Feb 28, 2013 - Sale 2305

Sale 2305 - Lot 79

Price Realized: $ 960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
[GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.] The Vicar of Wakefield. [4], 214; [2], 223 pages. 2 volumes. 12mo, contemporary calf, lower portion of Volume 1 front cover abraded; few gatherings sprung, small browned area at top of front endpapers and preliminaries in Volume 1, faint dampstain in upper inner corner of Volume 2 opening leaves; cloth folding case. Salisbury: B. Collins for F. Newbery, London, 1766

Additional Details

first edition. With no catchword on page 213 in Volume 1; incorrect catchword "was" on page 39 and page 159 correctly numbered in Volume 2. Roscoe A200; Rothschild 1028; Scott, pages 173-75.