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Vanity Fair
by Thackeray, W. M. [William Makepeace]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York and Boston: H. M. Caldwell Company Reprint edition. No date. Two volumes bound as one. Illustrated. The spine head is frayed. There are two small bleached spots on the front board. The front hinge is cracked. The first few leaves have corner dampstains. In an otherwise sound binding.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" 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
- Banjo Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012932
- Title
- Vanity Fair
- Author
- Thackeray, W. M. [William Makepeace]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- H. M. Caldwell Company
- Place of Publication
- New York and Boston
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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