Author: GOLDSMITH OLIVER
Title: Vicar of Wakefield
Description: London & Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press. Hardcover. Very Good / No Jacket, Undated (Early 1920s) . Soft burgundy leatheretter covers wih giilt letttering on spine. Burgundy end papers. Previous owner's name written on back of frontispiece. Minor wear on spine ends and corners. Rubbing on spine creases. Black & white pictures throughout the book, very clean interior. Top pages are gilted. Parson Primrose and his wife, Deborah, must manage the lives of their children--scholars George and Moses, the attractive and sensual Olivia and Sophia, as well as two younger sons. Betrothals, betrayals, loss and gain of fortune, catastrophe, vanity, pretension, and providence pepper this novel that Henry James called "the spoiled child of our literature." ; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; 315 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .
Keywords: Scottish, Family Fiction Humour & Satire Classics Literature England
Title: Vicar of Wakefield
Description: London & Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press. Hardcover. Very Good / No Jacket, Undated (Early 1920s) . Soft burgundy leatheretter covers wih giilt letttering on spine. Burgundy end papers. Previous owner's name written on back of frontispiece. Minor wear on spine ends and corners. Rubbing on spine creases. Black & white pictures throughout the book, very clean interior. Top pages are gilted. Parson Primrose and his wife, Deborah, must manage the lives of their children--scholars George and Moses, the attractive and sensual Olivia and Sophia, as well as two younger sons. Betrothals, betrayals, loss and gain of fortune, catastrophe, vanity, pretension, and providence pepper this novel that Henry James called "the spoiled child of our literature." ; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; 315 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .
Keywords: Scottish, Family Fiction Humour & Satire Classics Literature England
Price: US$ 21.50 Seller: Bytown Bookery
- Book number: 1692
- Book number: 1692