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Vanity Fair (Everyman's Library #298)
by THACKERAY, William Makepeace
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1941. Hardcover. 18th printing, 1941, of the 1908 issuance. An Everyman's Library reprint edition of Thackeray's magnum opus, in which, per Ross p.498-99 ". . .all the diverse characters are united under the dazzling influence of [Thackeray's main character] Becky Sharp." With an introduction by Whitelaw Reid. E.L. no. 298 in Everyman's Library Fiction series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In Everyman's Library binding style 3 with full carmine cloth and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and brown topstain. Red jacket features Ravilious knot to cover. --- A sound, tightly-bound copy though with some darkening at front cover shell. Quite brittle jacket with a few chunks missing from spine ends and front flap, other small chips, otherwise intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); xv, 699 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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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84218
- Title
- Vanity Fair (Everyman's Library #298)
- Author
- THACKERAY, William Makepeace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- London / New York
- Date Published
- 1941
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