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The Vicar of Wakefield and Other Writings (Modern Library #291.1)
by GOLDSMITH, Oliver
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. [c.1960]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition offering Oliver Goldsmith's famous "The Vicar of Wakefield" as well as a sampling of his poetry, plays and essays. Edited, with notes and an introduction by Frederick W. Hilles. --- In Toledano spine 8 / grey cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i / verso advertises 393 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1960 (though 1955 date appears in book). ML #291.1. --- With acidic stains to pp. 476-77, dampstains to cloth, penciled tick marks to table of contents and dulling to cover & spine gilding; interior otherwise unmarked and volume is tightly bound. Unclipped dust jacket with some fading to cover and rubbing, chips & small tears to edges but overall intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; xxv, 580 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82273
- Title
- The Vicar of Wakefield and Other Writings (Modern Library #291.1)
- Author
- GOLDSMITH, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1960]
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Poetry;
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Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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