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The Newcomes ( Complete 2 Volume Set ): Memoirs of a Respectable Family. Edited by Arthur Pendennis Esq. with Illustrations of Steel and Wood by Richard Doyle
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Complete 2 Volume Set in Period Green cloth covers with bright Gilt Monogram and Gilt & Blind-Embossed Decoration to fronts; Bright Gilt Lettering & Decoration to spines. Beveled edges. Brown endpapers. Very well illustrated, Vol. I frontis illus "J.J. in Dreamland" opposite illustrated title page followed by printed Title page dated 1868. 22 Full-Page Plates and many In-Text illustrations. Vol. II frontis "Christmas at Rosebery, protected by tissue guard, opposite illustrated title page followed by printed title page dated 1868. 22 Full page Plates and many In-Text illustrations. Small closed tear to cloth at top of spine of Vol. I (1/4" long). No inscriptions. Some pages have spots of very light foxing.
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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- Bookseller
- White Swan Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100031
- Title
- The Newcomes ( Complete 2 Volume Set )
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Illustrator
- Richard Doyle
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co.
- Place of Publication
- 65 Cornhill, London
- Date Published
- 1868
- Size
- 9" Tall.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Thackeray
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; Historical Fiction; Antiquarian;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Swan Books
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Redruth, Cornwall
About White Swan Books
Old fashioned Book loving Book Dealer selling from Bricks and Mortar Bookshop in Cornwall and also now selling Books online. Specialising in Antiquarian, Vintage Children's, Out of Print and Collectable books but also selling a wide range of Second Hand books in many subjects.
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