NOVELS BY EMINENT HANDS, AND CHARACTER SKETCHES.
by THACKERAY, W.M
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Edgeworn and Soiled.
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1856. Original front wrapper, yellow paper lettered in black. Rear cover and spine paper have been replaced. Contents a bit soiled and foxed as is front cover. Name in ink at top of cover. This is one of the so-called "Miscellanies", first published in Punch in 1847, "Character Sketches" first appeared in "Heads of the People" in 1840. Van Duzer 155.. First Edition. Yellow Wrappers.. Edgeworn and Soiled.. Small Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001133
- Title
- NOVELS BY EMINENT HANDS, AND CHARACTER SKETCHES.
- Author
- THACKERAY, W.M
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Edgeworn and Soiled.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury and Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1856
- Size
- Small Octavo
- Keywords
- English Literature.N
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...