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The Vicar of Wakefield
by Goldsmith, Oliver
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Madison, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner; 1891. Leather. Sextodecimo. 6.5 x 4 inches. [2], xxvii, [ii], 308, [2] pp. Very Good. Full vellum on thin boards. Lettered direct in black and red to front board and spine. Publisher's device (arbor scientiae, arbor vitae) stamped in black at lower right corner of front board. Top edge gilt. Pages uncut and untrimmed. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard intact. Vignette title page bearing motto (Sperate miseri, cavete felices) and publisher's device. Thirty-two chapters. Preface and notes by Austin Dobson. Minor shelf wear and soiling. Binding firm. Hinges tight. Spine square. Browning to leading rough page edges and endpapers. Previous owner's signature at top of front pastedown, else internally bright and unmarked.
Synopsis
"The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity." When Dr Primrose loses his fortune in a disastrous investment, his idyllic life in the country is shattered and he is forced to move with his wife and six children to an impoverished living on the estate of Squire Thornhill. Taking to the road in pursuit of his daughter, who has been seduced by the rakish Squire, the beleaguered Primrose becomes embroiled in a series of misadventures – encountering his long-lost son in a travelling theatre company and even spending time in a debtor’s prison. Yet Primrose, though hampered by his unworldliness and pride, is sustained by his unwavering religious faith. In The Vicar of Wakefield , Goldsmith gently mocks many of the literary conventions of his day – from pastoral and romance to the picaresque – infusing his story of a hapless clergyman with warm humour and amiable social satire. In his introduction, Stephen Coote discusses Goldsmith’s eventful life, the literary devices used in the novel, and its central themes of Christianity, justice and the family. This edition also includes a bibliography and notes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000047
- Title
- The Vicar of Wakefield
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Full Vellum binding on thin board
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
- Pages
- 308
- Size
- 16mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2008
Madison, Indiana
About Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Village Lights Bookstore opened as a brick-and-mortar shop in 2008. We are a "mom & pop" business, and we live in the same building. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the American Booksellers Association, and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. We offer a modest, but diverse, selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian items, as well as select higher quality new books. We carefully grade our books in accordance with IOBA Book Condition Definitions (https://www.ioba.org/conditions-definitions), describe them using standard ABAA terminology (https://www.abaa.org/glossary), and painstakingly package them to prevent damage in transit. We value direct communication, so please feel free to call if you have questions about our listings or to confirm that an item is still on hand. And consider visiting us on Main Street in the heart of downtown Madison, Indiana, the country's largest contiguous National Historic Landmark District, and a Designated Indiana Cultural District, on the banks of the beautiful Ohio River.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
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