Buy this book on-line Goldsmith, Oliver : A Prospect of SocietyBertram Dobell, London, 1902
Date on cover is 1909. From title page, "Being the Earliest Form of his Poem 'The Traveler' Now First Reprinted from the Unique Original with a Reprint of the First Edition of 'The Traveler'. Edited by Bertram Dobell. Paper cover, chipping on edges. 30 pages, many uncut, with notes and appendix. Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) was an Irish poet and novelist, most famous for " The Vicar of Wakefield". He wrote the poem, "The Traveler" in 1764. In the preface, the editor of this volume describes finding the ensuing pages in a lot of pamphlets he purchased, and discovered them to be an early draft of the poem "The Traveler" entitled "A Prospect of Society". Herein, he publishes this draft as well as the finished poem. In the appendix, Mr. Dobell explains that a literary reviewer named Mr. Quller-Couch discovered that "the former draft (A Prospect of Society) was a early draft of the latter poem, only the text of th "Prospect" begins at the end and ends at the beginning!". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Goldsmith, Oliver : A Prospect of Society. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including collectables, fine bindings, livres illustrées, antiquarian books and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |