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tenth thousand. Full leather with gilt decoration to edges and spine, five raised bands to spine. Leather and gilt to spine lightly rubbed in places otherwise very good. Gilt top edge, Owners name to blank end paper. No tissue guards resulting in some foxing to the opposite pages to the illustrations all other pages clear. Frontispiece portrait of Thackeray and a number of other engravings / etchings of contemporary writers of Thackeray' s day illustrating the text. A biography and critical study of Thackeray and his works by his contemporary and friend Anthony Trollope. Chapters include: Biography, Fraser's Magazine and Punch, Vanity Fair, Pendennis and The Newcomes, Esmond and The Virginians Thackeray's Burlesques, Thackeray's Lectures, Thackeray's Ballads, and Thackeray's Style and Manner of Work
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- Bookseller
- Andrew James Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5538
- Title
- Thackeray
- Author
- Trollope, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Ful Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Date Published
- 1882
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- William Makepeace Thackeray biography criticism acclaim Trollope Anthony leather binding,
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
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