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Weitere BilderThe Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
William Makepeace Thackeray; Arthur Pendennis [ed.]; Angela Thirkell [intro.]
Verlag: University Press, Cambridge, 1954
- Hardcover
- Signiert
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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Zustand: Gebraucht - Gut bis sehr gut
EUR 180,23
EUR 29,15 VersandVersand von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USAAnzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbCloth. Zustand: Near Fine. A smart set of signed limited centenary editions of William Makepeace Thackeray's Victorian novel of family affairs, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. The centenary editions. Complete in two volumes.A limited edition, with these being No. 248/1500 numbered and signed by the illustrator.In the publisher'…s original decorative cloth bindings. In the original slipcase.A two volume set of William Makepeace Thackeray's 'The Newcomes', originally published serially in 1854-55, following the affairs of the Newcome family, and providing a commentary on arranged marriages.Illustrated profusely by Edward Ardizzone, a British painter, printmaker and war artist, and the author and illustrator of books, many of them for children. The illustrations in these works were coloured through stencils by Maud Johnson.With a coloured frontispiece to each volume, 8 coloured plates to Vol I, 11 coloured plates to Vol II, and monochrome in text illustrations throughout. Collated, complete.With an introduction by Angela Thirkell, edited by Arthur Pendennis. In the publisher's original decorative cloth bindings. In the original slipcase. Externally, excellent. Minor shelf wear to extremities, with the scarce small mark to rear boards. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste downs. Slipcase is fair, with the joints loosening and the bottom split, and marks to exterior. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). signed by author. book.
