A Modern Library reprint edition of William Makepeace Thackeray's historical novel, which is set in England at the time of the Restoration in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Includes an introduction by Gordon N. Ray. Volume wrapped in green E. McKnight Kauffer-designed dust jacket. --- In Toledano spine 8 / pale green cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 385 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1959 (though 1950 date appears in book). ML #80.3. --- With a speck of dark soiling to title page, else an excellent, well-preserved copy: unmarked and tightly-bound. Price-clipped dust jacket also in good shape, but with one-inch tear to lower edge of front panel & light scuffing to extremities; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall ; xxxvii, (2), 21-615, (4, ads) pages
Title: The History of Henry Esmond, Esquire (Modern Library #80.3)
Location Published: New York, The Modern Library: (c.1959)
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Categories: >>Classic Fiction, Literature, >>Modern Library Editions
Stock No.: 87314
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