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The History of Samuel Titmarsh and The Great Hoggarty Diamond
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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- Near Fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1849. First Edition. Full leather. Near fine. First edition of The History of Samuel Titmarsh and The Great Hoggarty Diamond by W.M. Thackeray.. Octavo, xii, 189pp, [2pp ads], [2]. Full red morocco, gilt-ruled border. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, new endpapers. Publisher's original boards bound in at rear. Solid text block, light wear along joints, a near fine example. Complete with nine illustrated plates, including frontispiece and vignette title page.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14409
- Title
- The History of Samuel Titmarsh and The Great Hoggarty Diamond
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Illustrator
- First edition of The History of Samuel Titmarsh and The Great Hoggarty Diamond by W.M. Thackeray.
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1849
- Keywords
- William Makepeace Thackeray first edition, Thackeray first edition, Thackeray Vanity Fair, Luck of Barry Lyndon Thackeray, Men's Wives Thackeray, Pendennis Thackeray, Rose and the Ring Thackeray, Virginians Thackeray, Newcomes Thackeray, Book of Snob
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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