VANITY FAIR : a Novel Without a Hero : (The Oxford Library )
by Thackeray William Makepeace
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London: Walter Scott. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. From "The Oxford Library" series. Attractive Dark Blue cloth binding with Bright Gilt Lettering & Decoration to spine. Top Page Edges Gilt. 444 Pages + Publisher's adverts. Undated, circa late 1880s. 7 1/2" Tall, 540g. Slight edge wear, mainly at spine ends & tips of corners. A small patch of faded colour near top corner. Some browning to endpapers but only a few occasional spots of browning elsewhere. No inscriptions. ( Other Titles in The Oxford Library series in identical bindings available: The Old Curiosity Shop; Oliver Twist; Barnaby Rudge; Martin Chuzzlewit; Sketches by Boz; Last Days of Pompeii; Rienzi; The Last of the Barons; Ernest Maltravers; Paul Clifford; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Charles O'Malley; The Lamplighter; Scottish Chiefs; The Last of The Mohicans; The White Slave; Valentine Vox;; Colleen Bawn. I'm happy to give a quantity discount if you would like any of these others as I like to keeps sets together as much as possible. Please ask if you would like any more pictures or information) Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011201
- Title
- VANITY FAIR : a Novel Without a Hero : (The Oxford Library )
- Author
- Thackeray William Makepeace
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Walter Scott
- Place of Publication
- 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London
- Keywords
- FICTION/CLASSICS/THACKERAY
Terms of Sale
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Cornish Books
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Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
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