Goldsmith, Oliver; Pinnock, William; Taylor, W. C. Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Greece for the use of Schools. Revised, Corrected, and very considerably Enlarged, by the addition of several new chapters and numerous Useful Notes. Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1857. [11542]
Black leather spine with black cloth boards, some scuffing yet with good joints, bright gilt spine titles & lines, 7 3/4 x 5 inches. 1858 owner's signature in pencil on the ffep, 380 generally clean pp. with infrequent pencil marks, publisher's catalogue, illustrated with wood cuts. A couple of gatherings near the front of the book are a bit shaken. Good. Hardcover.
Title continues: Together with Questions for Examination at the end of Each Section. Illustrated with numerous Engravings. By Wm. C. Taylor, LL.D., of Trinity College, Dublin...Thirty-Fifth American, from the Nineteenth English Edition.
Goldsmith's History had been improperly abridged and expanded, according to the editor of this edition. He sought to restore the accuracy and to reduce the unnecessary verbiage of earlier editions of this valuable history.
