WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY: A Biography Including Hitherto Uncollected Letters & Speeches & A Bibliography of 1300 Items
by Melville, Lewis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. With 2 Photogravure Portraits & Numerous Other Illustrations. Two volumes. London First edition. Written a decade after his first biography of William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-63), this entirely new work takes full advantage of the numerous first-hand accounts and Thackeray letters, including many previously unpublished, which Melville managed to collect in the intervening years. Green cloth bindings, with gilt and light green stamping. A very good set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 865685428
- Title
- WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY: A Biography Including Hitherto Uncollected Letters & Speeches & A Bibliography of 1300 Items
- Author
- Melville, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- John Lane, The Bodley Head
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh", General, Literary, Literature, Literary Biography, William Makepeace Thackeray, English Literature
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Covina, California
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