Goldsmith, Oliver — The Deserted Village

London, England, Noel Douglas, 1927. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Another fine contribution to the The Noel Douglas Replicas series, reprising here Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village, originally published in 1770, the year that saw publication of five separate quarto format editions released. This reproduction is from the original First Edition as held by the British Museum (Colophon). Tan paper over boards, orange lettering to spine, clean and unmarked of interior but for dealer-stamp at bottom near spine of first free endpaper. Moderately foxed but yet quite readable. Fine black-and-white engraving in facsimile at title page, "The San Historian of the Pensive Plain." vii pp. Dedication, then 22 pp. epic poem.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good