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The Vicar of Wakefield (Signed by Rackham)
by Goldsmith, Oliver (1728-1774), Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939)
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Very good with some overall light soil, a few slight rubs.
- Seller
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Annapolis, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1929. Limited edition. Vellum over boards. Quarto. 232 pages. Very good with some overall light soil, a few slight rubs.. Color plates, black and white drawings. Beautiful copy of this classic, with 12 full page color plates by Arthur Rackham. This is #155 of 200 copies in the American edition, and is SIGNED by Rackham under the limitation statement on verso of half title. Bound in full vellum with gilt-stamped titles and rules on spine and upper board, top edge gilt.<br /> <br /> Ref. LATIMORE p. 65.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1450
- Title
- The Vicar of Wakefield (Signed by Rackham)
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver (1728-1774), Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939)
- Illustrator
- Color plates, black and white drawings
- Format/Binding
- Vellum over boards. Quarto. 232 pages
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good with some overall light soil, a few slight rubs.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- David McKay Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- limited editions, signed books, autographs, arthur rackham, vellum bindings
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction & Literature;
Terms of Sale
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Your complete satisfaction is guaranteed, and any book is returnable for a full refund if not as described. We accept payment by American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, PayPal, check, or money order. We pack and ship in corrugated cardboard boxes for protection in transit. Shipping costs for Priority Mail, international destinations, or heavy items occasionally need to be adjusted, in which case we will contact you for approval. Institutions and libraries may request an invoice. We can email digital photographs of any available book upon request.
About the Seller
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Annapolis, Maryland
About Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
We buy and sell quality used and out-of-print books, with an emphasis on Americana, Military and Naval History, and Nautical material. But we have many good books in a variety of subjects. We are located in historic Annapolis, Maryland.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- 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. ...
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