GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. Preface by Austin Dobson and illustrations by Hugh Thomson.

London: MacMillan & Co. and New York, 1927. pp. xxxiv, 305. Bound in contemporary full tan calf by Morrell of London, with their name stamped on verso of front endpaper. Covers framed by triple gilt fillets with a floral tool in corners. Spine divided into six compartments by five gilt raised bands, title, author and year in gilt on contrasting burgundy and olive-green morocco labels in the second, third, and heel; the remainder tooled in gilt to a centre-and-corner design; board edges and turn-ins gilt; grey-blue endpapers; red, green and gold endbands. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. All edges gilt. A superb copy. L3 5D

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