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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray
1868
Smith, Elder & Co. : London
8.5" by 5.5"
(iv) 464pp.; (iv) 456pp.; 362pp.; (viii) 328pp.; (iv) [2] 386pp.; (iv) 416pp.; (viii) 407pp.; (iv) 392pp.; (vii) 440pp.; (vi) 444pp.;(iv) 390pp.; (vi) 428pp.; (vii) 448pp.; (iv) 413pp.; (xv) 452pp.; (viii) 514pp.; (vi) 354pp.; 343pp.;457pp.; (iv) 451pp.;
SUMMARY
A complete set of the novels and stories of popular nineteenth-century novelist William Makepeace Thackeray.
Folding Plates,Illustrated
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 30 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
Including:
The Newcombes (In two volumes)
The Four Georges/The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century
The Christmas Books of Mr M. A. Titmarsh (two volumes)
Denis Duval, Lovel the Widower, and Other Stories
The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon Esq.
Vanity Fair (in two volumes)
The Book of Snobs and Sketches and Travels in London
The Paris Sketch Book of Mr M.A. Titmarsh and the Memoirs of Mr Charles J. Yellowplush
Catherine: A Story, Little Travels, The Fitz-Boodle Papers and Others
Roundabout Papers from the Cornhill Magazine to Which Is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon
Burlesques
Ballads and Tales
Esmond
The Irish Sketchbooks/Notes of A Journey From Cornwall to Cairo
Philip (in two volumes)
The Virginians (in two volumes)
Pendennis (in two volumes)
Miscellaneous Sketches, Essays and Reviews
Contributions to Punch
During the Victorian era, Thackeray was ranked second only to Charles Dickens. He was able to satirise whole swaths of humanity while retaining a light touch. It also features his most memorable character, the engagingly roguish Becky Sharp. As a result, unlike Thackeray's other novels, it remains popular with the general reading public; it is a standard fixture in university courses and has been repeatedly adapted for movies and television.
Illustrated by Richard Doyle and by the author with four hundred and seventeen plates, collated complete, and numerous other illustrations in the text.
With publisher's catalogues to the rear.
In Thackeray's own day, some commentators, such as Anthony Trollope, ranked his History of Henry Esmond as his greatest work, perhaps because it expressed Victorian values of duty and earnestness, as did some of his other later novels.
Including additional titles and half-titles bound to the rear of Catherine.
Complete in twenty-four volumes.
CONDITION
In green cloth bindings with gilt detailing. Externally, generally smart, though with some light wear to the head and tails of the spines. Some rubbing and bumping also. Internally, binding strained in places. Five front hinges are strained. Pages are bright and generally clean, though with some scattered foxing throughout. Many pages are unopened.
Overall Condition: Very 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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