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Oliver Goldsmith; Austin Dobson. The Vicar of Wakefield. Macmillan and Co., London, 1904.
Price: US$115.49 + shipping
Description: Oliver Goldsmith's celebrated novel in a prize binding signed Mudie, beautifully illustrated by Hugh Thomson. One of the most popular novels among Victorians, The Vicar of Wakefield was originally published in 1766, and concerns family endurance, and the drama surrounding the Primrose family, who live an idyllic country life until they loose finances and their daughter is abducted. A comedic novel told with much sentiment.With illustrations by Hugh Thomson and an introduction by Austin Dobson. Thomson was a renowned illustrator known for decorating works by important authors including Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.Written by Oliver Goldsmith, popular Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, and poet in the Georgian era. This is his most well known work, along with the pastoral poem 'The Deserted Village' and his play 'The Good Natur'd Man.'Stationers School's bookplate to front pastedown, dated 1909. Rebound in full calf signed Mudie for the Stationers School with five raised bands, gilt tooling to spine, blind stamp to front board, marbled edges and endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, minor marks to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey A Novel - New Edition. MACMILLAN AND CO LTD, LONDON, 1904.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: leather spine, three quarter leather corners green and blue cover, gold gilt floral decoration and title on spine; all corners worn with shelf wear to extrememities, decorative marble end papers; black and white frontispiece; front and rear hinges cracked; gold gilt top fore edges DATE PUBLISHED: 1904 EDITION: 429
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility A Novel - New Edition. MACMILLAN AND CO LTD, LONDON, 1904.
Price: US$166.14 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: leather spine, three quarter leather corners green and blue cover, gold gilt floral decoration and title on spine; all corners worn with shelf wear to extrememities, decorative marble end papers; black and white frontispiece; front and rear hinges cracked; gold gilt top fore edges DATE PUBLISHED: 1904 EDITION: 322
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$216.61 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: leather spine, three quarter leather corners green and blue cover, gold gilt floral decoration and title on spine; all corners worn with shelf wear to extrememities, decorative marble end papers; black and white frontispiece; front and rear hinges cracked; gold gilt top fore edges DATE PUBLISHED: 1904 EDITION: 413
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.