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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD ... BEING A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION OF THE FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED IN 1766
by [Burne-Jones, Edward]: Goldsmith, Oliver
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Elliot Stock, 1885.. Two volumes. Small octavo. Contemporary three-quarter calf. Binding quite worn, but internally sound, upper joint of second volume split, spine stamping obliterated. Small gilt morocco bookplate (a hunting horn within a gilt circle, without text) in each volume. Internally very good. A facsimile of the first edition, with a Preface by Austin Dobson. A lovely association copy, inscribed in the first volume in ink: "Margaret Burne-Jones from her father Dec. 1885." The recipient's name is embellished with two branches with leaves and a small drawing of a bird. On the next blank page appears an inscription in another hand, in ink: "Laura Tennant. married. May 21 1885 [/] Laura Lyttleton. S. April 24 1886." Laura Tennant (later Lyttleton) was an intimate friend of the Burne-Jones family. She sat for a pencil portrait by Edward, ca. 1885, and she served as a model for a mermaid in "The Depths of the Sea." (1886). She owned a number of works by him, and was a prominent member of the artistic and literary circle, The Souls. She married Alfred Lyttleton in 1885, but died after childbirth on Easter Sunday, 1888. Burne-Jones designed a memorial plaque to her which is in Mells parish church, in Somerset.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT87899
- Title
- THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD ... BEING A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION OF THE FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED IN 1766
- Author
- [Burne-Jones, Edward]: Goldsmith, Oliver
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Elliot Stock
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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