Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket; Backstrip missing, boards heavily worn, foxed throughout, dampstain at center of front gutter, pencil
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper and Brothers. Fair with no dust jacket; Backstrip missing, boards heavily worn, foxed . throughout, dampstain at center of front gutter, penciled sums on rear . pastedown.. N.D.. Hardcover. Brown blindstamped cloth with gilt design of masked clown standing on barrel speaking to a crowd of masquerade revelers stamped on front boards. Illustrations by the author, viii, [9]-332 pp +4 pp of publisher's ads. The last ad notes that Harper and Brothers has just published Sarah Josepha Hale's "Woman's Record" which was issued in 1855. An early American printing of Thackeray's most enduring work. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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 Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34915
- Title
- Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket; Backstrip missing, boards heavily worn, foxed throughout, dampstain at center of front gutter, pencil
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Keywords
- Classic Literature, 19th Century Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...