Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero (Abridged Version)
by THACKERAY, William Makepeace
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1936. Hardcover. An abridged version of William Makepeace Thackeray's famous novel, which first appeared in installments in 1847. With illustrations by the author (including a facsimile of his original wrapper), and abridged and edited by Max J. Herzberg. An entry in publisher's "Modern Reader's Series." --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with cover & spine decorations and titling in gilt. Volume has no dust jacket. --- With prior owner's signature to front free endpaper and fairly frequent penciled markings scattered through the text, else a tightly-bound, bright copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxv, 364 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86652
- Title
- Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero (Abridged Version)
- Author
- THACKERAY, William Makepeace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...