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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray in Twenty-Four Volumes; Volume XIII: The Christmas Books of Mr M. A. Titmarsh
by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$25.28NZ$18.95
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About This Item
The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray in Twenty-Four Volumes; Volume XIII: The Christmas Books of Mr M. A. Titmarsh. With illustrations by the author and Richard Doyle. Hardback, 1879, published by Smith, Elder, & Co., London, xiv + 217 pages.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 7/8" by 5 5/8" by 1 1/4". Green cloth binding, black emblem to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Marking and scuffing to binding, discolouration to boards. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Book has forward tilt. Some slackness to binding, a little cracking to inner hinges but book contents quite firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and a bit marked and foxed. Leaves have been neatly opened, though two leaves at beginning of book still partially joined. Some foxing to endpapers, the odd mark to page surfaces and a few dog-eared and slightly torn page corners but otherwise clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-586
- Title
- The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray in Twenty-Four Volumes; Volume XIII: The Christmas Books of Mr M. A. Titmarsh
- Author
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Illustrator
- William Makepeace Thackeray; Richard Doyle
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder, & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1879
- Pages
- 217+
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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