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The History of Pendennis; His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
by William Makepeace Thackeray
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Like New
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About This Item
Limited Editions Club, 1961. Limited. Hardcover. Used - Like New. First Edition Thus, First Printing (Copy #255 of 1,500). Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1961. Octavos. Two volume set. Yellow cloth boards with embossed floral designs stamped in blue and gold with yellow topstain. In light brown paper over boards slipcase with paper spine label. Signed by artist Charles W. Stewart. on limitation page in back of volume two. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Binding tight and pages crisp. Sharp corners and spine straight. Slipcase has some shelf wear with tears along edges, smudging on spine and spine label, and slight separation of top panel along right edge. A lovely copy of this beautifully illustrated edition of William Thackeray's classic novel. 713 total pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Synopsis
Written immediately after Vanity Fair, Pendennis has a similar atmosphere of brooding disillusion, tempered by the most jovial of wits. But here Thackeray plunders his own past to create the character of Pendennis and the world in which he lives: from miserable schoolboy to striving journalist, from carefree Oxbridge to the high (and low) life of London. The result is a superbly panoramic blend of people, action and background. The true ebb and flow of life is caught and the credibility of Pen, his worldly uncle, the Major, and many of the other characters, extends far beyond the pages of the novel. Held together by Thackeray's flowing, confident prose, with its conversational ease of tone, Pendennis is as rich a portrait of England in the 1830s and 40s as it is a thorough and thoroughly entertaining self-portrait.
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- Bookseller
- Southampton Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 90681
- Title
- The History of Pendennis; His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
- Author
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Used - Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Date Published
- 1961
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- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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