Samuel Bevan W M Thackeray (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Charles Gilpin., London., 1849
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, STAFF, United KingdomColophon Books (UK)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 370 pages with engraved frontispiece and 6 hand-coloured plates 2 other full page plates and woodcut illustrations. Original marbled paper boards, later amateur leather spine and label, later pale yellow endpapers, some handling and one or two rust spots and light foxing affecting several… pages, several plates have their tissue guards still. A Good copy good margins, all firm. Octavo. *Contains the first printing of a Thackeray Drinking/recitation song "The Three Sailors". It is a young man's lively account of travels and sights in Egypt and the Middle East and Europe, told with a literary flair.
