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Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero
by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/None
- Seller
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Denver, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. First edition, first issue in volume form. Contains every first issue point, with the heading on page 1 in rustic type, the woodcut of the debauched Marquis of Steyne on 336 (suppressed in later issues), and "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on 453, bound without ads. "A novel without a hero," Vanity Fair follows the entangled adventures of two school friends, the gentle, trusting Amelia Sedley and the calculating Becky Sharp, as they come of age during the Napoleonic Wars. "Are not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seem to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history? Let us then step into the coach with the Russell-square party, and be off to the Gardens." Bound in contemporary three-quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards and raised bands on spine. Heavily rubbed and scuffed. Pages toned, foxing, staining browning to plates (as is typical), with occasional offsetting from images onto adjacent pages. The pages pictured are generally the worst. Frontispiece, illustrated title page, 38 full-page plates, and 150 steel and wood-engraved illustrations by the author throughout text.
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
- Sparrow's Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 03648
- Title
- Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero
- Author
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury and Evans
- Date Published
- 1848
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About the Seller
Sparrow's Bookshop
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Denver, Colorado
About Sparrow's Bookshop
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