Oliver Goldsmith Gwynn, Stephen

8vo 326pp. stated first printing. from front flap: "This brilliantly executed book is, a competent critic assures us, the most delightful--possibly the best---of the popular biographies of Goldsmith. Real affection and kindly humor irradiate its pages. The contrasts between Goldsmith the writer and Goldsmith the man are fully set forth--"No man was wiser when he had a pen in his hand," said Dr. Johnson; yet the same Goldsmith, ugly , vain, ridiculously dressed, pathetically eager to shine in a brilliant company, was a constant butt for Johnson, Garrick, Burke, and Walpole, and his generosity and essential gentleness did very little to protect him." #02077. Book VG-: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, toning and offset to endpapers, owner's sticker on FFEP, text clean, binding tight DJ Poor: sticker patch on front cover, chipping with loss and edge wear, bottom front corner clipped but price still present