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VANITY FAIR- A Novel Without A Hero
by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
A$38.71A$30.97
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1958. VANITY FAIR- A Novel Without A Hero- William Makepeace Thackeray- Illustrated by Robert Ball- Random House-NY- 1958-1st Edition Thus - Hardcover:-Large 8vo- VG++-no dj as issued-missing slipcase- 7 3/4 " - 9 3/4 ". 8vo, patterned light green and grey paper with illustration of Hansom cab in blk, blk cloth spine, xviii, 543pp all clean and crisp-textblock and spine are tight and square, minor rubbing at etremities- full page color illustrations and B&W in text line drawings- they are spectacular-SEE PHOTOS-Thackeray's Classic- According to some, one of the three best novels ever written. Full page illustrations in color, smaller illustrations in black and white.- Fiction-historical-adventure-romance-classic-illustrated (2991) . 1st Thus. 1/2 Cloth & Illustrated Boards. VG++/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Robert Ball. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- jakoll
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2991
- Title
- VANITY FAIR- A Novel Without A Hero
- Author
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Illustrator
- Robert Ball
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- 1st Thus
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Fiction-historical-adventure-romance-classic-illustrated
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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