Vanity Fair

by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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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Vanity Fair: A Novel Without A Hero

by THACKERAY, William Makepeace

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First UK Edition
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1848
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First UK Edition. Mixed issue, with "Mr. Pitt" on p.453 line 31, but lacking the suppressed woodcut of Marquis of Steyne, the rustic type heading on p.1, and with the engraved title page dated 1848. This copy bound without the four ad leaves. Includes engraved half-title and ad leaf for The Great Hoggarty Diamond.… Read more about this item
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by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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1848
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. First issue with the headline on page 1 in rustic type, the woodcut of Mr. Steyne on page 336 which was later suppressed, and "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on page 453; bound without ads. Finely bound in somewhat contemporary three-quarter leather over marbled paper… Read more about this item
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Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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1870
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464 Pages. This classic novel's exterior has minor wearing on all four corners and some worn areas at the base and top edges of the spine, along the verticle sides of the spine and in a few places on the bottom edge of the book. The interior of the book, however, has no visible extraneous markings, its numerous illustrations by the… Read more about this item
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VANITY FAIR

by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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1848
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First Edition, Mixed Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, xvi, 624 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's blue-green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Moderate shelfwear. Severe chipping to cloth on spine, with webbing and textblock exposed. Bumping and fraying to corners. Age-toning and foxing to textblock. Some pencil writing from previous owner. Blind stamp… Read more about this item
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Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero. With Illustrations On Steel and Wood By the Author
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Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero. With Illustrations On Steel and Wood By the Author

by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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First Edition, First Issue
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1848
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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First Edition, First Issue. Near Fine. 8vo; 8 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. (212 x 130 mm); pp. ix + 625 + 38 steel-engraved plates, engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title page, and 150 woodcuts and illustrated capitals in the text by Thackeray. COSWAY-STYLE BINDING by BAYNTUM of Bath (stamp-signed on front turn-in) with… Read more about this item
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Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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John W. Lovell Company (United States Book company) Illustrations by the Author. Publishing date not given. Owner's signature dated Aug 15, 1893. Binding is loose, webbing shows but no pages are loose. Green cover is worn and faded. Edges quite worn.
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Vanity Fair:  A Novel Without a Hero

Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero

by THACKERAY, William Makepeace

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Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
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[c.1940s-50s]
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Hardcover
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9780141883861
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New York: Book League of America. Very Good- with no dust jacket. [c.1940s-50s]. Hardcover. 0141883863 . An undated reprint edition of Thackeray's enduring work of class distinctions in England in the 19th century. Possibly published c.1940s-50s. --- In navy blue cloth-covered boards with blindstamped publisher device to cover, and with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume has no… Read more about this item
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Vanity Fair.
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Vanity Fair.

by THACKERAY, William Makepeace.

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1848
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London: Bradbury and Evans,, 1848. A sumptuously bound Victorian classic First edition in book form, elegantly bound. Later editions of "this classic novel almost invariably omit Thackeray's vignettes and often give only a selection from his etchings. The reader is deprived thereby not only of much amusement but also of important clues to the meaning of the story" (Ray,… Read more about this item
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VANITY FAIR: A NOVEL WITHOUT A HERO

VANITY FAIR: A NOVEL WITHOUT A HERO

by Thackeray, William Makepeace (novel); Thayer, Lee (cover design)

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1893
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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1893. Handsome edition of Thackeray's well-loved satirical novel of early 19th-century British society. Basis for numerous film adaptations, most recently Mira Nair's 2004 film starring Reese Witherspoon. First One-Volume Edition by Crowell. Octavo (21cm); emerald green cloth, with titling and peacock feather motif stamped in gilt and blue on spine and front… Read more about this item
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Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero. [Cosway].

Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero. [Cosway].

by Thackeray, William Makepeace [Cosway]

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1848
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition, first issue of Thackeray's masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full red morocco by Bayntun Riviere in Cosway-style binding with a miniature portrait of Thackeray inset into the front panel, engraved frontispiece, engraved additional title, and 38 engraved plates, spine in gilt compartments, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, ivory silk doublures. The first… Read more about this item
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Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Used - Very good
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Published
1893
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Hardcover
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Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1893. Hardcover. Very good/None. Drawings by Frank T. Merrill. Pages are clean and unmarked with a few small stains on fore-edge of text block. Gilt edging at top of text block is clear. Boards are firm with some frayed areas at edges. Gilt lettering and gilt/color design on front board is clear and unfaded.… Read more about this item
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VANITY FAIR

VANITY FAIR

by Thackeray, William Makepeace; Drawings Robert Ball

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Vintage Copy
Published
1958
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Hardcover
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New York: Random House. 1958. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Some discoloration to FEP and REP. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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1910
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Hardcover
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E.P. Dutton & Co, 1910. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good. Wear to and along spine. One page is loose but present. Some creasing to a few pages. 1910 Everyman's Library Edition.
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Vanity Fair (3 Vols.)
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Vanity Fair (3 Vols.)

by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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1848
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A novel without a hero. Copyright edition. 15,7x12 cm. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1848. --- Cloth-bound (contemporary binding) with blindstamped decoration and gilt lettering on spine. Light wear on binding. Light occasional foxing.
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Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Used - Very Good-
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Becky Sharp Edition
Published
1899
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Hardcover
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This is the "Becky Sharp" photoplay edition of "VANITY FAIR" - A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray. 1899; Harper & Brothers; New York. This edition features numerous full-page photographs from "the comedy as produced by Mrs. Fiske and her company of players." Gilt top page edges. Condition: Light soiling to the covers and spine; the front cover has some… Read more about this item
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Vanity Fair : A Novel Without a Hero ** 1ST U.S. EDITION ** ( Illustrated by the Author )
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Vanity Fair : A Novel Without a Hero ** 1ST U.S. EDITION ** ( Illustrated by the Author )

by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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Used - Fair
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1st U.S. Edition
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1848
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Hardcover
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Harper & Brothers. ** 1ST U.S. EDITION, 1ST PRINTING, 1848 ** CLOTH-BOUND HARDCOVER ** NOT A LIBRARY BOOK ** TEXT UNMARKED ** ILLUSTRATIONS BY AUTHOR **Published in New York by Harper & Brothers, 1848, with 335 double-columned pages (332 numbered, then ending with 2 unnumbered full-page engraved plates), 4 pages of ads at the end, and with many (32) full-page… Read more about this item
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Vanity Fair (A Novel Without A Hero) and Lovel the Widower
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Vanity Fair (A Novel Without A Hero) and Lovel the Widower

by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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No DJ
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c.1890
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Hardcover
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106 and 108 Reade Street, NY: F.M. Lupton, Publisher, c.1890. Hardcover. Fair/Good/No DJ. 6 x 8.6". 1 Hardcover in Fair/Good condition; no dust jacket. Front cover title in black lettering or outline design is The Works of W.M. Thackeray on Burgundy cloth. Spine says Vanity Fair in gild letteiring, along with black lettering saying Thackeray's Works. Title page is as… Read more about this item
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Vanity Fair: William Makepeace Thackeray (The Penguin English Library)

Vanity Fair: William Makepeace Thackeray (The Penguin English Library)

by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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Paperback
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9780141199641
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Paperback. Very Good.
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Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Used - Good
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First edition
Published
1848
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Leather
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848 . First edition. Leather. Good. 9" by 6.5". William Makepeace Thackeray. The first edition, first issue of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel, set during the Napoleonic Wars. The first edition in book form, first issue. With engraved and letterpress title page both dated 1848; with the suppressed woodcut of Marquis of Steyne on… Read more about this item
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Vanity Fair.

Vanity Fair.

by Thackeray, William Makepeace.

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Used - Good+
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Reprint.
Published
1985
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Paperback
ISBN
9780140430356
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London.: Penguin Books., 1985. 814pp. Edited by J. I. M. Stewart. Spine slightly creased. Penguin Classics.. Reprint.. Paperback. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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