Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Cover is missing the spine/backstrip, boards show minor wear and rubbing, gilt decoration. Gift inscription and bookplate of former owner on the half-title page. Pages are lightly tanned with some minor scattered foxing.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G. Harrap & Co., 1929.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and still relatively sturdy, and featuring some lovely and still fairly sharp and distinct gilt lettering and illustrations to cover and spine. This is likely the first printing (after the limited edition) of this Arthur Rackham-illustrated edition, but not so stated. Bound in the publisher's greenish-blue cloth. Forward cock to spine, soiling to endpapers, sunning to page edges, bumping to and scuffing of spine head and foot, wear along joints, extremities, edges, some pulling of signatures. 232 pp., and with a dozen full-page, full-color plates and plentiful additional black-and-white illustrations. Illustrated endpapers.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.
Oliver Goldsmith. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G Harrap, 1929.
Price: US$32.02 + shipping
Description: Illustrated by Arthur Rackham Very good. First Thus. Dust jacket: No dust jacket.
Seller: The Small Library Company, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.10 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st edition. General wear to boards with corners bumped and marks. Hinges are a bit cracked with webbing visible. Content mainly clean with even toning. No DJ.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G. Harrap,& Company Limited, London, 1929.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First trade edition. A clean unmarked copy. End papers age toned. Boards have slight warp. 232 pages.
Seller: Yes Books, portland, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$44.83 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, 4to, 232 pp. 12 coloured plates plus black and white illustrations in the text, pictorial endpapers. Original gilt titled cloth, t.e.g., mild browning of spine otherwise a very good bright copy.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G. Harrap & Company, Limited, London, 1929.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 231 (1) pp, list of color illustrations with b&w illustrations throughout. First Trade Edition, 1929. Mylar-protected boards. Inked name on half-title. Partially faded gilt of spine with minor edge wear, lightly bowed boards, lightly foxed text block edges and half-title, and small stain at fore-edge margin tiltle page. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue cloth with gilt floral decoration and lettering to front board and spine, and pictorial endpapers. Size: Small 4to
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver. Vicar of Wakefield. George G Harrap & Company Limited, 1929.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 232 pages (complete). A worn but able copy of this edition with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. The covers are worn, scuffed and marked. The gilt decoration and titling are genial and contented. The covers are secure and comfortable. Within, the contents have tanning and foxing but are generally calm, clear, affable. The illustrations are bright and vivacious. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The book is bound in blue cloth with bright gilt letters + design on the front cover & spine. Top edge is gilt. There is wear on the spine tips, cover corners & along the edges. Decorative endpapers. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. 12 of 12 full page colour illustrations, all clean & bright. First Trade Edition.
Seller: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, ON, Canada
Price: US$51.22 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. Deckled Edges. Hardback: Good+ Condition For Age. Dust Jacket: Poor Condition. Binding Tight And Secure. Yellowed Pages With Foxing Only On Edges Of Pages. Dust Jacket Shows Wear And Tear With Sections Missing In Places And A Water Stain And Discoloration On Spine. Board Corners Bumped. Inscription By Previous Owner On End-Page (1929)
Seller: Stirling Books, Stirling, United Kingdom
Oliver Goldsmith. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. George g harrap, London, 1929.
Price: US$51.23 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Pages are clean, bright and tight. Minimal wear to very large hard cover book.Attractive dark green boards with gilt design and titles. No name or inscription.Light foxing to page fore edge.Very top corner of f.e.p.is missing.
Seller: September Books, CHURCH STRETTON, United Kingdom
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1929.
Price: US$51.23 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy of the first Harrap edition, of 1929, with 12 superb coloured plates (all present) by the highly acclaimed artist Arthur Rackham.232-page text in very good, tight, clean condition, with very little light foxing to just a few pages. Decorated end papers. No inscriptions. Gilt decorated original binding in very good + condition. Just a trace of wear to spine ends. Weight 924g. See photographs attached. (HGA)
Seller: Brian P. Martin Antiquarian and Collectors' Books, Midhurst, SUSSE, United Kingdom
Price: US$51.23 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: , illustrated half-title, colour illustrated frontispiece (plate), illustrated title, 5 - 232 pages, plus 11 colour plates, line illustrated throughout First Thus , cover is lightly rubbed, spine slightly sunned, light white marks to the back, corners and spine ends lightly bumped, foxing on the prelims and block edges, small inscription to the front free-end, plates are bright crisp and clean, the book is in good condition , bound in blue cloth with with gilt rose detail and titles to the front and the spine octavo 26 x 20cm Hardback ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar Of Wakefield. George G Harrap, London, UK, 1929.
Price: US$51.23 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 232pp, 12 colour plates. Blue cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on front and spine; illustrative endpapers, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. 4to. A large and heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Sun-faded spine; rubbed corners and spine ends, cloth fraying. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan and fox. Endpapers starting to fox and tan. Gift inscription on verso front free endpaper. Pages ageing, plate edges tanning. Gutter stretching, volume quite loose. With twelve full page colour plates by the famous illustrator plus twenty-two black and white line drawings. The acclaimed sentimental novel, housing a complicated plot that follows the misfortunes of the Primrose family.
Seller: BookAddiction (ibooknet member), Canterbury, United Kingdom
Goldsmith Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G Harrap and Company Ltd, 1929.
Price: US$57.64 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: All books outside UK sent airmail and over £30 tracked and inside UK signed for. PayPal accepted. First edition thus. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 12 full page colour plates( all present as listed) and many black and white drawings and decorated end papers. Original black cloth with gilt design, worn at edges and a little marked and worn on rear cover, end papers and prelims a little browned, spine a little edgewear top and foot. Previous owners name on rear of end paper.
Seller: Lavender Fields Books PBFA, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Price: US$57.64 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus, 1929. Coloured plates and black and white text illustrations throughout by Arthur Rackham. Top edges gilt. Some light foxing and marking mostly to the page edges. Publishers gilt decorated blue cloth. Some light rubbing and scuffing and with some light marks. Still generally a very good solid copy. 232 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Goldsmith, Oliver (Rackham, Arthur).. The Vicar of Wakefield.. London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1929.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Gilt-decorated blue cloth. 4to. 232pp. Dust jacket. First trade edition. Illustrated witih 12 full-page color plates by Arthur Rackham. A good copy with some bumping to the upper spine and some staining to the lower portion of the rear cover. The text is good with some browning to the endsheets and title page and some spotting to the margins of some of the book's pages. The illustrations are quite clean and in very good condition. The scarce dust jacket is quite worn with some heavy chipping to the edges and to the spine itself. There are also some crude tape repairs made to the spine and across the front panel.
Seller: Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1929.
Price: US$62.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good ; No jacket. 1929 George G. Harrap & Company Limited, London. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. First Edition thus; "First published 1929" on verso. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and decorations. Top page edges gilt. Deckle fore edges and bottom edges. Illustrated endpapers. Black and white illustrations. Twelve color plates. 232 pages. Front hinge partially cracked at title page, but still strong; one light binding crack in text body as well. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Pages clean and unmarked. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper. Endpapers and text pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple; plates are bright. Page corners bumped. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
Seller: SmarterRat Books, Chagrin Falls, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Description: First edition illustrated by Rackham. Small 4to. (10 x 7.5 inches) 231 pp. illustrated with 12 colour plates and many other drawings. Bound in the original decorated cloth. Top edges gilt. A fine example in the original binding. ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS LITERATURE ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
Goldsmith,Oliver:. The Vicar of Wakefield.. London: George G Harrap & Company Limited, 1929., 1929.
Price: US$76.85 + shipping
Description: 232 pp. 25.5 x 19.5 cm. Twelve full-page colour illustrations and 22 illustrations in black and white as well as pictorial end papers, by Arthur Rackham. Gold-blocked dark-blue boards. Teg. Very slight wear to boards, slight bruising to corners, and two faint spots to half-title, o/w in vg condition.
Seller: Saintfield Antiques & Fine Books, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G Harrap & Company Limited, London, 1929.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First trade edition, hardcover, bit of light wear at the corners and spine ends, some fading to the text-block, otherwise a VG copy.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Oliver Goldsmith. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G Harrap & Co, London, Bombay, Sydney., 1929.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith illustrated by Arthur Rackham (12 Colour plates but mainly black and white). Condition is very good, illustrations in excellent condition, some age toning throughout book. Some wear to bottom and top of spine and corners slightly bumped. Some foxing on initial papers and to page edges. Spine is faded with gilt title and decoration on blue cloth boards. (190mm x 255mm)
Seller: UK Countryside Booksellers, Cromford, DERBY, United Kingdom
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. George Harrap & Company Limited, London, 1929.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front. Top edge gilt. Boards are generally in good order; small dent to top front. Corners are bumped, edges are worn. Spine has bumping to ends. Foxing to the page edges. Age discolouration to endpages. Some mild fox here and there but with a large patch to p19 where it looks as if some flowers have been pressed between the pages and have left a stain. 232 pp. Previous owner's mark to ffep. All illustrations present and undamaged. Pictoral paper dust jacket with blue lettering to spine and yellow lettering to front. Dj edges are creased with numerous small nicks, particularly around the spine area. Closed tear to top rear and some loss to the spine ends. Rather grubby. Now protected by a removable plastic sleeve. Priceclipped. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 1041g. Postage within the UK remains at £3. For international orders ABE use an estimate based on a 1kg book. Where a book is lighter/heavier, we will reduce/request additional postage accordingly. We make no profit on postal charges. We expect a parcel of this weight to cost between £13.90 (Europe) and £28.95 (USA) to ship using Royal Mail's International Tracked Service. All our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 030440:6c) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall 1041 G
Seller: YattonBookShop PBFA, Bristol, United Kingdom
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G. Harrap and Co., London, 1929.
Price: US$102.47 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 232pp, original cloth, no DJ. Title, illustrator and publisher to spine, title and illustrator to upper cover, separated by a rose device all in gilt, t.e.g. illustrated endpapers. Spine slightly faded, rubbed to extremities, internally fairly bright and clean. With twelve full page colour illustrations by Rackham. Riall, page 170 Size: 4to
Seller: Temple Rare Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$102.47 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Original navy blue cloth with titles and floral decorations to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. Gilt top edge. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated throughout with 12 colour plates and black and white line drawings by Arthur Rackham. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the extremities a little rubbed. The contents, with light offsetting to the prelims and a little spotting to the the text block edge, are otherwise clean and bright throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the original dustwrapper which has significant chipping and tears to the spine tips and extremities, and has been repaired with clear tape to both the inside and outside of the wrapper. Not price-clipped (15/- to the front flap). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar Of Wakefield. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1929.
Price: US$102.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12 colour plates and black & white illustrations within text. Decorative endpapers. Gilt top edge to pages. Cloth covered boards with gilt titles and decoration. Light foxing to title page and content list pages otherwise clean inside and all firm. Boards are firm and clean but with minor edge wear and slightly faded spine.
Seller: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A., CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Goldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929.
Price: US$107.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1ST 1929. Very good condition with no wrapper. A jovial domestic portrayal of Goldsmith's classic. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Dark green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 232 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners are bumped. A few light marks to rear cover. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and outer page edges. Front hinge next to frontis and title page is cracked. All plates are present and beautifully bright! Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$107.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Bumping and scuffing to boards and spine, gift inscription on half-title page Please see photos as part of condition report 1929 1st Edition (Thus) , With Provenance THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD By Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was a well known Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, who is noted for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773). He is thought to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765). Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since – through colour-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of colour artwork. His best-known works also include the illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: George G. Harrap, London Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279),Pages 232 ISBN: The Vicar of Wakefield, subtitled A Tale, Supposed to be written by Himself, is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774). It was written from 1761 to 1762 and published in 1766. It was one of the most popular and widely read 18th-century novels among Victorians. In literary history books, The Vicar of Wakefield is often described as a sentimental novel, which displays the belief in the innate goodness of human beings. But it can also be read as a satire on the sentimental novel and its values, as the vicar's values are apparently not compatible with the real "sinful" world. It is only with Sir William Thornhill's help that he can get out of his calamities. Moreover, an analogy can be drawn between Mr. Primrose's suffering and the Book of Job. This is particularly relevant to the question of why evil exists. Denise Clements Beacon Lodge - The Hornsey Association for Rescue and Preventive Work was founded by members of the local churches in that area of North London in 1907. It aimed to save young women from poverty and prostitution by finding them employment, and a property called Beacon Lodge was rented in Hornsey to provide safe accommodation for them and a social worker. SKU: BTETM0001529 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Seller: Books That Expand The Mind, Margate, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$108.87 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1929 first edition. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations, top edge gilt, e illustrated endpapers. 12 colour plates and many in-text line drawings by Arthur Rackham. Condition: VG. Minor edgewear. Small stain by title, Gilt bright. Spine rubbed to edges and crumpled. Endpapers a little browned. Inscription to ffep. Browning to half title and final page. Slight age toning to top edge of pages. Otherwise, pages and plates bright and clean. Size: 10x8in / 26x20 cm. 231pp. Weight: 930g.
Seller: Paperworks, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Goldsmith, Oliver.. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD.. George G, 1929.
Price: US$109.67 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1929. George G. Harrap. First. Hard Cover. Book- Good, t.e.g., gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine, blue boards, spine sunned, protective covered. 10x7.5. 232pp. Colour frontis and 11 colour plates and some b/w illus by Arthur Rackham, illus endpapers. Private library plate. Beautiful illustrations by Arthur Rackham bring to life this famous novel which describes the astonishing trials and tribulations of Dr. Primrose, his wife and their six children, including sham marriages, a devastating fire and benefactors in disguise.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
RACKHAM Arthur.. The Vicar of Wakefield. By Oliver Goldsmith.. , 1929.
Price: US$115.80 + shipping
Description: London: George G. Harrap 1929. Small 4to. Orig. decorative cloth slightly flecked and with slightly faded spine.Gilt.T.e.g. 232pp. With title-vign. col. frontisp. 11 full-page col. plates numerous text-illusts. and illust. endpapers by Arthur Rackham. Some minor foxing.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Goldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. George G. Harrap & Company Limited, London, 1929.
Price: US$119.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clean hard cover in very good+ condition. 1929 first Rackham edition. Large or heavy book and may require extra postage. No AMAZON international order on this title. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Wm Burgett Bks and Collectibles, san diego, CA, U.S.A.
Oliver Goldsmith. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G Harrap & Co, London, Bombay, Sydney., 1929.
Price: US$121.68 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith illustrated by Arthur Rackham (Mostly black and white, though some colour). Condition is very good, illustrations in excellent condition, some age toning throughout book. Some foxing on initial papers. Spine is faded and discoloured with gilt titling and decoration on blue cloth boards.
Seller: UK Countryside Booksellers, Cromford, DERBY, United Kingdom
Oliver Goldsmith. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G. Harrap and Company, 1929.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Vicar of Wakefield. By Oliver Goldsmith and printed in London by George G. Harrap and Company. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1929, 232 pp, 10 x 8, hardcover blue cloth. In good condition, with minor scuffing and wear to boards and spine, primarily along the edges and corners. Hinges remain in good condition and text block is bound well. Includes a variety of both black-and-white and color illustrations. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce and nicely preserved piece, marked as a 1st edition from the publisher. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was a prolific illustrator who primarily used watercolors, and illustrated a variety of childrens and fantasy books. COLI1929BDEX-1023-aj0534
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Description: pp. 231, (i). 12 coloured plates, line drawings in text and decorated end-papers, cover design in gilt, all by ARTHUR RACKHAM. Original cloth gilt, uncut, top edge gilt, front cover a bit marked, scattered foxing, book-plate removed from half-title not affecting text.
Seller: Patrick Pollak Rare Books ABA ILAB, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$137.50 + shipping
Description: Quarto (25.5cm.); original black decorative cloth embossed in gilt, top edge gilt; 231pp.; color frontispiece, 11 plates, text illus. throughout, green pictorial endpapers. Extremities a bit rubbed, paper flaw to front pastedown from previously removed bookplate, unobtrusive library pressure stamp to front free endpaper. Still, Very Good and sound overall.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929.
Price: US$141.22 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1ST 1929. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper. A jovial domestic portrayal of Goldsmith's classic. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Dark green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 232 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Hinge between frontis and half-title page cracked. Contents fine. A few tiny foxspots to edge of textblock. Pictorial wrapper is soiled and torn with loss at edges. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. Harrap, London, 1929.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated with 12 full-page color plates, and 22 drawings in black & white by Arthur Rackham. 231pp., Tall 8vo, blue gilt-stamped cloth (slightly edgeworn), illustrated endpapers, uncut edges, t.e.g. London: George G. Harrap, (1929). First London Trade Edition. Very good. Latimore & Haskell, p. 65.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G. Harrap & Company, 1929.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dark green cloth over boards. Bright gilt on front board and spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. Some foxing. Color frontis and 11 color plates, additional illustrations in b/w. A very nice copy, first printing.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 231 pages
Seller: Elder's Bookstore, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Description: First Edition. No DW. 231pp. Large 8vo. Colour frontis. + 11 colour plates + black and white illustrations throughout. Top edge gilt. Original dark green cloth, gilt, extra. Board extremities very slightly rubbed, spine very slightly sunned, tiny indentation to bottom edge of lower board. Endpapers lightly browned, inner hinge visible o/w contents clean and sound. A lovely copy overall.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Oliver Goldsmith. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G. Harrap & Company, London, 1929.
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A smart copy of Arthur Rackham's brilliantly illustrated edition of 'The Vicar of Wakefield', the first edition thus. The first trade edition thus of this work.Containing a frontispiece and eleven further plates, all colourfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham.Collated and complete.During the "Golden Age" of British book illustration Rackham was one of its leading artists. Many of the works he illustrated were published in a De Luxe limited edition in addition to a smaller trade edition. This is a trade edition of Oliver Goldsmith's works.Stylistically, Rackham"s illustrations reflected pen and India ink drawings. He used expressive line paired with a subtle use of watercolour to create his beautiful images.The Vicar of Wakefield is often referred to as a fictitious memoir novel. It contains several literary genres within its novel structure such as poems, histories and sermons.Written by Oliver Goldsmith, an eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish playwright and author.The Vicar of Wakefield is his most well-known work by far. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with just some light shelf wear and a small amount of bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, front hinge is strained to the title page. Remaining binding is firm. Pages are slightly age-toned to the extremities, but are otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Description: First edition hard back binding in publisher's original dark blue cloth covers. Quarto 10½'' x 8¼''. 12 full-page colour plates, illustrated end paper. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with small loss to the spine head, closed tear to the top of the lower panel, white paper of the dust wrapper a little grubby. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A. ILLUSTRATED (Picture Book)
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illus. with 12 cold. plates, incl. frontis. 4to. orig. cl. partial front cover of d/w. present. t.e.g. Inscr., else contents generally clean, overall good.
Seller: Allsop Antiquarian Booksellers PBFA, Warwick, United Kingdom
Goldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. George G. Harrap & Co, London:(1929), 1929.
Price: US$160.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Rackham edition, 231(1)pp., bound in a gray-blue pictorial gilt cloth depicting roses, spine gilt, pictorial endpapers, with 12 color illustrations by Arthur Rackham and other illustrations in black and white, previous owner's name, minor bumping to corners, small stain to foot of spine, in quite worn, chipped and rubbed pictorial dust jacket.
Seller: The Antiquarian Shop, Bend, OR, U.S.A.
(RACKHAM, Arthur. Illust. by). (By Oliver Goldsmith).. The Vicar of Wakefield.. , 1929.
Price: US$165.42 + shipping
Description: London: George G. Harrap, (1929). Small 4to. Orig. decorative cloth. Gilt. T.e.g. In slightly chipped illust. dustjacket. (232pp.). With title-vign., col. frontisp., 11 full-page col. plates, numerous text-illusts., and illust. endpapers by Arthur Rackham. Some minor foxing. 1st edition. Fine crisp copy.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. London George G Harrap & Company 1929, 1929.
Price: US$189.57 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition thus. Original publisher's blue cloth, with gilt lettering, decorations and top of page block, and pictorial endpapers. Quarto. pp. 232. Twenty-two black and white line drawings throughout the text and twelve full page colour plates. Clear, removable, archival protective glassine fitted cover. A very neat gift inscription "Presented by the Parr Society for the Cultural Advancement of Stuycks" on the half-title page, otherwise clean and bright with no foxing. Minor edge wear, spine not faded. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. A book in Very Good condition indeed.
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 7 3/4 in. x 10 in., half-title with Rackham design; color-printed frontispiece; title-page printed in brown and black, with a Rackham design; contents; list of color illustrations. [1]-[232] pp., illustrated with a total of 12 full-page color illustrations, with the titles printed under the images, and 22 various sized, black & white drawings by Arthur Rackham. Dark blue cloth with titling and rose device gilt on the spine, and gilt titling and Rackham rose design on the front cover; design-printed, light olive-green endpapers by Rackham; top-edge gilt. The front designed endpaper shows a gift inscription in ink: Margaret M. Halle From Walter & Helen Dec. 25th 1929. Light fading to spine, light rubbing to edges; the endpapers, half-title show light, age-related tanning, some light tanning to the color plate margins, page edges. "There is a trade edition bound in dark blue cloth with pictorial stamping in gold on the cover and spine and gold lettering. Size of page, 7 1/2 x 9 7/8. This edition has the same number of illustrations and the same end-papers as the limited edition. There is also a binding in Persian Morocco." (-Latimore & Haskell, Rackham Bibliography, 1936; p. 65). Weight: 2 lbs.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$204.94 + shipping
Description: 4to, 232pp, 12 colour plates and 22 b/w drawings & pictorial sihouette style endpapers in grey and white, all by Arthur Rackham, t.e.g., orig. dark blue cloth with pictorial gilt stamping & lettering to spine and upper cover. A near fine clean bright copy. (Lattimore & Haskell, p65).
Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$219.25 + shipping
Description: Prima edizione del 1929 del celebre romanzo settecentesco di Oliver Goldsmith.All'interno sono presenti numerose planches colorate e disegni in bianco e nero di Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) acquarellista pittore illustratore celebre per aver illustrato romanzi famosi come Alice's adventures inw onderland, Rip Van Winckle ecc.Sovraccoperta mancante. In ottime condizioni.Copertina in tela editoriale in ottime condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Sovraccoperta mancante. Legatura in buone condizioni. Pagine in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture. In 8. Dim. 26x19,5 cm. Pp. 231+(1). First edition of 1929 of the famous novel by Oliver Goldsmith.Inside there are different coloured plates and black and white drawings by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) painter illustrator famosu because he illustrated famous novels as Alice's adventures in wonderland, Rip Van Winckle ecc.Dustjacket is loss. In very good conditions.Cloth editorial cover in very good general conditions slightly worn in the edges and spine. Dustjacket is loss. Binding in good conditions. Inside pages are in very good conditions with occasional foxings. In 8. Dim. 26x19,5 cm. Pp. 231+(1).
Seller: Sephora di Elena Serru, Foligno, Italy
Price: US$219.25 + shipping
Description: Legatura editoriale in tela bleu con titolo ed illustrazione impressi in oro al ds. e al piatto anteriore. Taglio superiore dorato. Sovracoperta fig. a colori con lievi tracce di polvere, strappetti ed una mancanza marginale. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione. Prima edizione illustrata da Rackham. Hudson, p. 171. 8vo (cm. 25,4), 231(1) pp. Con 22 ill.ni in nero n.t. e 12 tavv. a colori su carta patinata f.t. (di cui una in antiporta).
Seller: Libreria Ex Libris ALAI-ILAB/LILA member, Roma, Italy
Goldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929.
Price: US$242.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1929. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. A jovial domestic portrayal of Goldsmith's classic. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Dark green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 232 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped else a bright copy. Light foxing to outer page edges and light browning to first few and last few pages. White pictorial wrapper is edge chipped, slightly grubby, price-cut and has a 2" closed tear to top edge of front panel. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Full green calf, boards ruled in gilt and blind, gilt-stamped ornament in spine compartments (5 raised bands), gilt-stamped lettering on upper board and in brown morocco spine label, inside gilt dentelles, a.e.g.; 8vo (7 x 9.5 inches); pp. [232], plus full-color frontispiece and 11 color plates by Arthur Rackham, and with numerous b/w illustrations in text. A nice binding, near fine, spine just a bit sunned and dry. In green marbled paper slipcase -- a bit scuffed. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$256.17 + shipping
Description: 4to, 232pp, 12 colour plates & line drawings to text by Arthur Rackham, silhouette patterned endpapers, t.e.g., orig. dark blue cloth with pictorial stamping in gilt on the upper cover and spine with gilt lettering. A practically fine nice bright clean copy. (Latimore & Haskell, page 65).
Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$256.17 + shipping
Description: Hardback, approx 10 x 7.5 inches. In full polished morocco leather ?Deluxe? Fine Binding. With gilt lettering to spine, and coloured gilt illustration to front. Pictorial endpapers. Top page edges gilt. In very good condition. Some rubbing to leather on corners, edges and ends of spine. Some minor darkening around edges. Some darkening to endpapers. ?Brooklyn Public Library? label to front, with hole-punched stamp and numbering to corner of title page. Stamped and numbered again on margin of p15. No other marks or stamps. No penned inscriptions. One minor tear to bottom edge of p125. Plates all very clean and bright with no marks. Else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. A very nice copy. 232pp. Illustrated with 12 full-page colour plates, and smaller b&w illustrations by Arthur Rackham.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
. The Vicar of Wakefield Arthur Rackham 1929 Deluxe edition. George G. Harrap and Co, 1929.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The book is in Very good condition. There's are no bookplates, signatures, or markings of any kind. The front board is slightly bowed. The gilt lettering and color illustration on the front cover and spine is bright. There is some light wear to the outsdie boards. This book contains all 12 original color llustrations plus many black and white illustrations by Rackham, with none missing, removed, or loose. A few pages have some foxing, but most of the book is clean. This is the Deluxe leather edition printed by George G. Harrap in 1929. A rare find in any condition.
Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. George G. Harrap, London, 1929.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First Trade edition. 232p. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 12 color plates and 22 line drawings in the text. Bound by Bridsall in half brown morocco with cloth sides and marbled endpapers, the spine with gilt titles and gilt panel ornaments, t.e.g. Riall p. 170. Front hinge repaired, and with leather repair to top corner of crown and top left corner of upper cover. The hinge is obvious, but all quite sound and the remainder nice
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Description: First edition, illustrated by Rackham. Small 4to. (10 x 7.5 inches) 231 pp. illustrated with 12 colour plates and many other drawings. Bound in the original decorated cloth. Top edge gilt. A fine example in the original binding, in a very good dust wrapper, which has a few very small tears without any loss. A near fine copy. ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS 20th CENTURY ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$352.24 + shipping
Description: First Rackham edition of one of the finest illustrated editions of Goldsmith's masterpiece. Originally published in 1766, the novel was one of the most popular of its age and remains a classic of English literature. "Seldom have we seen such a beautiful edition of The Vicar as is this latest production, to which Mr. Arthur Rackham has brought the fruits of his rare and admirable talent. It would have been difficult to find another artist so perfectly fitted to interpret Oliver Goldsmith's little masterpiece. The format is very charming and at the same time dignified. a volume of real value" (The Bookman, Dec. 1929). Latimore and Haskell p. 65, Riall, p. 170. Quarto. Original blue cloth, titles and decoration to spine and front board gilt, green illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt. With dust jacket. Colour frontispiece and 11 colour plates with captions printed in blue, and line drawings in the text, by Arthur Rackham. Title page printed in red and black with vignette. Offsetting to first few pages, in the dust jacket with wear to extremities, closed tears to edges, light soiling to rear panel, tape to closed tear at verso of spine. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. Harrap, London, 1929.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Illustrated with 12 full-page color plates, and 22 drawings in black & white by Arthur Rackham. 231pp., Tall 8vo, blue gilt-stamped cloth, illustrated endpapers, uncut edges, t.e.g., d.w. London: George G. Harrap, (1929). First London Trade Edition. A fine copy in a chipped dust jacket Latimore & Haskell, p. 65.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$433.95 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated at copyright: "First Published 1929 by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd." Dark green full cloth boards, crisp gilt embossed cover and spine design, light shelf wear, discoloration. Charming stylized gilt cover and spine titles with rose and thorny stems at cover and similar vignette at spine. Sharp Harrap impressed at spine. Thick, deckled pages near fine, moderate toning; no writing. Smooth gilt top edge. Monochromatic greenish-grey endpapers pictorial spread, also by Rackham; features scene of humoured riders on horseback through forest w/townscape in b.g. Bind fine; hinges intact. This edition features one dozen, superior, richly subtle color plates by Arthur Rackham and twenty-two black & white images w/decoration, headers, tailpieces throughout. Appropriately charming and whimsical imagery by Rackham heightens the enjoyment of this romp. Rare pictorial dust jacket, some shelf wear, rub, spine chip; unclipped 15/-Net, protected in thick clear sleeve. Front panel features color illustration titled within book: "A Favourite Song of Dryden's" with scrolling titles. Front flap features contemporaneous advert for the release of Harrap's Rackham illustrated edition of Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Near fine first edition in rare original wrapper. Oliver Goldsmith's hugely successful novel of 1766 remained for generations one of the most highly regarded and beloved works of eighteenth-century fiction and continues its enduring popularity to this day. Goldsmith depicts the fall and rise of the Primrose family, presided over by the benevolent vicar, the narrator of a fairy-tale plot of impersonation and deception, the abduction of a beautiful heroine and the machinations of an aristocratic villain. By turns comic and sentimental, the novel's popularity owes much to its recognizable depiction of domestic life and loving family relationships. Whether it is a straightforward novel of sentiment or a satire on the social and economic inequalities of the period and the very literary conventions and morality it seems to embody, this tale is sure to warm the hearts of all who enter its milieu. Printed in Great Britain by The Riverside Press Limited, Edinburgh. 232 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$448.30 + shipping
Description: Large 8vo. Cream cloth with gilt titles to front cover and spine. t.e.g. and other edges uncut. With 12 colour plates, and many black and white text illustrations, complete as per list. In a limited edition of 775 copies, this being one of the 'English issue' but un-numbered. SIGNED by Rackham to limitation page. Boards lightly marked, spine stained and corners lightly bumped.Off-setting to last page of text. Some spotting to preliminaries, titlepage and pp. 34 and 182, and very slight spotting to one or two pages elsewhere. A few smudges to pp. 230/231. Still a fair, sound copy. pp. 232.
Seller: Grove Rare Books PBFA, Skipton, United Kingdom
Price: US$465.91 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original top-edge, gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 231 pages; Physical desc.: 231 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Notes: Ill. endpapers. Subject: Illustrated books - British Isles - 1929. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated at copyright: "First Published 1929 by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd." Very dark green full cloth boards, crisp gilt embossed cover and spine design, slight shelf wear. Charming stylized gilt cover and spine titles with rose and thorny stems at cover and spine. Sharp Harrap impressed at spine. Thick, deckled pages near fine, moderate toning; no writing. Smooth gilt top edge. Monochromatic greenish-grey endpaper pictorial spread, also by Rackham; features scene of humoured riders on horseback through forest w/townscape in b.g. Bind fine; hinges intact. This edition features one dozen, superior, richly subtle color plates by Arthur Rackham and twenty-two black & white images w/decoration, headers, tailpieces throughout. Appropriately charming and whimsical imagery by Rackham heightens the enjoyment of this romp. Rare pictorial dust jacket, light shelf wear, moderate vertical crease at front, back panels; unclipped 15/-Net, protected in thick clear sleeve. Front panel features "A Favourite Song of Dryden's" plate with scrolling titles; titled spine w/vintage Harrap emblem of sailing vessel. Front flap features contemporaneous advert for the release of Harrap's Rackham illustrated edition of Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Rare near fine first edition in very good original wrapper. Oliver Goldsmith's hugely successful novel of 1766 remained for generations one of the most highly regarded and beloved works of eighteenth-century fiction and continues its enduring popularity to this day. Goldsmith depicts the fall and rise of the Primrose family, presided over by the benevolent vicar, the narrator of a fairy-tale plot of impersonation and deception, the abduction of a beautiful heroine and the machinations of an aristocratic villain. By turns comic and sentimental, the novel's popularity owes much to its recognizable depiction of domestic life and loving family relationships. Whether it is a straightforward novel of sentiment or a satire on the social and economic inequalities of the period and the very literary conventions and morality it seems to embody, this tale is sure to warm the hearts of all who enter its milieu. Printed in Great Britain by The Riverside Press Limited, Edinburgh. 232 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$498.74 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London, George G. Harrap & Company, Limited [1929]., 1929. First edition thus. Small 4to. 12 color full page plates, 22 b/w text illustrations, title page, endpapers, spine and upper cover decorations and color upper jacket cover illustration by Arthur Rackham. Original blue/gray cloth, gilt stamped spine and upper cover, t.e.g., uncut. lacks the jacket. e44 Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 232 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white by Arthur Rackham. Large 8vo, publisher's special binding in olive Persian morocco with gilt and inlaid pictorial front cover; t.e.g. First edition. Slight tanning to edges of endsheets; slight sunning and a few minor scuffs to binding.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Vicar of Wakefield. London: George G. Harrap & Company, [1929]. First edition thus. Publishers special deluxe binding of full olive Persian morocco, front cover stamped in gilt and inlaid with colored morocco depicting the illustration "An Epitaph for my Wife", spine titled in gilt, pictorially printed endpapers, t.e.g. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 12 color plates and 22 intertextual line drawings. Small 4to. 232 pp. Spine darkened with light rubbing at ends, title-page and frontise unevenly foxed, preliminary leaves foxed or toned.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Goldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. George G. Harrap & Company Ltd., 1929.
Price: US$501.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1929. Very good condition with no wrapper. Publisher's de-luxe binding. Olive green morocco with gilt titles. Front cover has coloured leather inlaid illustration. Pictorial endpapers. 12 colour plates. A handsome book. Boards a little rubbed to edges. Some erased pencil writing (faint) to verso of Front endpaper Endpapers browned. Contents otherwise clean and bright. Front joint cracked. Tear to middle of one page at joint. Generally a superb 1st edition. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$512.35 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Deluxe version of the first edition, first printing of this stunning Arthur Rackham-illustrated book, in genuinely fine condition. The binding is clean, light olive green "Persian Morrocco" with stunning gilt and foil decoration to front board depicting a scene from the Goldsmith's novel. Top edge gilt. There is the very slightest rubbing to board edges, the corners remain sharp. Internally, the pages are clean, with no inscriptions, except for the remains of a previous price pencilled in at some point to the front endpaper. The pages are not foxed and are absolutely clean on creamy paper. Excellent. Overall, I have not seen a better condition version of this deluxe leatherbound edition. A really high quality item.
Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$520.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original top-edge, gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 231 pages; Physical desc.: 231 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Notes: Ill. endpapers. Subject: Illustrated books - British Isles - 1929. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$520.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto. 231 pages; VG; bound in the publisher's original vellum boards, gilt title and tooling to spine and front board; pictorial endpapers, top edge of text block gilt; vellum with mild staining and wear; small wax initials to front pastedown; bookplate to verso of ffep; lacking original box; some pages uncut; illustrated with color frontispiece and 12 color plates, plus in-text black and white illustrations, number 449? of 575 copies for England signed by Arthur Rackham; shelved case 14. 1318711. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. George G. Harrap & Company Ltd., 1929.
Price: US$527.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1929. Slightly better than very good condition with no wrapper. Publisher's de-luxe binding. Olive green morocco with gilt titles. Front cover has coloured leather inlaid illustration. Pictorial endpapers. 12 colour plates. A handsome book. Light bump to one edge of front cover. A little bumping to spine. A few brown marks to rear cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates are present and in fine condition - a really lovely copy of this special publishers edition. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$635.25 + shipping
Description: First edition thus, deluxe issue in publisher's morocco binding; small 4to (255 x 185 mm.); 12 colour plates, vignette title, plain illustrations and pictorial silhouette endpapers by Arthur Rackham, light foxing to half-title and title, some minor toning and occasional finger marking, but overall internally very good; publisher's gilt pictorial olive morocco with colour morocco onlays to upper covers, t.e.g., slightly rubbed at edges, overall very good. The specially bound deluxe issue of Rackham's illustrated edition of The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith. Latimore & Haskell 65; Riall 170.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$640.43 + shipping
Description: First Rackham edition, in the publisher's striking deluxe binding of "Persian morocco" with a pictorial illustration after the frontispiece. The work was issued in three bindings, in the limited vellum, this deluxe morocco, and the trade cloth. Originally published in 1766, Goldsmith's masterpiece was one of the most popular novels of its age and remains a classic of English literature. "Seldom have we seen such a beautiful edition of The Vicar as is this latest production, to which Mr. Arthur Rackham has brought the fruits of his rare and admirable talent. It would have been difficult to find another artist so perfectly fitted to interpret Oliver Goldsmith's little masterpiece. The format is very charming and at the same time dignified. a volume of real value" (The Bookman, Dec. 1929). Latimore & Haskell, p. 65; Riall, p. 170. Small quarto. Publisher's special binding of olive-green morocco, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, front cover with coloured morocco onlays (recreating the colour plate "An epitaph for my wife"), rear cover with school prize stamp in gilt, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers. Colour frontispiece and 11 colour plates with captions printed in blue, and line drawings in the text, by Arthur Rackham. Title page printed in red and black with vignette. School prize label (from West Bridgford Modern School) on front pastedown. Extremities a little rubbed and bumped, some scattered light foxing; a very good and attractive copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$640.43 + shipping
Description: Limited edition, no. 128 of 575 copies published in England, from a total edition of 775 copies, signed by Rackham. 4to. 232 pp. Publisher's gilt lettered and decorated vellum, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, the others untrimmed. 12 colour plates plus illustrations in the text. Light foxing to the title page, otherwise an extremely well preserved copy. Latimore and Haskell, p.65. Riall, p. 170.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. 12 color plates by Arthur Rackham. Original gilt-lettered and -decorated vellum, decorated endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. A near-fine copy with covers gently bowed and lightly sunned, small stain on spine. LIMITED DELUXE EDITION, number 92 of 375 copies of the English issue from an edition of 575.
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1929.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition thus. Copy #60/200 numbered copies of the American issue signed by Arthur Rackham. (There were an additional 575 numbered copies of the English issue, published by George G. Harrap, and also signed by Arthur Rackham). There are 12 tipped-in color illustrations, plus additional black and white illustrations, plus pictorial endpapers all by Arthur Rackham . White vellum binding, with gold gilt lettering and rules, top edge gilt, with the other edges untrimmed. Generally a Near Fine copy, with tight uncracked hinges. This copy also has an oversized plain paper white,significantly worn and somewhat chipped dust wrapper. The top and bottom edges folded under, but even so it is still significantly taller than the book. Frankly, I do not know whether this Dust Wrapper was original to the book, or added at some later date although I suspect that the latter is more likely. LR4/2E
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Price: US$736.50 + shipping
Description: First Rackham edition, very attractively bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Originally published in 1766, Goldsmith's masterpiece was one of the most popular novels of its age and remains a classic of English literature. "Seldom have we seen such a beautiful edition of The Vicar as is this latest production, to which Mr. Arthur Rackham has brought the fruits of his rare and admirable talent. It would have been difficult to find another artist so perfectly fitted to interpret Oliver Goldsmith's little masterpiece. The format is very charming and at the same time dignified. a volume of real value" (The Bookman, Dec. 1929). Latimore & Haskell, p. 65; Riall, p. 170. Small quarto (248 x 187 mm). Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in pink half calf, twin blue morocco labels to spine lettered in gilt, gilt decoration to spine, marbled sides, gilt rules to covers, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Colour frontispiece and 11 colour plates with captions printed in blue, and line drawings in the text, by Arthur Rackham. Title page printed in red and black with vignette. Spine faded to pale pink, rubbing to spine ends and board edges, internally bright. An excellent copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G Harrap, London, 1929.
Price: US$775.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ltd 342/575 of the English edition. Faint mark of previous spine label. Internally stamps and plates on the end papers but otherwise essentially unmarked. There is a 3/4" split in the top of the spine as well as a 2" split of the lower margin of the front hinge. Covers show some of the bowing commonly seen with vellum binding. Cover and contents clean. Full vellum binding.
Seller: Chester Creek Books, Duluth, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original publisher's full vellum, gilt stamped title and vignette, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, (10.5 x 8.25 inches). Deluxe Limited Edition, one of 575 copies for England, SIGNED by Arthur Rackham on limitation page. 231 pages; illustrated by 12 color plates including frontispiece, and b&w in-text illustrations, all by Rackham. Showing only light wear and spotting, interior text and all plates are clean and bright. Overall, a collectable, clean, tight copy. Size: Quarto
Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition in the publisher's special deluxe binding. Quarto (256 x 186 mm). Collating 231, [1]. Publisher's full olive Persian morocco, gilt stamped with multi colored morocco onlays, reproducing the color frontispiece "An Epitaph for my Wife." Gilt lettered spine. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Twelve full page color plates, twenty-two black and white line drawings. Light foxing to preliminary leaves, otherwise a Near Fine copy. One of the most popular books of the 18th century. This novel, both a work of sentimental fiction and a satire on the genre itself, follows the trials and eventual triumph of the Primrose family, led by the Rev'd Dr. Charles Primrose, the vicar. Goldsmith was a noted Irish wit and a member of Samuel Johnson's famed literary club, who Johnson praised as: "In genius, vivid, versatile, sublime. In style, clear, elevated, elegant." The legend of the book's publication is that Goldsmith was about to be arrested by his landlady for debt, when Johnson was able to sell the manuscript of the novel to a publisher for sixty pounds, saving his friend in the nick of time. "I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." Latimore and Haskell 65. Riall 170.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G. Harrap & Company, London, 1929.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Number 234 of a limited edition of five hundred and seventy five copies for England, and another 200 for the United States signed by the illustrator, Arthur Rackam. This one is English. 231+ pages, plus 12 color plates of Arthur Rackham. Top edge is gilded. Illustrated end leaves. Full vellum covers are slightly bowed and show light foxing/soiling near upper and outer edges. Volume is solid, and contents are clean and intact. There are no book plates, markings, etc.
Seller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps, Chanute, KS, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G Harrap & Company Limited, London, 1929.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Vellum titled in gilt. Light soiling, still near fine in near fine, slightly sunned slipcase. One of 575 copies printed for England, signed by Arthur Rackham.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$862.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Full vellum, gilt. No. 447 of 775 copies signed by Rackham. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 12 mounted color plates. Boards yawning slightly, light soil, else a fine copy. Very slight soil else a fine copy. Latimore & Haskell, p. 65.
Seller: Thorn Books, ABAA, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto, 232pp. Full vellum binding, title in gilt on spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Slight bow to covers, faintly toned. Professionally cleaned, with cosmetic improvements along spine. Complete with 12 full page color plates, including frontispiece. (Riall, p.170) (Latimore and Haskell, p.65) From a limited edition of 575 copies for sale in England, this being number 244. Signed by the illustrator, Arthur Rackham, on the limitation page.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$960.65 + shipping
Description: First Rackham edition, in the publisher's striking deluxe binding of "Persian morocco" with a pictorial illustration after the frontispiece. The work was issued in three bindings, in the limited vellum, this deluxe morocco, and the trade cloth. Originally published in 1766, Goldsmith's masterpiece was one of the most popular novels of its age and remains a classic of English literature. "Seldom have we seen such a beautiful edition of The Vicar as is this latest production, to which Mr. Arthur Rackham has brought the fruits of his rare and admirable talent. It would have been difficult to find another artist so perfectly fitted to interpret Oliver Goldsmith's little masterpiece. The format is very charming and at the same time dignified. a volume of real value" (The Bookman, Dec. 1929). Latimore & Haskell, p. 65; Riall, p. 170. Small quarto. Publisher's special binding of olive-green morocco, titles to spine and front cover gilt, front cover with coloured morocco onlays (recreating the colour plate "An epitaph for my wife") in white, black, red, and green, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers. With the publisher's original box. Colour frontispiece and 11 colour plates with captions printed in blue, and line drawings in the text, by Arthur Rackham. Title page printed in red and black with vignette. Light signs of handling to the box, touch of foxing to fore-edge and title page. An excellent copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1248.84 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition, number 331 of 575 copies signed by the artist for the UK market alongside an additional 200 copies for the US. Originally published in 1766, Goldsmith's masterpiece was among the most popular novels of its age and it remains a classic of English literature. A contemporary review in The Bookman stated, "seldom have we seen such a beautiful edition of The Vicar as is this latest production, to which Mr. Arthur Rackham has brought the fruits of his rare and admirable talent. It would have been difficult to find another artist so perfectly fitted to interpret Oliver Goldsmith's little masterpiece. The format is very charming and at the same time dignified. a volume of real value". Latimore & Haskell, p. 65; Riall, p. 170. The Bookman, December 1929. Quarto. Original vellum, spine lettered and with floral device in gilt, front cover with triple rule enclosing gilt lettering, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Colour frontispiece and 11 colour plates, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Foot of spine a little bumped, consistent light soiling to binding, some foxing and browning, many gatherings unopened: a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1280.86 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A BEAUTIFUL SPECIALLY BOUND COPY OF THE LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM. LIMITED EDITION NUMBER 381 OF 575 COPIES, first illustrated edition by Arthur Rackham, SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM. 232pp, black & white illustrations in text and 12 tipped-in colour illustrations, frontispiece with tissue, limitation page signed by Arthus Rackham, patterned card endpapers, top edge gilt, bound in full green morocco with gilt borders and the initials HHS to upper board, banded gilt-and-red decorated spine (uniformly faded), gilt dentelle, additional illustrated page with crest painted in gilt and blue and printed presentation "To Harold Strachan Huth with love from Isabella Nickols, Christmas 1950", plain card slipcase. Size: 10.5 x 8.25 Inches
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1929.
Price: US$1550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. OLIVER GOLDSMITH. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Signed and numbered edition. Published by: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd,: London. 1929. Quarto. Publisher's original vellum boards, gilt title to spine and front board, triple rule to front board, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A bright clean copy with a couple of light marks to the spine and a small crack at the head of the spine that has been professionally repaired. Mild and light foxing to prelims. The vellum binding has a natural discolouring due to the quality and natural selection of the skin. An excellent copy. Colour frontispiece and 12 colour plates, black and white illustrations in the text, by Rackham. Number 243 of 575 copies for England, signed by Arthur Rackham. "In the England of jazz and Noel Coward, the whimsical and fantastic had grown increasingly out of fashion. With 'The Vicar of Wakefield' of 1929, Rackham played it safe by turning to historical costume, in which he had long been supremely accomplished and successful" (Latimore and Haskell p.65., Riall p. 170). "The Vicar of Wakefield is a novel by Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith. It was written in 1761 and 1762, and published in 1766, and was one of the most popular and widely read 18th-century novels among Victorians. The novel is mentioned in George Eliot's 'Middlemarch', Jane Austen's 'Emma', Charles Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities' and 'David Copperfield', Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein', Sarah Grand's 'The Heavenly Twins', Charlotte Brontë's 'The Professor and Villette', Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women', and in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'The Sorrows of Young Werther', as well as his 'Dichtung und Wahrheit" (Hudson, p. 126).
Seller: E.C. Rare Books., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Price: US$1694.00 + shipping
Description: Number 533 of 575 copies, signed by Rackham, 4to., 231, [1]pp., with 12 colour plates, including frontispiece, numerous black & white illustrations within text, pictorial endpapers, publisher's full vellum gilt, top edge gilt, otherwise untrimmed, as published, slight toning to spine, otherwise a near-fine copy.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1819.66 + shipping
Description: Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Pp. 232, coloured frontispiece and 11 plates, the title and title page vignette printed in red, black & white half-title vignette and text illustrations, pictorial endpapers printed in grey/green; cr. 4to; bound in olive green/grey morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, the upper board lettered and decorated in gilt and featuring an inlaid Rackham illustration in white, blue, rose & black leather (based on the frontispiece), corners of boards a trifle bruised; t.e.g., others uncut; a little faint foxing; Harrap, London, 1929. First trade edition, publisher's special binding; being one of a few copies (number not specified) thus bound and signed by the artist on the half-title page. Riall p. 170; Latimore & Haskell p. 65.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$1921.30 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition, number 7 of 575 English copies signed by the artist alongside an additional 200 copies for the US. Originally published in 1766, Goldsmith's masterpiece was one of the most popular novels of its age and remains a classic of English literature. "Seldom have we seen such a beautiful edition of The Vicar as is this latest production, to which Mr. Arthur Rackham has brought the fruits of his rare and admirable talent. It would have been difficult to find another artist so perfectly fitted to interpret Oliver Goldsmith's little masterpiece. The format is very charming and at the same time dignified. a volume of real value" (The Bookman, Dec. 1929). Latimore & Haskell, p. 65; Riall, p. 170. Small quarto. Original vellum, gilt title to spine and front cover, triple rule to front cover, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, pictorial endpapers. Colour frontispiece and 11 colour plates with captions printed in blue, and line drawings in the text, by Arthur Rackham. Title page printed in red and black with vignette. Box evenly toned and with light signs of handling, scattered pale foxing. An excellent copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Oliver Goldsmith. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G Harrap, London, 1929.
Price: US$1921.30 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine, de luxe, limited edition of Oliver Goldsmith's noted novel 'The Vicar of Wakefield'. Illustrated throughout, by the noted artist Arthur Rackham. Limited edition, numbered 279 of 575 copies printed.Signed by Arthur Rackham to the limitation page.With a frontispiece, and eleven plates. Collated, complete.A crisp copy of this beautifully presented work.During the "Golden Age" of British book illustration Rackham was one of its leading artists. Many of the works he illustrated were published in a De Luxe limited edition in addition to a smaller trade edition. This is one of the De Luxe editions, which were all bound in vellum bindings. Stylistically, Rackham"s illustrations reflected pen and India ink drawings. He used expressive line paired with a subtle use of watercolour to create his beautiful images.The Vicar of Wakefield is often referred to as a fictitious memoir novel. It contains several literary genres within its novel structure such as poems, histories and sermons. In the publisher's original vellum binding. Externally, in an excellent condition. A few light marks to boards, as is common with vellum. Internally, firmly bound. Fore-edge and bottom edge are uncut, as is common with this work. Pages are very bright. A few light spots to endpapers. Otherwise, pages are very clean. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$2881.94 + shipping
Description: First edition illustrated by Rackham. 4to. Blue/ grey cloth with lettering and vignettes in gilt. Top edge gilt. Original sketch to the verso of the half title, covering half the page and showing the eponymous vicar selling his horse. Inscribed to Rackham's brother and sister in law "To Robert + Awdry / from / Edyth + Arthur Rackham / Christmas 1929". A fine copy with a witty sketch. Pictorial silhouette endpapers. Twelve colour plates and many line drawings in the text. Every year the Rackhams presented a copy of Arthur Rackham's latest gift book to members of Edyth Rackham's large family.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: 232 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white by Arthur Rackham. Large 8vo, publisher's gilt vellum, t.e.g., preserved in the publisher's plain paper wrapper and the scarce publisher's two-part box with printed paper label on short edge. First edition. Ink ownership signature on blank leaf opposite the half-title; wrapper partially split at one flap fold; otherwise a spectacular copy. The box is also very fine, except for some expert restoration at the corners of the top half.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver (Rackham, Arthur). The Vicar of Wakefield. George G. Harrap, 1929.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. A stunning copy of this limited edition of 575 copies SIGNED by Arthur Rackham. The book is in fantastic shape. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A fabulous copy SIGNED by Rackham with the color plates present. We buy SIGNED Rackham books.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
(Rackham.) GOLDSMITH (Oliver). The Vicar of Wakefield.. Harrap, 1929.
Price: US$3842.59 + shipping
Description: FIRST RACKHAM EDITION, 4/775 COPIES signed by the artist, 12 colourprinted plates and other illustrations in the text, all by Arthur Rackham, title and Rackham design on title-page printed in red, preliminary leaves foxed, one leaf a little creased, pp. 232, 4to, original cream parchment, lettering and design on backstrip and lettering on front cover within a double-rule border, all blocked in gilt, endpapers with designs in green by Rackham, t.e.g., others untrimmed, very good. Publisher, George Harrap's copy, with his bookplate on the front free endpaper verso. Beneath the statement of limitation is a pen-and-ink drawing by Rackham, drawn for Harrap, of a character leading his horse with one hand whilst placing money into a beggar's outstretched hand with the other. The drawing is also signed by Arthur Rackham. A REVEALING AND IMPORTANT 3-page letter from Rackham to the publisher George Harrap is loosely inserted, dated 22 Jan/30. Rackham was recovering from an operation and apologises for the fact that 'I am afraid I have to conclude that I shall not be able to do a book at all this year - unless, later, there happened to be just time for "The Night before Christmas"' (eventually published in 1931). Presumably upon recommendation, he had read Our Village and Cranford: 'I have seized the opportunity to read "Our Village" - I really don't find myself much interested in it. But I have considered it, & Cranford, most carefully: I frankly don't feel fitted for either of them. The charming depiction & gentle view of character which is their strength is beyond me to illuminate.' He proceeds to relate that with which he is more at ease 'I need greater license - something that allows a freer interpretation. The Vicar came more readily - partly because its period is just enough more remote. But I wish I could discover something that allowed a more fantastic, or even grotesque, & less respectful treatment.' (Latimore & Haskell p.65: Riall p.170)
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$3970.16 + shipping
Description: Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Pp. 232, 12 coloured plates (frontispiece with tissue guard), the title and title page vignette printed in red, black & white text illustrations; cr. 4to; rebound by Bayntun Riviere in navy morocco, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands, boards with double gilt rule borders, gilt edges and dentelles; a.e.g.; marbled endpapers; within navy cloth slipcase, faintly marked; the original gilt lettered and decorated dark green cloth (including the backstrip) bound in at end; a little light foxing and very occasional slight soiling; George G. Harrap & Company Ltd., London, 1929. First trade edition. Riall p. 170; Latimore & Haskell p. 65. *With an original Arthur Rackham pen & ink drawing (with pink watercolour highlights) on the half-title page verso, inscribed Myrtle Oldershaw with all best wishes Arthur Rackham 10.7.31. The drawing is of an old lady surprised by a bespectacled jack-in-the box. Riall (p. xvi) notes that Harrap commissioned Rackham to add an original watercolour to a very small number of some of his books from The King of the Golden River onwards - but that was from 1932 on, and although such drawings were sometimes captioned, they were not specifically executed for named individuals.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia