VANITY FAIR, A NOVEL WITHOUT A HERO
by THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1979. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Sewn-in silk bookmark. Illustrated with 200 drawings made by the author. Introduction by John T. Winterich. Color frontispiece portrait of the author. First published in book form in 1848. William Thackeray (1811-1863) was a promint and prolific novelist and writer in the English Victorian era. 759pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Deep Blue Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Thick Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014835
- Title
- VANITY FAIR, A NOVEL WITHOUT A HERO
- Author
- THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- Thick Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Fine Binding, Thackeray
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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