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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.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: Limited edition, #25 of 525 hand-numbered copies for England, signed by Rackham, in publisher's full vellum with gilt title and spine. Illustrated with color frontispiece, 11 color plates, and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. 4to. [iv], 5-232pp. Latimore & Haskell, p. 65. Near fine with top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, many pages unopened, slight bowing to boards, publisher's slip case wanting.
Seller: Nelson Rare Books, ABAA, Haddonfield, NJ, U.S.A.
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$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.
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$1259.15 + 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$1291.43 + 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
Oliver Goldsmith. The Vicar of Wakefield. George G Harrap, London, 1929.
Price: US$1937.15 + 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$1937.15 + 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
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Vicar of Wakefield" by Oliver Goldsmith and ill. by Arthur Rackham London: George G Harrap, 1929 limited signed edition, no 17 of 575. With original pen and ink sketch by Rackham of an elderly man at a writing desk to half-title verso, signed twice by Rackham to limitation leaf (one beneath sketch), colour frontispiece, 11 colour plates, further black and white plates, partially uncut, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original full vellum gilt, some wear with light marks. This is an unique copy with original art work by Rackham included. Therefore, it is a must in any serious Rackham collection.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
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.
Price: US$4036.08 + 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