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The Vicar of Wakefield
de Oliver Goldsmith; Austin Dobson
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- Estado
- Very Good Indeed
- Librería
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Macmillan and Co. , 1904. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". Hugh Thomson. Oliver Goldsmith's celebrated novel in a prize binding signed Mudie, beautifully illustrated by Hugh Thomson. One of the most popular novels among Victorians, The Vicar of Wakefield was originally published in 1766, and concerns family endurance, and the drama surrounding the Primrose family, who live an idyllic country life until they loose finances and their daughter is abducted. A comedic novel told with much sentiment. With illustrations by Hugh Thomson and an introduction by Austin Dobson. Thomson was a renowned illustrator known for decorating works by important authors including Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.Written by Oliver Goldsmith, popular Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, and poet in the Georgian era. This is his most well known work, along with the pastoral poem 'The Deserted Village' and his play 'The Good Natur'd Man.'Stationers School's bookplate to front pastedown, dated 1909. Rebound in full calf signed Mudie for the Stationers School with five raised bands, gilt tooling to spine, blind stamp to front board, marbled edges and endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, minor marks to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 847A13
- Título
- The Vicar of Wakefield
- Autor
- Oliver Goldsmith; Austin Dobson
- Ilustrador
- Hugh Thomson
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Leather
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Macmillan and Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1904
- Tamaño
- 7" by 4.5"
- Palabras clave
- oliver goldsmith prize binding illustrated hugh thomson prize binding
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Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
