THE VIRGINIANS. (SEQUEL TO "HENRY ESMOND".)
by Thackeray, W.M. (William Makepeace Thackeray.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Collins Clear-Type Press 890 pp, 16mo (6 1/8" H), thin burgundy leather over card covers/spine - gold lettering and decoration on spine, top edge gilt - in slipcase. Burgundy endpapers, sepiatone illustrations, including frontispiece, decorated title page. In this sequel to "Henry Esmond", Henry's twin grandsons find themselves on opposing sides of the American War of Independence. Light separation between two page gatherings at pages 256/257 - pages holding firmly, very small crease at top corner of pages 1 to 25, minor rubbing on coloured endpapers, very light browning to fore-edge and bottom of text block, light edge wear, slight fading to spine colour, three faint creases down spine. Slipcase has light to moderate edge wear - heavier at corners, some small splits at edges.. Full-Leather. Good+. Illus. by Harold Piffard..
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- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30330
- Title
- THE VIRGINIANS. (SEQUEL TO "HENRY ESMOND".)
- Author
- Thackeray, W.M. (William Makepeace Thackeray.)
- Illustrator
- Harold Piffard.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- Collins Clear-Type Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- William Makepeace Thackeray, British Authors, Novelists, Victorian Era, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Historical Novels, Virginia, the Virginians, Henry Esmond, Twins, Twin Brothers, George Warrington, Henry Warrington, British Army, General Wolfe, Qu
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Historical Fiction; Collins' Clear-Type (Cleartype);
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Capricorn Books
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About the Seller
Capricorn Books
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Oakville, Ontario
About Capricorn Books
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- 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...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
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