Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: Very good+, spine dulled, light wear to cloth; Inscription on endpaper.
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: Very good+, some spotting & light wear to cloth; Inscription on endpaper.
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, 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$748.00 + shipping
Description: Beautiful copy of this classic, with 12 full page color plates by Arthur Rackham. This is #155 of 200 copies in the American edition, and is SIGNED by Rackham under the limitation statement on verso of half title. Bound in full vellum with gilt-stamped titles and rules on spine and upper board, top edge gilt. Ref. LATIMORE p. 65. Very good with some overall light soil, a few slight rubs. Vellum over boards. Quarto. 232 pages
Seller: Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Vicar of Wakefield" by Oliver Goldsmith and ill. by Arthur Rackham. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1929 limited edition: #136/200 copies signed by Rackham (from a total edition of 775). Small 4to. (232) pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece, 11 full-page color plates, plus 22 black and white in-text illustrations. Publisher's deluxe full vellum binding, stamped in gilt; illustrated endpapers; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; largely unopened; light scattered foxing throughout including some plates; book-plate on front paste-down. Vellum much cleaner than usually found. Latimore and Haskell, p. 65; Riall, p. 170. NIce copy.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$937.50 + shipping
Description: Edition limited to 575 copies for England and 200 copies for the U. S., this being no. 29 of the American issue and signed by Arthur Rackham; 4to, pp. 231, [1]; 12 color plates by Rackham, other illustrations in the text, pictorial endpapers; near fine copy in original art vellum stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. New blue cloth slipcase.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver.. The Vicar of Wakefield. SIGNED by illustrator. David McKay, Philadelphia, 1929.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7000 PB shelf. #115 of the American issue of 200 copies, beautifully signed up front by Rackham. Gold-stamped lightly soiled/foxed vellum bds. No names, clean text. No dust jacket issued. Gilt top edge. Lovely illustrated endpapers. Deckled edges. With 12 color plates. 232 p.
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1929.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: (Rackham, Arthur) illustrator. Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [1929]. LIMITED EDITION; "Edition limited to Five Hundred and Seventy-five copies for England and Two Hundred copies for the United States, of which this is No. 159 of the American issue." Signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. 4to - 10-9/16" x 8". White vellum covered boards with triple-line border and titles stamped in gilt to front cover and decoration and titles stamped in gilt to spine with a single tiny abrasion, a few tiny spots of discoloration and slight bow to the boards for what is a bright, clean copy of the book. Gray and white pictorial endpapers designed by Rackham. T.E.G.; others untrimmed. 231 pp. Oliver Goldsmith's 1766 novel which lampooned literary conventions of the day, e.g., pastoral scenes, artificial romance and the hero's stoic bravery, is illustrated by Arthur Rackham with [12] full page color plates and twenty-two drawings in black and white, both full page and within text. Internally the book is bright and clean with no foxing and no extraneous marks or smudges; slight waviness to the text block as is not uncommon with these deluxe Rackham editions. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. A beautiful copy of the book.
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Goldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. David McKay Company, 1929.
Price: US$1304.32 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st 1929. Fine condition with no wrapper. Deluxe edition limited to 775 copies (575 for England and 200 for the United States). Bound in vellum with gold lettering and border to front cover. Gold titles and vignette to spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 232 pages. 10.25 x 8". 12 coloured plates and 22 b/w drawings. Grey-green and white pictorial endpapers. SIGNED by Rackham. This is copy no. 133 of the American issue. This is a stunning copy with no marks on the vellum other than a tiny rub to the edge of the rear cover and a small crack (0.5") at top and tail of the spine. The front endpaper has a 0.5" closed margin tear, there is a tiny gold gallery label to the rear pastedown, otherwise the contents are fine with all plates present and no foxing. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Description: Deluxe issue, limited to 775 copies (575 for England and 200 for the United States) signed by Arthur Rackham, this being copy no. 94 of the American issue. Publisher's white vellum, front cover ruled and lettered in gilt, spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. A few text leaves poorly opened, some scattered foxing, bookplate on front paste-down. Quarto (10 5/16 x 7 3/4 in; 263 x 197 mm). 231, [1] pp. Twelve full page color plates, twenty-two black and white line drawings. A very good copy, housed in a green cloth slipcase. "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" (Hudson 126). 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.
Rackham, Arthur (Oliver Goldsmith). The Vicar of Wakefield. David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1929.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies SIGNED by Arthur Rackham. This is the American Issue bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's full Velum cloth. A beautiful copy. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy in collector's condition. We buy SIGNED Rackham First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.