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The Cornhill Magazine January 1860-June 1861
William Makepeace Thackeray [ed.]
1860-1861
Smith, Elder & Co. : London
9" by 5.5"
vi, [2], 760; vi, [2], 760; vi, [2], 760pp
SUMMARY
The first three volumes from The Cornhill Magazine, edited by William Makepeace Thackery and with illustrations throughout,.
First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs3 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The Cornhill Magazine was a monthly Victorian magazine and literary journal named after the street address of the founding publisher. In the 1860s it was under the editorship of William Makepeace Thackery.
Some notable works were printed within the magazine such as Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, Daisy Miller by Henry James and a posthumous fragment of Charlotte Brontes Emma.
The first volume has six issues from January 1860 to June 1860 and has twelve plates. The start of Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope appears within this volume, starting in January 1860. Collated complete.
The second volume also has six issues from July to December 1860. Nine of twelve plates are present with plates facing pages 13, 273 and 472 missing. Some of the works that appear in this volume are William Hogarth: Painter, Engraver, and Philosopher, and Electricity and the Electric Telegraph. Collated.
The third volume has six issues from January 1961- June 1860 and has three folding plates and nine further plates. Within the issues within this volume there is The Adventures of Philip on his Way through the World by Thackery and Horse-Keeping and Horse-dealing. Collated, complete.
The whole of Framley Parsonage is published across these three volumes.
CONDITION
In the publishers original red cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. The spines are faded and a little marked as are the boards, especially to volume three. Internally, the volumes are firmly bound with bright and clean pages.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
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often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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