The Vicar of Wakefield / Oliver Goldsmith

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Front cover and spine

Front cover and spine

Name/Title

The Vicar of Wakefield / Oliver Goldsmith

Entry/Object ID

2017.11.15

Description

xxxiv, 305 pages, [1] leaf of plates : ill. A photo of Hugh Thomson is pasted onto the blank page preceding the frontis. Preface written by Austin Dobson.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Clergy, Fiction, 1890s

Dimensions

Height

7-1/4 in

Book Details

Author

Oliver Goldsmith

Illustrator

Hugh Thomson

Edition

Second

Publisher

Macmillan & Company

Place Published

City

London

Country

England

Date Published

1892

Printer

R. & R. Clark

Place Printed

City

Edinburgh

Country

Scotland, United Kingdom

Date Printed

1892

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Cranford Series

Binding Designer

Hugh Thomson

Binding Notes

Bound in dark green cloth with unsigned art nouveau cover design attributed to Hugh Thomson. Vertical floral, branch, and bird motif. Green coated endpapers. All edges gilt.

Notes

First edition published 1890, second edition published 1892. Reprinted in 1892.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Austin Dobson