Complete Works (10 Volume set)
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used; Good
- Seller
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Haines City, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Aldine. Three-Quarter Leather. Used; Good. 10 volume set includes vol.1: Vanity Fair, Lovel the Widower; vol.2: The Virginians; vol.3: The History of Pendennis; vol.4: The Newcomes; vol.5: The Adventures of Philip, to which is prefixed A Shabby Genteel Story, Catherine : A Story; vol.6: The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq., Denis Duval; vol.7: Roundabout Papers; vol.8: Burlesques; vol.9: The Paris Sketch-Book, Eastern Sketches, The Irish Sketch-Book; vol.10: The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh. In this Aldine set each volume has ribbed leather spine with gilt titles, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-protected frontispiece and a few other b/w plates plus numerous b/w drawings. This is clearly an old set and has wear, including some frayed or rubbed boards, dog-eared pages, browning and foxing, etc. But overall it is very nice and would enhance any collection.
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- Bookseller
- Books Music Videos 4 U (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HBBK04744
- Title
- Complete Works (10 Volume set)
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Format/Binding
- Three-Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used; Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Aldine
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Keywords
- THACKERAY WILLIAM MAKEPEACE CLASSIC COMPLETE WORKS
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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Will ship within 2 business days. Returnable if damaged or not as described, including postage, prompt refund.
About the Seller
Books Music Videos 4 U
Biblio member since 2007
Haines City, Florida
About Books Music Videos 4 U
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...