Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero
by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/None as published
- Seller
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Fitzroy North, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
A fine copy. Quarter-bound in black leather and boards with gilt design front and back. Gilt title on backstrap with three raised bands.
Synopsis
Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is William Thackeray's celebrated satirical novel of 19th century British society. Vanity Fair follows the rags-to-riches tale of the captivating and ruthless Becky Sharpe as she navigates her way through London society with fearsome determination and ambition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bob's Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 221
- Title
- Vanity Fair
- Author
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Illustrator
- William Makepeace Thackeray, from the first edition.
- Format/Binding
- Tight
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- None as published
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- the oxford Library of the World's Great Books
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford university press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 679
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature, Satire, fiction, Romance
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hotham Books;
Terms of Sale
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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