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VANITY FAIR: A NOVEL WITHOUT A HERO
de Thackeray, William Makepeace (novel); Thayer, Lee (cover design)
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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1893. Handsome edition of Thackeray's well-loved satirical novel of early 19th-century British society. Basis for numerous film adaptations, most recently Mira Nair's 2004 film starring Reese Witherspoon. First One-Volume Edition by Crowell. Octavo (21cm); emerald green cloth, with titling and peacock feather motif stamped in gilt and blue on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; engraved frontispiece and illustrated title page, with 16 plates of illustrations; vi, 342pp. Decorative gift bookplate (unfilled) of the Harriet Brown Hatton Memorial Circulating Library to front endpaper, with partial ownership label of Mr. Horace B. Hatton applied upside down to rear pastedown; base of spine gently nudged, else a tight, Fine copy, with the decorative elements bright and unrubbed.
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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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- Librería
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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- 2282
- Título
- VANITY FAIR: A NOVEL WITHOUT A HERO
- Autor
- Thackeray, William Makepeace (novel); Thayer, Lee (cover design)
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- 1
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- Thomas Y. Crowell & Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1893
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Sobre Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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