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THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). [Selected Works], London: 1838-1878, 52 volumes, in first or early editions, comprising:
Damascus and Palmyra. G. Woodfall for Richard Bentley, 1838. 2 volumes, 8° (223 x 138mm). Half-titles. Hand-coloured lithographic frontispieces and 8 plates. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 46 (citing a 'very rare' copy with 16 plates).
The Comic Almanack, for 1839. Whitehead and Co. for Charles Tilt, [1838]. 12° (162 x 100mm). 12 etched plates, and woodcut title vignette and illustrations. (Lacking advertisement slip and final advertisements.) FIRST PUBLICATION OF 'STUBB'S CALANDER'. Van Duzer 33.
The Comic Almanack, for 1840. Whitehead and Co. for Charles Tilt, [1839]. 12° (162 x 98mm). 12 etched plates, and woodcut title vignette and illustrations. (Lacking final advertisements.) FIRST PUBLICATION OF 'BARBER COX ...'. Van Duzer 34.
An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank. Charlers Reynell for Henry Hooper, 1840. 8° (213 x 128mm). Etched frontispiece, 16 plates and woodcut illustrations. (Lacking final advertisements.) Original gilt blue cloth covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Van Duzer 61 (describing the first issue binding as green cloth).
The Paris Sketch Book. Whitehead and Co. for John Macrone, 1840. 2 volumes, 12° (192 x 120mm). Etched frontispieces and 10 plates, woodcut illustrations. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 159.
Heads of the People. Vizetelly & Co. for Robert Tyas, 1840. 2 volumes, 8° (223 x 136mm). Engraved frontispieces and additional titles, 102 plates, and woodcut illustrations. Original gilt cloth covers and spines laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Van Duzer 82.
Comic Tales and Sketches. T.C. Savill for Hugh Cunningham, 1841. 12° (195 x 115mm). Tinted etched frontispieces and 10 plates. (Lacking final advertisement leaf volume II, R6.) FIRST EDTION. Van Duzer 35.
The Irish Sketch-Book. Bradbury and Evans for Chapman and Hall, 1843. 2 volumes, 12° (189 x 116mm). Woodcut frontispieces and illustrations. (Lacking half-titles and volume II preliminary blank.) FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 96.
Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo. Vizetelly Brothers and Co. for Chapman and Hall, 1846. Half-title. Hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, woodcut illustrations. (Lacking publisher's advertisements at the end.) Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 153.
Mrs Perkin's Ball. Vizetelly Brothers and Co. for Chapman & Hall, 1847. 4° (210 x 155mm). Half-title. Hand-coloured woodcut frontispiece, title and 20 plates, one folding. Original printed covers laid down and bound in. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 140.
Vanity Fair. Bradbury and Evans, [1847]-1848. 20 parts in 19, bound in one volume, 8° (214 x 136mm). Leaf advertising The Great Hogarty Diamond bound in at the end. Etched frontispiece, additional title, and 38 plates, and woodcut illustrations. Extra-illustrated with an engraved portrait of Thackeray. (Plates a little browned, lacking advertisements.) Original printed upper wrapper for part I and lower wrapper from part XV bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, bound up from the original parts, with heading in 'rustic' type on p.1, woodcut of the Marquess of Steyne on p.336 and 'Mr. Pitt' on p.453. Van Duzer 230.
Our Street. Vizetelly Brothers and Co. for Chapman and Hall, 1848. 4° (185 x 132mm). Final advertisement leaf G4. Hand-coloured, tinted woodcut frontispiece, title and 14 plates, and woodcut illustration. Original printed covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Van Duzer 157.
The Book of Snobs. Bradbury and Evans for The Punch Office, 1848. 8° (181 x 116mm). Half-title. Preliminary advertisement leaf bound in at the end. Woodcut title vignette and illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 14.
The History of Pendennis. Bradbury and Evans, 1849-1850. 24 parts in 23, bound in 2 volumes, 8° (219 x 140mm). Half-title in volume I. Engraved frontispiece, additional titles, and 46 plates, woodcut illustrations. (Lacking advertisements.) Printed wrappers for parts I and XIV bound in at the end of the volumes. FIRST EDITION, BOUND UP FROM THE PARTS. Van Duzer 165.
History of Samuel Titmarsh & The Great Hogarty Diamond. Bradbury & Evans, 1849. 8° (170 x 120mm). Half-title. Final advertisement leaf N8. Engraved frontispiece, additional title, and 8 plates. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Van Duzer 87.
Doctor Birch and his Young Friends. Bradbury and Evans for Chapman and Hall, 1849. 4° (181 x 133mm). Hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, additional title, and 14 plates. One-page publisher's advertisement bound in at the end. Original printed covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 51.
['The Three Sailors', in:] Samuel BEVAN Sand and Canvas. Richard Barrett for Charles Gilpin, 1849. 8° (220 x 138mm). Final advertisement leaf 2B2. Woodcut frontispiece, 7 plates and illustrations. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION, AND FIRST PUBLICATION OF 'THE THREE SAILORS'. Van Duzer 192.
The Kickleburys on the Rhine. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1850. 4° (180 x 134mm). Half-title. 2-page publisher's advertisement bound in at the end. Hand-coloured woodcut frontispiece, title and 13 plates. Original printed covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 104.
Rebecca and Rowena. Bradbury and Evans for Chapman and Hall, 1850. 4° (183 x 134mm). Half-title. Title with woodcut vignette and lettering. Advertisement leaf O4. Hand-coloured woodcut frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut illustrations. Original printed covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 181.
The History of Henry Esmond. Bradbury and Evans for Smith, Elder & Company, 1852. 3 volumes, 8° (187 x 124mm). Half-titles. (Volumes II and III lacking preliminary blanks, volume III lacking final advertisements.) FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 85.
English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1853. 8° (186 x 122mm). Half-title. Errata leaf and final advertisement leaves Y2-4. FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Van Duzer 59.
The Newcomes. Bradbury and Evans, 1854-1855. 24 parts in 23, bound in 2 volumes, 8° (220 x 140mm). Half-titles. Etched frontispieces, additional titles and 44 plates, woodcut illustrations. (Lacking advertisements.) Original wrappers to parts 1 and 13 bound in at the end of each volume. FIRST EDITION, BOUND UP FROM THE ORIGINAL PARTS. Van Duzer 147.
Ballads. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855. 8° (185 x 120mm). Woodcut vignette on title. Final advertisement leaf O6. (Lacking preliminary advertisement leaf and half-title.) FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 6.
The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan. Bradbury & Evans, 1855. 8° (183 x 120mm). Half-title. Woodcut title vignette. Original printed wrappers bound in at the end. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Van Duzer 227.
The Fatal Boots, and Cox's Diary. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855. 8° (184 x 120mm). Woodcut vignette on title. Final advertisement leaf O6. (Lacking half-title.) FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Van Duzer 67.
The Rose and the Ring. Bradbury and Evans for Smith, Elder, and Co., 1855. 8° (179 x 132mm). 16-page publisher's catalogue bound in at the end. Woodcut frontispiece, 7 plates, title vignette, and illustrations. Original printed covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 185.
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush, and The Diary of C. Jeames De la Pluche, Esq. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1856. 8° (183 x 120mm). Woodcut vignette on title. Final advertisement leaf O6. Original printed wrappers bound in at the end. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Van Duzer 131.
A Little Dinner at Timmins's: and The Bedford-Row Conspiracy. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1856. 8° (189 x 120mm). Woodcut vignette on title. Final advertisement leaves G2-4. Original printed wrappers and yellow advertisement and bookseller's slips bound in at the end. FIRST COMPLETE EDITION. Van Duzer 118.
Burlesques. Bradbury and Evans, 1856. 8° (190 x 120mm). 2- and 4-page publisher's advertisements bound in at the end, the second dated July 1856, and yellow 'NOTICE' slip. Woodcut title vignette. Original printed wrappers with ticket of Charles Thurnam, Carlisle bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION under this title. Van Duzer 19.
Novels by Eminent Hands, and Character Sketches. Bradbury and Evans, 1856. 8° (188 x 118mm). Woodcut title vignette. Original wrappers bound in at the end. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Van Duzer 155.
The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon. Bradbury & Evans, 1856. 8° (187 x 121mm). Final advertisement leaf U2. Woodcut title vignette. Original printed wrappers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Van Duzer 11.
The Fitz-Boodle Papers: and Men's Wives. Bradbury & Evans, 1857. 8° (180 x 115mm). Woodcut title vignette. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Van Duzer 68.
The Virginians. Bradbury and Evans, [1857]-1859. 24 parts bound in 2 volumes, 8° (220 x 137mm). Half-title in volume I. Final advertisement leaf volume I, BB8. Etched frontispieces, additional titles and 44 plates, and woodcut illustrations. (Lacking advertisements.) Original printed wrappers of parts I and 13 bound in at the end of each volume. FIRST EDITION, BOUND UP FROM THE ORIGINAL PARTS. Van Duzer 232
The Four Georges. Smith, Elder and Co., 1861. 8° (185 x 120mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, one plate, and illustrations. (Lacking final imprint leaf 15/2 and advertisements.) FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, second issue. Van Duzer 70.
Lovel the Widower. Smith, Elder and Co., 1861. 8° (192 x 120mm). Woodcut frontispiece, 6 plates, and illustrations. (Lacking imprint leaf and publisher's advertisements.) FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 122.
The Adventures of Philip. Smith, Elder and Co, 1862. 3 volumes, 8° (191 x 122mm). Half-title in volume I. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Van Duzer 2.
Roundabout Papers. Smith, Elder and Co., 1863. 8° (187 x 121mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, 3 plates, and illustrations. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 189.
Denis Duval. Smith, Elder and Co., 1867. 8° (188 x 120mm). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Van Duzer 48.
The Students' Quarter. Spottiswoode and Co. for John Camden Hotten, [?1874]. 8° (185 x 120mm). Hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 4 plates. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with Hotten's name on the title and the cloth spine. Van Duzer 209.
Etchings by the Late William Makepeace Thackeray, while at Cambridge. H. Sotheran & Co., 1878. Broadsheet 8° (216 x 137mm). Engraved title and 8 etched plates. Original printed covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 64.
(Some scattered light spotting or browning, a few leaves with skilfully-repaired tears.) Late 19th-century crushed tan morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, the coverswith gilt-ruled borders and gilt cornerpieces in the form of flowers, the petals onlaid in maroon morocco, the spines gilt in compartments, titled in 2 and dated at the foot, the other compartments decorated with flower tools with onliad maroon morocco petals, roll-tooled gilt turn ins, top edges gilt, others uncut or trimmed (spines very lightly faded, extremities of some volumes rubbed, some of the bound-in original covers and wrappers a little worn).
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Damascus and Palmyra. G. Woodfall for Richard Bentley, 1838. 2 volumes, 8° (223 x 138mm). Half-titles. Hand-coloured lithographic frontispieces and 8 plates. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 46 (citing a 'very rare' copy with 16 plates).
The Comic Almanack, for 1839. Whitehead and Co. for Charles Tilt, [1838]. 12° (162 x 100mm). 12 etched plates, and woodcut title vignette and illustrations. (Lacking advertisement slip and final advertisements.) FIRST PUBLICATION OF 'STUBB'S CALANDER'. Van Duzer 33.
The Comic Almanack, for 1840. Whitehead and Co. for Charles Tilt, [1839]. 12° (162 x 98mm). 12 etched plates, and woodcut title vignette and illustrations. (Lacking final advertisements.) FIRST PUBLICATION OF 'BARBER COX ...'. Van Duzer 34.
An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank. Charlers Reynell for Henry Hooper, 1840. 8° (213 x 128mm). Etched frontispiece, 16 plates and woodcut illustrations. (Lacking final advertisements.) Original gilt blue cloth covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Van Duzer 61 (describing the first issue binding as green cloth).
The Paris Sketch Book. Whitehead and Co. for John Macrone, 1840. 2 volumes, 12° (192 x 120mm). Etched frontispieces and 10 plates, woodcut illustrations. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 159.
Heads of the People. Vizetelly & Co. for Robert Tyas, 1840. 2 volumes, 8° (223 x 136mm). Engraved frontispieces and additional titles, 102 plates, and woodcut illustrations. Original gilt cloth covers and spines laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Van Duzer 82.
Comic Tales and Sketches. T.C. Savill for Hugh Cunningham, 1841. 12° (195 x 115mm). Tinted etched frontispieces and 10 plates. (Lacking final advertisement leaf volume II, R6.) FIRST EDTION. Van Duzer 35.
The Irish Sketch-Book. Bradbury and Evans for Chapman and Hall, 1843. 2 volumes, 12° (189 x 116mm). Woodcut frontispieces and illustrations. (Lacking half-titles and volume II preliminary blank.) FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 96.
Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo. Vizetelly Brothers and Co. for Chapman and Hall, 1846. Half-title. Hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, woodcut illustrations. (Lacking publisher's advertisements at the end.) Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 153.
Mrs Perkin's Ball. Vizetelly Brothers and Co. for Chapman & Hall, 1847. 4° (210 x 155mm). Half-title. Hand-coloured woodcut frontispiece, title and 20 plates, one folding. Original printed covers laid down and bound in. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 140.
Vanity Fair. Bradbury and Evans, [1847]-1848. 20 parts in 19, bound in one volume, 8° (214 x 136mm). Leaf advertising The Great Hogarty Diamond bound in at the end. Etched frontispiece, additional title, and 38 plates, and woodcut illustrations. Extra-illustrated with an engraved portrait of Thackeray. (Plates a little browned, lacking advertisements.) Original printed upper wrapper for part I and lower wrapper from part XV bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, bound up from the original parts, with heading in 'rustic' type on p.1, woodcut of the Marquess of Steyne on p.336 and 'Mr. Pitt' on p.453. Van Duzer 230.
Our Street. Vizetelly Brothers and Co. for Chapman and Hall, 1848. 4° (185 x 132mm). Final advertisement leaf G4. Hand-coloured, tinted woodcut frontispiece, title and 14 plates, and woodcut illustration. Original printed covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Van Duzer 157.
The Book of Snobs. Bradbury and Evans for The Punch Office, 1848. 8° (181 x 116mm). Half-title. Preliminary advertisement leaf bound in at the end. Woodcut title vignette and illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 14.
The History of Pendennis. Bradbury and Evans, 1849-1850. 24 parts in 23, bound in 2 volumes, 8° (219 x 140mm). Half-title in volume I. Engraved frontispiece, additional titles, and 46 plates, woodcut illustrations. (Lacking advertisements.) Printed wrappers for parts I and XIV bound in at the end of the volumes. FIRST EDITION, BOUND UP FROM THE PARTS. Van Duzer 165.
History of Samuel Titmarsh & The Great Hogarty Diamond. Bradbury & Evans, 1849. 8° (170 x 120mm). Half-title. Final advertisement leaf N8. Engraved frontispiece, additional title, and 8 plates. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Van Duzer 87.
Doctor Birch and his Young Friends. Bradbury and Evans for Chapman and Hall, 1849. 4° (181 x 133mm). Hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, additional title, and 14 plates. One-page publisher's advertisement bound in at the end. Original printed covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 51.
['The Three Sailors', in:] Samuel BEVAN Sand and Canvas. Richard Barrett for Charles Gilpin, 1849. 8° (220 x 138mm). Final advertisement leaf 2B2. Woodcut frontispiece, 7 plates and illustrations. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION, AND FIRST PUBLICATION OF 'THE THREE SAILORS'. Van Duzer 192.
The Kickleburys on the Rhine. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1850. 4° (180 x 134mm). Half-title. 2-page publisher's advertisement bound in at the end. Hand-coloured woodcut frontispiece, title and 13 plates. Original printed covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 104.
Rebecca and Rowena. Bradbury and Evans for Chapman and Hall, 1850. 4° (183 x 134mm). Half-title. Title with woodcut vignette and lettering. Advertisement leaf O4. Hand-coloured woodcut frontispiece and 7 plates, woodcut illustrations. Original printed covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 181.
The History of Henry Esmond. Bradbury and Evans for Smith, Elder & Company, 1852. 3 volumes, 8° (187 x 124mm). Half-titles. (Volumes II and III lacking preliminary blanks, volume III lacking final advertisements.) FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 85.
English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1853. 8° (186 x 122mm). Half-title. Errata leaf and final advertisement leaves Y2-4. FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Van Duzer 59.
The Newcomes. Bradbury and Evans, 1854-1855. 24 parts in 23, bound in 2 volumes, 8° (220 x 140mm). Half-titles. Etched frontispieces, additional titles and 44 plates, woodcut illustrations. (Lacking advertisements.) Original wrappers to parts 1 and 13 bound in at the end of each volume. FIRST EDITION, BOUND UP FROM THE ORIGINAL PARTS. Van Duzer 147.
Ballads. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855. 8° (185 x 120mm). Woodcut vignette on title. Final advertisement leaf O6. (Lacking preliminary advertisement leaf and half-title.) FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 6.
The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan. Bradbury & Evans, 1855. 8° (183 x 120mm). Half-title. Woodcut title vignette. Original printed wrappers bound in at the end. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Van Duzer 227.
The Fatal Boots, and Cox's Diary. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855. 8° (184 x 120mm). Woodcut vignette on title. Final advertisement leaf O6. (Lacking half-title.) FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Van Duzer 67.
The Rose and the Ring. Bradbury and Evans for Smith, Elder, and Co., 1855. 8° (179 x 132mm). 16-page publisher's catalogue bound in at the end. Woodcut frontispiece, 7 plates, title vignette, and illustrations. Original printed covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 185.
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush, and The Diary of C. Jeames De la Pluche, Esq. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1856. 8° (183 x 120mm). Woodcut vignette on title. Final advertisement leaf O6. Original printed wrappers bound in at the end. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Van Duzer 131.
A Little Dinner at Timmins's: and The Bedford-Row Conspiracy. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1856. 8° (189 x 120mm). Woodcut vignette on title. Final advertisement leaves G2-4. Original printed wrappers and yellow advertisement and bookseller's slips bound in at the end. FIRST COMPLETE EDITION. Van Duzer 118.
Burlesques. Bradbury and Evans, 1856. 8° (190 x 120mm). 2- and 4-page publisher's advertisements bound in at the end, the second dated July 1856, and yellow 'NOTICE' slip. Woodcut title vignette. Original printed wrappers with ticket of Charles Thurnam, Carlisle bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION under this title. Van Duzer 19.
Novels by Eminent Hands, and Character Sketches. Bradbury and Evans, 1856. 8° (188 x 118mm). Woodcut title vignette. Original wrappers bound in at the end. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Van Duzer 155.
The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon. Bradbury & Evans, 1856. 8° (187 x 121mm). Final advertisement leaf U2. Woodcut title vignette. Original printed wrappers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Van Duzer 11.
The Fitz-Boodle Papers: and Men's Wives. Bradbury & Evans, 1857. 8° (180 x 115mm). Woodcut title vignette. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Van Duzer 68.
The Virginians. Bradbury and Evans, [1857]-1859. 24 parts bound in 2 volumes, 8° (220 x 137mm). Half-title in volume I. Final advertisement leaf volume I, BB8. Etched frontispieces, additional titles and 44 plates, and woodcut illustrations. (Lacking advertisements.) Original printed wrappers of parts I and 13 bound in at the end of each volume. FIRST EDITION, BOUND UP FROM THE ORIGINAL PARTS. Van Duzer 232
The Four Georges. Smith, Elder and Co., 1861. 8° (185 x 120mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, one plate, and illustrations. (Lacking final imprint leaf 15/2 and advertisements.) FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, second issue. Van Duzer 70.
Lovel the Widower. Smith, Elder and Co., 1861. 8° (192 x 120mm). Woodcut frontispiece, 6 plates, and illustrations. (Lacking imprint leaf and publisher's advertisements.) FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 122.
The Adventures of Philip. Smith, Elder and Co, 1862. 3 volumes, 8° (191 x 122mm). Half-title in volume I. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Van Duzer 2.
Roundabout Papers. Smith, Elder and Co., 1863. 8° (187 x 121mm). Half-title. Woodcut frontispiece, 3 plates, and illustrations. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 189.
Denis Duval. Smith, Elder and Co., 1867. 8° (188 x 120mm). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Van Duzer 48.
The Students' Quarter. Spottiswoode and Co. for John Camden Hotten, [?1874]. 8° (185 x 120mm). Hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 4 plates. Original gilt cloth covers and spine laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with Hotten's name on the title and the cloth spine. Van Duzer 209.
Etchings by the Late William Makepeace Thackeray, while at Cambridge. H. Sotheran & Co., 1878. Broadsheet 8° (216 x 137mm). Engraved title and 8 etched plates. Original printed covers laid down and bound in at the end. FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 64.
(Some scattered light spotting or browning, a few leaves with skilfully-repaired tears.) Late 19th-century crushed tan morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, the coverswith gilt-ruled borders and gilt cornerpieces in the form of flowers, the petals onlaid in maroon morocco, the spines gilt in compartments, titled in 2 and dated at the foot, the other compartments decorated with flower tools with onliad maroon morocco petals, roll-tooled gilt turn ins, top edges gilt, others uncut or trimmed (spines very lightly faded, extremities of some volumes rubbed, some of the bound-in original covers and wrappers a little worn).
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