Author: Oliver Goldsmith
Title: The Vicar of Wakefield
Description: London, George G. Harrap & Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. 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 . Ill.: Arthur Rackham. Very Good .
Keywords: arthur rackham oliver goldsmith vicar of wakefield illustrated oliver goldsmith Arthur Rackham
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Title: The Vicar of Wakefield
Description: London, George G. Harrap & Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. 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 . Ill.: Arthur Rackham. Very Good .
Keywords: arthur rackham oliver goldsmith vicar of wakefield illustrated oliver goldsmith Arthur Rackham
Price: GBP 125.00 = appr. US$ 178.50 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 813J64
- Book number: 813J64
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