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FROM THE ESTATE OF JULIA K. ROSENWALD
THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). Vanity Fair. A Novel Without a Hero. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
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THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). Vanity Fair. A Novel Without a Hero. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
The first edition in book form, in Cosway-style binding with a miniature portrait of Thackeray inset into the upper cover: a landmark of Victorian literature in a very attractive binding. The first issue, with the headline on page one in rustic type; “Mr. Pitt” on page 453; and the suppressed woodcut of Mr. Steyne on page 336. Van Duzer 231.
Octavo (200 x 124mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved additional title, and 38 engraved plates (light foxing to additional title and mostly marginal foxing to some plates). Full red morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere with an oval portrait on the upper board, spine in gilt compartments, gilt inner dentelles, gilt edges, ivory silk doublures, slipcase (dampstain to edge of slipcase).
The first edition in book form, in Cosway-style binding with a miniature portrait of Thackeray inset into the upper cover: a landmark of Victorian literature in a very attractive binding. The first issue, with the headline on page one in rustic type; “Mr. Pitt” on page 453; and the suppressed woodcut of Mr. Steyne on page 336. Van Duzer 231.
Octavo (200 x 124mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved additional title, and 38 engraved plates (light foxing to additional title and mostly marginal foxing to some plates). Full red morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere with an oval portrait on the upper board, spine in gilt compartments, gilt inner dentelles, gilt edges, ivory silk doublures, slipcase (dampstain to edge of slipcase).