A LITTLE DINNER AT TIMMINS'S : AND THE BEDFORD-ROW CONSPIRACY.
by [THACKERAY, W.M. (William Makepeace), 1811-1863] :
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Bradbury & Evans, 1856. First British edition. Two stories, with Thackeray satirical on social climbing, and teasing on a young and possibly mismatched couple. Crown 8vo (183 x 120mm). 82 + [6]pp advertisements dated July 1856. Bound in a late nineteenth-century full red-brown crushed morocco, banded and gilt, by Peter Alexander Riarch (1836-1888?), a gifted pupil of the great Francis Bedford, last heard of in Cincinnati in 1888; inner gilt dentelles; top edge gilt; marbled endleaves; original yellow pictorial wrappers and advertisements preserved at rear; just a hint of rubbing; some occasional internal spots; a few miniscule repairs, but a very good copy of a Thackeray scarcity.
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- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46133
- Title
- A LITTLE DINNER AT TIMMINS'S : AND THE BEDFORD-ROW CONSPIRACY.
- Author
- [THACKERAY, W.M. (William Makepeace), 1811-1863] :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Bradbury & Evans, 1856.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Fiction, Fine Binding
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
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- Wrappers
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