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Pocket Edition of W M Thackeray Works
William Makepeace Thackeray
c1890
Smith, Elder & Co. : London
6" by 4"
SUMMARY
Pocket sized edition of the collected works of William Makepeace Thackeray in twenty-seven uniform volumes.
Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs 10 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 4.49
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DESCRIPTION
Dated via Jisc. Complete in twenty seven volumes as issued, with fourteen volumes being the novels, and fourteen volumes being miscellanies. The Pocket Edition in the original publisher's uniform cloth bindings with gilt lettering.
William Makepeace Thackeray was a famous English novelist known for his satirical works such as Vanity Fair, portrait of British Society, and The Luck of Barry Lyndon, later adapted for a Stanley Kubrick film.
Occasional volume featuring illustrations in text.
Comprising the following:
'The Four Georges and English Humourists';
'Major Gahagan, &c';
'Sketches and Travels, &c';
'The Adventures of Philip; A Shabby Genteel Story' in two volumes;
'The Irish Sketch Book';
'The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond, &c';
'Henry Esmond;'
'The Newcomes' in two volumes;
'The Virginians' in two volumes;
'Lovel the Widower';
'Vanity Fair' in two volumes;
'The History of Pendennis' in two volumes;
'The Fitz-Boodle Papers; 'Barry Lyndon &c';
'Roundabout Papers &c';
'Christmas Books' in two volumes;
'Yellow-Plush Papers' ;
'Paris Sketch-Book &c';
'Book of Snobs &c;'
'Ballads &c';
'Denis Duval &c'.
With Gilbert Alan Hamilton, Lord Dulverton's armorial bookplate to front pastedown. He was a British businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament from 1909 to 1929.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings, titles in gilt to spine. Externally very smart with light bumping to head and tail of spine. Minor marking to front board 'The Irish Sketch Book, with gentle minor damp marking to head and tail of spine. Minor mark to front board 'The Virginians' I. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to edges affecting occasional leaf, particularly endpapers. Pages otherwise generally bright and clean.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
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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