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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. A Tale Supposed To Be Written By Himself. Two volume set.
by Goldsmith, Oliver
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good+ condition
- Seller
-
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Bedford Park, Chiswich, Great Britain: Caradoc Press, 1903. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. Bound by Wood in London in gilt-stamped and decorated leather, with minor shelfwear, and minor cracking to the hinges at the top of the spine. Both volumes are illustrated with a frontisportrait signed in pencil "H. Geo. Webb. Sculpt". Printed in red and black. Number 303 of 360 copies printed on paper; 14 additional copies were printed on vellum. Minor toning and foxing to the endpapers. Vol. I: [iv], 107 pages. Vol. II: 211, [i] page. First edition..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018619
- Title
- THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. A Tale Supposed To Be Written By Himself. Two volume set.
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+ condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Caradoc Press
- Place of Publication
- Bedford Park, Chiswich, Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- Octavo (8vo)
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
For most items, media mail shipping will cost $3.95 and Priority $7.95, and insurance is available for an additional cost. Books guaranteed to be as described; condition guaranteed if sent insured. Authenticity guaranteed on autograph and manuscript material. All items returnable within 10 days; notification of return is required; a small restocking fee may apply if return is due to customer error. Shipping rates are for normal octavo (8vo) titles; heavy, oversize (folio and quarto 4to), multi-volumes sets and special services such as insurance are extra.
About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.
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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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. ...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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