The Vicar of Wakefield, a Tale. Cooke's Edition.
by GOLDSMITH, OLIVER:
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Dean & Munday, 1827. Frontispiece, extra engraved title.12mo (5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches), 204-pages. Contemporary full tan marbled calf, spine gilt ruled with crimson lettering piece. Headband rubbed, cracks to upper joint but very firm, some staining to endpapers else good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17001
- Title
- The Vicar of Wakefield, a Tale. Cooke's Edition.
- Author
- GOLDSMITH, OLIVER:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- London: Dean & Munday, 1827.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt if found not as described.
About the Seller
Bristow and Garland
Biblio member since 2005
Shaftesbury, Dorset
About Bristow and Garland
Long established antiquarian & secondhand booksellers and dealers in autographs and manuscripts.
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- 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...
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- 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....