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The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
"THE NEWCOMES" - Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by William Makepeace Thackeray. First edition with Volume I (1854) and Volume II (1855) custom-bound into one book; published by Bradbury and Evans in London. The volumes contain both full-page and in-text illustrations throughout by Richard Doyle. Marbled page edges on all sides.
Condition:
Wear to the corners; there is a small piece of paper adhered to the top of the spine. Tight binding with no loose pages; crack at the front hinge after the half title page (despite the crack, the front cover is firmly attached and is not shaky). The text pages are in very good condition - mostly clean with only a few random light smudges/stains found; the end papers have darker stains at the outer corners. Overall the book is in very good condition.
Condition:
Wear to the corners; there is a small piece of paper adhered to the top of the spine. Tight binding with no loose pages; crack at the front hinge after the half title page (despite the crack, the front cover is firmly attached and is not shaky). The text pages are in very good condition - mostly clean with only a few random light smudges/stains found; the end papers have darker stains at the outer corners. Overall the book is in very good condition.
Synopsis
The Newcomes is Thackeray's most essentially 'Victorian' novel, generous in its proportions, sharp in its criticism of the moral convolutions of the age, and encyclopaedic in its reference. Set in the 1830s and 1840s, a period of rapid change and of political and economic development, the novel considers the fortunes and misfortunes of a 'most respectable' extended middle-class family. The action moves from London to Brighton, from England to France, from the political ambitions of an older generation in the industrial North to the painterly pretensions of a younger generation in Italy. At its centre is Thomas Newcome, a retired Colonel in the Indian Army who finds the snobberies and hypocrisies of early Victorian England disconcerting. In a world of men on the make, of social mobility, and of the buying and selling of women in an aristocratic marriage market, it is the Colonel's distinctive but old-fashioned gentlemanliness that stands out from a self-seeking society. The most observant and witty among Thackeray's studies of his culture, The Newcomes is also among his most complex and allusive novels, and this edition provides particularly detailed notes which clarify his many references.
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Details
- Bookseller
- CraigsClassics
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3063
- Title
- The Newcomes
- Author
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Illustrator
- Richard Doyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury and Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1854, 1855
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- william makepeace thackeray, richard doyle, the newcomes, vanity fair, pendennis, the virginians, history henry esmond, book of snobs, luck barry lyndon, rose ring, rebecca rowena, mens wives, adventures of philip, memoirs charles yellowplush, shabby gent
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Fiction;
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About the Seller
CraigsClassics
Biblio member since 2018
Hudson, New Hampshire
About CraigsClassics
My store offers a curated selection of antiquarian books in a variety of topics with an emphasis on classic literature and children's classics. I take pride in providing great customer service with prompt replies to offers and inquiries, careful packaging and next-day shipping. Based in scenic southern New Hampshire.
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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