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The Vicar of Wakefield. A Tale; The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
by Goldsmith, Oliver; Smollett, Tobias
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: James Cochrane and Co., 1832. Two works in one volume - [5], ii-viii, [3], 2-168pp; [5], 2-243pp, [1]. Contemporary half morocco, smooth back, with title and running title inside an attractive frame to spine, marbled sides, edges, and marbled endpapers. Rubbed to extremities. Light off setting from frontispiece on to title, frontispiece and title lightly foxed, very occasional and very light foxing to text, generally quite bright and clean. Armorial bookplate of Sir William Eden to front pastedown. With five engravings by George Cruikshank (as called for). In the 'Roscoe's Novelists Library' series. Cohn 708; Sadleir 3736a. First Thus. Hardback. Good. Illus. by Cruikshank, George. 12mo.
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- Bookseller
- Zetetic Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003871
- Title
- The Vicar of Wakefield. A Tale; The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver; Smollett, Tobias
- Illustrator
- Cruikshank, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- James Cochrane and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1832
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Goldsmith, Cruikshank, Roscoe
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nineteenth Century; Literature and Literary Criticism;
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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Bookplate
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 12mo
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- 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...
- 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....
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