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DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. 8°, engraved portrait and 39 plates (lacks half-title, foxing). 20th-century red half morocco, gilt spine, top edges gilt. Provenance: Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate; by descent to the present owners). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Eckel pp.64-66.
THACKERAY, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. 8°, additional engraved title and 39 plates (foxing). 20th-century blue half morocco, gilt spine, top edges gilt. Provenance: Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate; by descent to the present owners). FIRST EDITION; with 2 other works in 4 vols. by Thackeray, The Virginians (London, 1858, 2 vols.) and The Newcomes (London, 1854, 2 vols.), and another work in 2 vols. (8)
THACKERAY, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. 8°, additional engraved title and 39 plates (foxing). 20th-century blue half morocco, gilt spine, top edges gilt. Provenance: Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate; by descent to the present owners). FIRST EDITION; with 2 other works in 4 vols. by Thackeray, The Virginians (London, 1858, 2 vols.) and The Newcomes (London, 1854, 2 vols.), and another work in 2 vols. (8)
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