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Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero (1848)
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
LEWES, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bradbuy & Evans, 1849. Book. Good. Hardcover. [Secondary State/Issue]. Frontispiece, vignette title and thirty-eight plates by the Author. Recently rebound in brown leather over marbled boards; raised bands, black leather title label and impressed decorations on spine; all edges marbled. Light foxing, some offsetting from plates, otherwise good in fine binding. Without the suppressed plate of The Marquis of Steyne (originally facing p. 336), and with an exchange of plates so that The Letter Before Waterloo is now facing p. 619 and A Booth in Vanity Fair is now used as the frontispiece. A heavy volume which will require additional postage/delivery costs..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Richard Beaton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RE2946
- Title
- Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero (1848)
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Bradbuy & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1849
Terms of Sale
Richard Beaton
Orders will be processed and despatched, wherever possible, with 24 hours. Orders received over the weekend will normally be processed and despatched on the following Monday. Delivery/postage is NOT included in the listed price. Delivery in the UK is normally by second class letter post/standard parcels, unless another service is requested and paid for by customer. Delivery outside the UK (worldwide) is made by airmail or surface mail, unless another service is requested and paid for by the customer. The condition of all books has been carefully described, noting all significant faults. If the condition of any book or books does not meet the description, the item may be returned for a full refund, including return postage. Where a customer wishes to cancel a purchase, the book(s) may be returned for a refund, but with return carriage paid by the customer. The customer must contact Richard Beaton to request the return, within 14 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Richard Beaton
Biblio member since 2005
LEWES
About Richard Beaton
In addition to listing on bookselling websites, I issue quarterly catalogues, available free of charge on request. I offer a select stock of nineteenth and early twentieth century fiction -- novels, short story collections, literary journals, annuals etc, with a strong emphasis on lesser-known novelists.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
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