W.M Thackeray, The Newcomes 1854-5
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Description
Heading: (Thackeray, William Makepeace)
Author: Pendennis, Arthur, ed., pseud.
Title: The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
Place Published: London
Publisher:Bradbury and Evans
Date Published: 1854-55
Description:
Author: Pendennis, Arthur, ed., pseud.
Title: The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
Place Published: London
Publisher:Bradbury and Evans
Date Published: 1854-55
Description:
2 volumes. (iii)-viii, 380; (iii)-viii, 375 pp. Half titles not retained. Illustrated with 46 engraved plates and 2 added engraved titles by Richard Doyle; numerous wood engravings throughout the text. (8vo) 21.5x13.5 cm (8½x5¼"), period half-calf with decorative floral cloth-covered boards, ruled in gilt, lettered on morocco labels in gilt, all edges marbled. First Edition in book form.
Thackeray's posthumously published classic, which was serialized in twenty-three monthly installments in London from October 1853 through August 1855. The Newcomes is considered to be an early novel giving sensitivity to the position of women in Victorian society.
Condition
Chip and repaired tear at heads of spines, rubbing with some sunning; bookplates removed, toning with a few dampstains to Doyle plates, a few plates repaired; very good.
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W.M Thackeray, The Newcomes 1854-5
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