GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield: a tale. The sixth edition. Printed for T. Carnan & F. Newbery. 1779
[viii], 284pp. 12mo. Leading f.e.p roughly excised. Orig. paper cover boards, green vellum spine; paper on boards worn away, green vellum spine crudely but carefully sewn on. A rough but pleasing copy.
¶ESTC T146188, BL, Oxford, Trinity in British Isles; Free Library of Philadelphia, Harvard, Yale, Florida, NY Academy of Medicine in US. First published in 1766, it became extremely popular with the Victorians and was widely read throughout the nineteenth century.
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