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[American Fine Binding] Vanity Fair: Green Room Edition

[American Fine Binding] Vanity Fair: Green Room Edition

[American Fine Binding] Vanity Fair: Green Room Edition
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[American Fine Binding] Vanity Fair: Green Room Edition

by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About This Item

New York and Boston: H. M. Caldwell Company, 1900. The Green Room Edition, "illustrated by photographs from the life of Mrs. Fiske and her company in the play of Becky Sharp, by Byron and Sarony, also 186 illustrations by Author". iv, 770 pp., 8vo. Near Fine in decorative cloth boards featuring a peacock in intricate gilt and green, the back also intricately decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, two small faint dull spots front board, very faint soiling rear boards, initials and date in ink front end page at gutter, small stain frontispiece and tissue guard. The play referred to is "Becky Sharp", a play in four acts by Langdon Mitchell, presented by Mrs. Fiske, founded on Thackeray's "Vanity Fair, first presented at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, September 12, 1890, starring Tyrone Powers , Maurice Barrymore, and Minnie Madern Fiske as Becky Sharp. An edition made most pleasing to read with its combination of the play's photographs interspersed with Thackeray's always charming illustrations. A quite pleasing example of turn of the century fine American binding, SCARCE in such lovely condition. . Green Room Edition . Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
008438
Title
[American Fine Binding] Vanity Fair: Green Room Edition
Author
Thackeray, William Makepeace
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
No Jacket, As Issued
Edition
Green Room Edition
Publisher
H. M. Caldwell Company
Place of Publication
New York and Boston
Date Published
1900
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Weight
0.00 lbs
Bookseller catalogs
Literature; Fine Bindings; Nineteenth Century;

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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...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Gutter
The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Fair
is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Top Edge Gilt
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