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Vanity Fair (Everyman's Library #298)
by THACKERAY, William Makepeace
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. [c.1908]. Hard Cover. A likely first Everyman's Library edition, 1908 (though undated). An Everyman's Library reprint edition of Thackeray's magnum opus, in which, per Ross p.498-99 ". . .all the diverse characters are united under the dazzling influence of [Thackeray's main character] Becky Sharp." With an introduction by Whitelaw Reid. E.L. no. 298 in Everyman's Library Fiction series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In flatback binding style 1, full carmine cloth-covered boards with Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, black topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page & frontis. Lacks the dust jacket. --- With acidic staining to front and rear endpapers, prior owner's discreet rubberstamping and pencilings to a few leaves, and small soiled spot to textblock fore-edge, else a clean, tightly bound copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); xv, 699 pages .
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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- Bluebird Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83880
- Title
- Vanity Fair (Everyman's Library #298)
- Author
- THACKERAY, William Makepeace
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- London / New York
- Date Published
- [c.1908]
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