The Vicar of Wakefield Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Goldsmith, Oliver

Verlag: George G. Harrap & Company, Limited, London, Bombay, Sydney, 1929

Beschreibung

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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 019610

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Vicar of Wakefield Illustrated by Arthur...

Verlag: George G. Harrap & Company, Limited, London, Bombay, Sydney

Erscheinungsdatum: 1929

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Rackham, Arthur

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition.

Art des Buches: Book