Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero RARE Antique Rand McNally Printing 1897/1898

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Good condition with sturdy binding. See photos. Inscribed. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray published by Rand, McNally & Company as part of their Alpha Library series. Likely published in 1897 or 1898 Vanity Fair: A novel that chronicles the lives of two women who could not be more different: Becky Sharp, an orphan whose only resources are her vast ambitions, her native wit, and her loose morals; and her schoolmate Amelia Sedley, a typically naive Victorian heroine, the pampered daughter of a wealthy family. Rand McNally: In 1856, William H. Rand established a printing office above Keen and Lee's Bookstore at 148 Lake Street in Chicago, Illinois. In 1858, he hired Andrew McNally and shortly after, they became partners and formed Rand McNally and Company. Rand McNally has since become a prolific publisher operating in a variety of areas. They established themselves as a household name in the United States and became known around the world for their cartographic products, producing not only the maps, globes, and atlases which have become their trademark, but also a variety of trade books…

• Publisher: Rand McNally
• Year: 1897
• Condition: Very Good

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