The Vicar of Wakefield. Illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan. London: Constable, 1914. First Edition Thus. Pp xvi, 345. Large 8vo. Special Edition in Fine Binding. Full green crushed morocco, front board with morocco inlay in colour depicting the Vicar, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine bright copy.

First edition with the E. J. Sullivan illustrations. 

This 1914 Constable edition of Goldsmith’s The Vicar of Wakefield, illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan, is one of the most striking early‑20th‑century interpretations of the novel. While Arthur Rackham and Hugh Thomson often dominate the conversation around illustrated classics of the period, Sullivan brings a very different artistic sensibility—one that blends elegance, satire, and a slightly modern edge.