The Vicar of Wakefield

Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1929 Book. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. Fine. Hardcover. First American trade edition. Quarto. 9½ x 7¼ inches. 232pp. plus 12 full-page plates in color and 22 black & white drawings, gray and white pictorial endpapers. Dark gray-blue cloth, gilt lettering and illustration on cover, top edges gilt. The slightest of rubbing to foot of spine, near owner's name and address on end. A very fine and bright copy. The classic Goldsmith novel depicting the fall and rise of the Primrose family, presided over by the benevolent vicar. Beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham, the premier British illustrator of the late 19th - early 20th century, focusing on the illustration of classic children's literature and fairy tales. [Latimore and Haskell: p. 65]..