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The Vicar of Wakefield
by Oliver Goldsmith
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
$160.71$144.64
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1904. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". Hugh Thomson. A smartly bound edition of this classic Victorian novel from Goldsmith, with illustrations from Hugh Thomson. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. One of the most widely read eighteenth century novels among Victorians, this piece follows the lives of the Primrose family through bankruptcy. Written by Oliver Goldsmith, an Anglo-Irish novelist, dramatist, and poet. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson, an Irish Illustrator best known for his pen-and-ink images. With school prize bookplate and Hastings Grammar School Prize Distribution Programme for Saturday 19th December 1908. Bound in full brown calf with gilt. Externally, very smart with light wear to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and board edges with the odd small mark to the boards. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the endpapers. School prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed
Synopsis
"The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity." When Dr Primrose loses his fortune in a disastrous investment, his idyllic life in the country is shattered and he is forced to move with his wife and six children to an impoverished living on the estate of Squire Thornhill. Taking to the road in pursuit of his daughter, who has been seduced by the rakish Squire, the beleaguered Primrose becomes embroiled in a series of misadventures – encountering his long-lost son in a travelling theatre company and even spending time in a debtor’s prison. Yet Primrose, though hampered by his unworldliness and pride, is sustained by his unwavering religious faith. In The Vicar of Wakefield , Goldsmith gently mocks many of the literary conventions of his day – from pastoral and romance to the picaresque – infusing his story of a hapless clergyman with warm humour and amiable social satire. In his introduction, Stephen Coote discusses Goldsmith’s eventful life, the literary devices used in the novel, and its central themes of Christianity, justice and the family. This edition also includes a bibliography and notes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 903T33
- Title
- The Vicar of Wakefield
- Author
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Illustrator
- Hugh Thomson
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Vicar Wakefield Goldsmith Thomson Wakefield
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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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...
- 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...
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