VANITY FAIR: A Novel Without A Hero
de William Makepeace Thackeray
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Mint/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394309332
- ISBN 13
- 9780394309330
- Librería
-
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1981. Special Edition . Hardcover. Mint/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Includes a selection of four wood engravings and all thirty-nine of the steel-engraved plates Thackeray did for the first edition (1848) of VANITY FAIR. This handsome volume is quarterbound in blue leather with four raised bands, and gold-stamped titles to spine. A handsome decorative design is stamped in gold to royal blue cloth boards. It is in as new, mint, unread condition-- and also has a silk ribbon marker sewn-in; marbled endpapers, and full, unmarked gilt edges. 678 pp. Special contents copyright, and book published, in 1981 by The Franklin Library. As issued without dust jacket. *Packed carefully and shipped in a box to insure arrival in pristine condition. BUND
Sinopsis
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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- Joe Staats, Bookseller
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 023155
- Título
- VANITY FAIR: A Novel Without A Hero
- Autor
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Mint
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Special Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394309332
- ISBN 13
- 9780394309330
- Editorial
- The Franklin Library
- Lugar de publicación
- Franklin Center, PA
- Fecha de publicación
- 1981
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Product_type
- 2
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