VANITY FAIR : Illustrated in Colour By Lewis Baumer
by Thackeray William Makepeace
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Hodder & Stoughton. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Baumer, Lewis. A Lovely Edition, illustrated with 20 Tipped-In Colour Plates, protected by Captioned Tissue Guards. Colour Plates Engraved and Printed by Henry Ston & Son Ltd, Banbury. Grey/Green cloth cover with Vignette Paste-Down Colour illustration of Becky Sharp, frasmed with an Ornate Design in Gilt, on the front. Bright Gilt Lettering below. Gilt Lettering and small Gilt Silhouette of Becky on spine. Top page edges Gilt. Endpapers illustrated with 2 Portraits. Frontis has a Profile illustration of "Becky Sharp". Title Page illustrated with a Full-Length Colour Picture of Jos. 483 Pages, 1.8 Kilos, 11" Tall. Slight edge wear and a little fraying to cloth at spine corners. Hinges sound & Binding firm. No inscriptions except an old penciled price on back of ffep. Pages and Plates in very good, clean condition. Book weighs 1.8 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like more Pictures, information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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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- Cornish Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016394
- Title
- VANITY FAIR : Illustrated in Colour By Lewis Baumer
- Author
- Thackeray William Makepeace
- Illustrator
- Baumer, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Keywords
- FICTION/CLASSICS/ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
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- Gilt
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- Paste-down
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- Edges
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