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Seller: Cocksparrow Books, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United KingdomCocksparrow Books
AbeBooks seller since July 11, 2023
Condition: Used - Fine
US$ 30.31
Quantity: 1 available
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HARDBACK "BIOGRAPHY," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date: 1999.* Pub: * Binding and cover condition: Dark maroon cloth covered boards with silver title to spine only. No bumps or rubs, no other visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated jacket showing a detail from the crayon portrait by Samuel Lawrence 1852. Not Price clipped showing a shelf price of £25.00. Now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper. FINE * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (maroon). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Top edge very slightly dusty. FINE* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos, prints and line drawings.* Pages: 456 pp. text. xl pp. appendices, notes & reading list, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: VANITY FAIR, published 1847-8, made William Makepeace Thackeray famous - all but the top of the tree, he told his mother, and having a great fight up there with Dickens, if truth be known. Behind him lay an extraordinary life - an intense, Anglo Indian childhood, dominated by the figure of his mother; a fortune lost by his early twenties: a disastrous marriage to a wife who went mad and left him to bring up their two small daughters in near penury. (1999-09-27). D.J.Taylor has written four acclaimed novels and several books about English literature and history.* A FINE copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS. Dust jacket now in a clear un-attached protected wrapper.* 1999-01-01.…
Seller Inventory # 9205
- Title
- Thackeray
- Author
- Taylor, D J
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- F/F/F
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0701162317
- ISBN 13
- 9780701162313
- Edition
- y 1st Edn. 1st Imp. FNL.
- Seller catalogs
- Biography. Literature
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Cocksparrow Books
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since July 11, 2023
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 14 to 45 business days | 5 to 10 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 15.78 | US$ 28.69 |
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Store description
Cocksparrow Books is a small on-line second hand book store selling for the last 25 years following the closure of our small bookshop in Wadhurst, East Sussex. We specialise in non-fiction and hard to find titles in a number of fields. We also sell early impression fiction in VG condition avoiding more recent best sellers and airport editions. Our condition notes are as detailed as possible to allow purchasers to fully appreciate what they can expect when they buy. We are open to queries and will do our best to respond quickly to text messages and e-mails. Our offerings may not be the cheapest but if you are looking for a positive outcome to a purchase on-line, do consider ordering from us.…
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Cocksparrow Books
United Kingdom
Terms of sale
Cocksparrow Books are a small on-line second hand book sellers which originated 25 years ago with a high street second-hand Book Shop in Wadhurst, East Sussex.
We specialise in non-fiction, collectible first editions of hardback fiction and first impression issues of un-usual paperbacks. We also carry a range of good condition ex-library books. We tend to avoid bestsellers and airport fiction.
We really want you to be pleased with your purchases and with our service. Our condition notes are extensive and detailed. They are designed to inform the purchaser of any wear or damage to the item. If the book is listed as ACCEPTABLE, confirmation of order will be requested before dispatch is made.
Items may be found for sale on other platforms and at different prices which are normally constrained by fixed postal rates on those sites.
All prices are listed net. Postage and packing is charged extra as itemised in our shipping terms.
Title of goods remains with the vendor until full payment is cleared.
Shipping terms
Orders normally ship within 2 working days. Items are sent to UK destinations by Royal Mail, MyHermes or other reputable carriers. They are normally sent by Tracked 48 service and carry insurance. A certificate of posting will be obtained and this is available to be viewed by the buyer. Shipping costs are based on books weighing up to 2 KG. (packed), the current Tracked 48 rate for a small packet. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know that an extra shipping payment is required.
Paperbacks and pamphlets etc. which can be sent as large letters will be priced to reflect the lower carriage charge.
The standard carriage charge is currently £3.75 based on a small packet plus an amount for packing materials. Our orders are packed in protective mailers, closed with ECO paper tape and they may possibly be additionally protected with bubble wrap or other plastic padding which can of course be re-used by the purchaser.