The History of Henry Esmond by Thackeray, William Makepeace

HARDBACK ?THE HOLBORN LIBRARY,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1947 (1852)* Publisher: George C. Harrap & Co.Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth, silver title to spine. No bumps, very slight rubs to edges & head of spine. VG++* Jacket condition: Black & white design and title to black and yellow wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 5/- net. Some shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Chips and tears with minimal losses. ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, seems very lightly used, no foxing or tanning. FINE* Illustrations: Single b/w line drawn portrait to frontis.* Pages: 479 pp. text.* Description: Henry Esmond, is an orphan believed to be the illegitimate son of the late Thomas Esmond, Lord Castlewood. He is seen first as a grave, observant boy and later as an intelligent, level-headed young man. The novel, though narrated in the third person, takes the form of his memoirs, beginning when he is twelve years old and continuing until his early manhood and marriage. An historical novel written in the Victorian style and set in the Queen Anne Period.* A NEAR FINE copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS reduced by poor dust jacket to ACC*