London: George Routledge & Sons, 1886. First edition thus. This is a near fine copy. In the publishers pictorial green cloth as issued. The corners are so slightly dogeared, and there is evidence of handling. The gutters are intact, and the binding is secure. The ownership inscription of Siegfried Sassoon is present on the full title page, reading SLS in black ink and is accompanied by his posthumous monogram label. This copy is presented in a ribbon-secured, folding box, complete with a leatherette title label affixed to the front panel, reading: 'Plays and Poems | Goldsmith | 1886 | Siegfried Sassoon's Copy'. Overall, this is a near fine copy of a fine title, previously owned by the esteemed Siegfried Sassoon. It is particularly special in the presentation box. In a diary entry dated January 26th, 1924, Sassoon recalls a friend of his, R. H., discussing Edmund Blunden, 'saying [a]t his best he's as good as Goldsmith' (Hart-Davies). Sassoon clearly held Goldsmith in high esteem. It is also said that in a diary entry of Spring 1921, Sassoon made an entry in his diary about Mary Marjorie, his oldest friend, and the effect she had on him, making him become quite an agreeable rattle . In Act III of Goldsmith's play She Stoops to Conquer here collected, Marlow explains to Miss Hardcastle that: 'At the Ladies Club in Town I'm called their agreeable Rattle. Rattle, child, is not my real name, but one I m known by'. It is possible that Sassoon is paraphrasing in his journal entry from this very copy.