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Vanity Fair A Novel Without a Hero
William Makepeace Thackeray
1890
Smith, Elder and Co : London
9" by 5.5"
324pp
SUMMARY
Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by English author William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in 1847-48, satirising society in early 19th-century Britain. Illustrated throughout with engravings.
Illustrated
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The book's title comes from John Bunyan's allegorical story The Pilgrim's Progress, first published in 1678 and still widely read at the time of Thackeray's novel. "Vanity Fair" refers to a stop along the pilgrim's progress: a never-ending fair held in a town called Vanity, which is meant to represent man's sinful attachment to worldly things.
Previous owner's ink inscription to front pastedown.
CONDITION
In a cloth binding. Externally, sound but with some wear to extremities and slight loss to head and tail of spine and with marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Generally bright and clean throughout with only the odd slight mark and offsetting from inscription to following page.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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