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The Vicar of Wakefield; by Oliver Goldsmith; Illustrations by C. E. Brock
by Goldsmith, Oliver
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1915. Hardcover. Fine. [2], v, [1], 5-283, [1] p.: frontispiece and 7 additional leaves of plates; 18 cm. Bayntun Riviere binding: full polished crimson calf with six spine compartments; gilt-tooled title and author in the second and fourth compartments; gilt-tooled decoration in the remaining compartments; double gilt-ruled border on each board; gilt-rolled decoration on edges and turn-ins. All page edges gilt. Floral endpapers. Binder's stamp on front free endpaper verso: Bound by Bayntun (Riviere), Bath, England. An undated edition by Thomas Nelson and Sons, as is usual; this edition, however, does not include the Goldsmith biography by Sir Walter Scott found in most Nelson editions. The imprint includes Paris, and the publisher did not establish an office there until 1915. In Fine Condition: a striking binding; clean and crisp pages.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002831
- Title
- The Vicar of Wakefield; by Oliver Goldsmith; Illustrations by C. E. Brock
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1915
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Fine Binding & Printing;
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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