Oliver Goldsmith — The Vicar of Wakefield

London; New York, Frederick Warne and Co.; Scribner, Welford, and Co. c1870 . Cloth. A charming, colour-illustrated edition of Goldsmith's significant and only novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding.   Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven further colour plates. Collated, complete.   Undated, dated from a copy held by the University of Cambridge Libraries.   The significant and only novel of Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith, hugely popular at its time and having seen numerous reprintings throughout the eighteenth century and beyond. Remembered equally for his poetry and several comedy plays, such as She Stoops to Conquer, Goldsmith's work held a mirror up to Georgian society. He is also often named as the anonymous author of The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes, an early work of children's literature. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with only minor bumping and rubbing, resulting in subtle loss of cloth and tearing at the spine head and tail and the rare mark to the boards, more visible to the rear. Internally, fairly firmly bound, the rear hinge being a little more delicate. Bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .