The Vicar of Wakefield
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1891. Leather. Full vellum binding on thin board. Sextodecimo. 6.5 x 4 inches. [2], xxvii, [ii], 308, [2] pp. Lettered direct in black and red to front board and spine. Publisher's device (arbor scientiae, arbor vitae) stamped in black at lower right corner of front board. Top edge gilt. Pages uncut and untrimmed. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard intact. Vignette title page bearing motto (Sperate miseri, cavete felices) and publisher's device. Thirty-two chapters. Preface and notes by Austin Dobson. Minor shelf wear and soiling. Binding firm. Hinges tight. Spine square. Browning to leading rough page edges and endpapers. Previous owner's signature at top of front pastedown, else internally bright and unmarked. Very Good. Item #0000047
Price: $100.00