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Vanity Fair (Becky Sharp Edition)
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Photo Play Edition.. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. Photoplay Edition. Very Good+/no dust jacket . Clean, solid "Becky Sharp Edition", illustrated with scenes from the comedy as produced by Mrs. Fiske and her company of players. Clean beige buckram cloth boards with black and red lettering and mask decoration on cover, black and red lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; previous owner inscription dated Christmas 1900 on rear of frontispiece. Title page printed in black and red. Frontispiece photo portrait of Minnie Fiske with tissue guard. Many additional photo illustrations throughout. 676 pages..
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
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029396
- Title
- Vanity Fair (Becky Sharp Edition)
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- Photo Play Edition.
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- FICTION, LITERATURE, BECKY SHARP EDITION, PHOTOPLAY WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY, PLAYS, THEATER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Plays / Theater;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
Biblio member since 2003
Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
Quality used, rare and out-of-print books. We are available 24 hours by E-mail. By phone, 9:00am - 6:00pm 585-355-6971. Books are carefully packaged, bubble wrapped and boxed for shipment. Our shipping days are M-F. Orders are shipped within one business day from time order is received. Shop is open Monday-Sunday 9:00 am-8:30 pm. Customers may set up appointment for private viewing. If further information on a book is required, e-mail info@oldscrolls.com or phone 585-355-6971. Digital photos available if none are present or if you need additional photos.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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