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    By Oliver Goldsmith
    London   George G. Harrap & Co
    10.5" by 8.5" 5-231 [1]pp
    The first trade edition of Arthur Rackham's beautifully illustrated edition of Oliver Goldsmith's popular mid eighteenth century novel, illustrated with colour plates and retaining the original dust wrapper.
    By Oliver Goldsmith

    1929 The Vicar of Wakefield

    London   George G. Harrap & Co
    10.5" by 8.5" 5-231 [1]pp
    The first trade edition of Arthur Rackham's beautifully illustrated edition of Oliver Goldsmith's popular mid eighteenth century novel, illustrated with colour plates and retaining the original dust wrapper.
    £260.00
    : 1.5kgs / : 980F34
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    Description

    Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

    First published in 1766, this is the first trade edition of Arthur Rackham's illustrated edition of the work.

    In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.

    Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven colour plates by Rackham, a leading artist of the 'Golden Age' of book illustration. With further vignette illustrations.

    Collated, complete.

    A charmingly illustrated edition of the classic work by Oliver Goldsmith, one of the most popular and widely read eighteenth century novels among Victorians, presenting a portrait of rural village life.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, small bump to back strip head, otherwise externally excellent. Major loss to head of dust wrapper front wrap, with further loss to back strip head. Significant closed tear to head of rear wrap, with handling marks to back strip and rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright.

    Near Fine

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