THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ.: A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE

Written by himself and Edited by William Makepeace Thackeray

A. L. Burt, Publisher (1899)

Condition: Very Good+

 

An antiquarian printing of what some consider to be the greatest English historical novel of all time.  Most agree that Thackeray was one of the  greatest English novelists of the Victorian Age.  Some writing on the ffep dates this copy as from 1899.  449 pages, plus 14 pages of book ads (an A. L. Burt Home Library edition).  Modest cover corner bumps, o/w just light exterior wear; firm binding; interior has darkening on two pages where a sheet of notebook paper was inserted; o/w very nice interior with modest toning.