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VANITY FAIR: A Novel Without a Hero
by WM. MAKEPEASE THACKERAY
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
-
Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
First edition, early issue, pp. xvi, pages (1)-624 (625) Subtitle on page 1 in rustic type. Mr. Pitt not Sir Print on page 453. Contains Trontpiece, vignette title page dated 1849, title page dated 1849, Imprint- London, Bradbury and Evans, Printers, Whitefriars, dedication to B. W. Proctor, 3 page preface dated June, 1848, 5 pages of Contents, 2 page List of Plates, 40 Illustrations on steel and wood by the Author.
Condition - recently rebound in half leather (Morocco) with marbled paper in contemporary style. New end papers. 6 panel with gilded title on spine. Original faded marbled edges. Text and illustrations free of foxing, light toning of edges of illustrations.
Condition - recently rebound in half leather (Morocco) with marbled paper in contemporary style. New end papers. 6 panel with gilded title on spine. Original faded marbled edges. Text and illustrations free of foxing, light toning of edges of illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cartouche Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- T001
- Title
- VANITY FAIR
- Author
- WM. MAKEPEASE THACKERAY
- Illustrator
- The author
- Format/Binding
- Half leather with hand marbled paper in contemporary style
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First early issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bradbury and Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1849
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 8.5x5.5
Terms of Sale
Cartouche Ltd.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Cartouche Ltd.
Biblio member since 2019
Vancouver, Washington
About Cartouche Ltd.
Specializing in Early American Classics and Charles Dickens. Often we add value to challenged copies through expert restoration.
Glossary
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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