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The Vicar of Wakefield
by Goldsmith, Oliver; Dobson, Austin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Webster, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1900. Second Edition. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Thomson, Hugh. 1900 reprint of 1890 second edition. Rebound in half leather. Spine and edges faded, ink gift note on front flyleaf. xxxiv, 305 pp. Olive leather spine and corners, green speckled cloth boards. gilt titles and rules, gilt floral decoration on spine emulating those on the original cloth binding, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Includes a preface by Austin Dobson, and illustrations by Hugh Thomson throughout. Oliver Goldsmith's beloved tale of a family who loses all of their money on the eve of the daughter's wedding.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Muse Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2332011
- Title
- The Vicar of Wakefield
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver; Dobson, Austin
- Illustrator
- Thomson, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 1.19 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION HISTORICAL
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books
Biblio member since 2005
Webster, New York
About Yesterday's Muse Books
Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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