THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS OF MR. M. A. TITMARSH
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1886. Thackeray's Complete Works, The People's Edition. With 325 Illustrations by the Author, Du Maurier, Cruikshank, Leech, Millais, Barnard, and Others. Stories include: Mrs. Perkins's Ball, Our Street, Dr. Birch, The Kickleburys on the Rhine, The Rose and the Ring, Ballads and Tales, The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond, Men's Wives and The Book of Snobs. 430 pp. Gren cloth cover with black image of the author on front, gilt title lettering on spine. Cover cornres are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, light scuffing and soiling to cover faces, spine is creased, spine ends are fraying and torn. Page edges darkened. Front hinge is broken. Frontispiece illustration protected by tissueguard. Content pages are chipped with some tears, back pages also have some chipping and creasing to corners and edges. Interior pages browning, text easily legible. Book in VG- condition.. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Illus. by Illustrated. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Famous Author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007352
- Title
- THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS OF MR. M. A. TITMARSH
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- William Thackeray, Famous Author, Fiction, Holiday
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Famous Authors;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2"
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About the Seller
Bee Creek Books
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Princeton, New Jersey
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...