1905 The History of Henry Esmond, Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne Written by Himself
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First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
The first edition of this work featuring illustrations by the noted artist Hugh Thomson, originally published in 1852. A historical novel following the story of Henry Esmond, colonel in the service of Queen Anne. A work of fiction illustrating the English Restoration with both real and imagined characters.
A successful novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, a very well known satirical author, beautifully bound in cloth with decorative gilt detail to boards.
Condition
In the original publisher's full cloth binding with decorative gilt tooling to front board and spine, gilt to edges. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, spine and boards lightly bumped to extremities, general light soiling and rubbing to boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. With illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
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