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286 Literature 609 Goldsmith, Oliver. The Deserted Village, A Poem By Dr. Goldsmith. First Irish edition, signed by the author. Dublin, 1770. Printed for J. Exshaw, H. Saunders, B. Grierson, J. Potts, W. Sleator, D. Chamberlaine, J. Hoey, jun. J. Williams, C. Ingham, J. Porter, and R. Moncrieffe. Pp ix, 27, octavo, threadsewn, disbound (removed from a collection of pamphlets bound in boards), manuscript “No. 34” (probably of a limited number for subscribers) SIGNED with initials “OG” in ink on ix. Inscribed “The Gift of Richard Shackleton to his daughter Sarah Shackleton In the year1770”. A very rare first edition signed by Goldsmith. Sarah Shackleton; Thence by descent to the present owner. Condition: Slight foxing on title page, tiny thread holes at edge from being previously bound with other publications., fine. Worldcat lists a total of only 11 examples of this edition (not stated whether author signed): one copy in Ireland, at Trinity College Dublin; three copies in the UK - Universities of London, Cambridge and Oxford; 6 in the USA - Harvard, Huntington, Michigan State, University of Chicago, Wellesley College and Yale; one in Canada - McMaster University, Hamilton. Estimate €1500-€2000 (approx £1,360-£1,820) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 609 Literature