THACKERAY, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair. A novel without a hero, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848, 8°, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE, with the suppressed woodcut of the "Marquis of Steyne' on page 336, the heading on page I in rustic type and "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on page 453, 40 engraved plates by the author, illustrations (some plates lightly spotted and browned), 19th-century calf by John Bumpus, the covers ruled in gilt, the spine in compartments with floral motif tooled in gilt, red and green morocco spine labels, gilt turn-ins (spines lightly rubbed and faded), g.e. [Van Duzer 231]; The Virginians, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858-59, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, 46 engraved plates by the author, illustrations (one plate and one leaf of text with short tears very neatly repaired), similarly bound in 19th-century calf gilt by Bumpus (spines lightly rubbed), g.e. [Van Duzer 232] Together with 6 further works by the same author in 10 volumes, all similarly bound in 19th-century calf gilt by Bumpus (a little rubbed). (13)