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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself
by W.M. Thackeray
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Plano, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
A historical novel "edited" by Thackeray. Red cloth cover with gilt stamping on front and spine. B&W frontispiece, title page printed in red and black. Deckle-edged pages. All 16 B&W plates are intact.
FON on FFEP dated Christmas 1896.
Cover is stained and bumped, with wear on corners and top & heel of spine. Protective tissue over frontispiece is chipped and detached. Pages are age tanned and foxed. Some cracking in text block.
FON on FFEP dated Christmas 1896.
Cover is stained and bumped, with wear on corners and top & heel of spine. Protective tissue over frontispiece is chipped and detached. Pages are age tanned and foxed. Some cracking in text block.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PWK Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- G52
- Title
- The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
- Author
- W.M. Thackeray
- Illustrator
- Chris Hammond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1897
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- thackeray, esmond, hammond
- Bookseller catalogs
- PWK Novels;
Terms of Sale
PWK Books
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
PWK Books
Biblio member since 2020
Plano, Texas
About PWK Books
Independent seller of antiquarian books. Prices as listed. PWK Books sells exclusively through Biblio.
Will be closed December 15-January 1.
Will be closed December 15-January 1.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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