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Hardcover, a reprint 2 years after initial publication, as part of the Keystone Series . A biography of the poet Oliver Goldsmith. This copy bears a (modern) signature on the front endpaper by a more recent owner with the note 'descendant of Oliver Goldsmith' 
Uneven sunfade to spine, no jacket, binding tight. the embossed titles to the front cover are faded. With 7 black and white illustrations. 
OLIVER GOLDSMITH had the virtue, rare among writers, of being a singularly lovable character, interesting as a human being. He was a great writer, to boot. There was an intimate connection between the man and his writings, which gave form to the distilled essences of a spirit so shy as in our own day to receive credit for an inferiority complex with -- to use Mr. Gwynn's phrase -- "fantastic manifestations." ( from the 1936 review in the New York Times)