The leather has remained supple after all these years. All pages clean and tightly bound. Has decorative swirling endpages. The pages have swirling design on all three sides. This is a thick book of 704 pages. Previous owner bookplate on inside of front cover. There is foxing to the first few and last few pages (most of which are blank). The remaining pages are clean and bright and free of any foxing. The book shows some general wear, but is in overall very good condition. It is a leather beauty! Very rare First Edition from 1848! Would make a nice addition to a collection. Great gift idea! (Inventory: 519) Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter
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