Thackeray´s Vanity Fair 1848
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Beskrivning
FIRST EDITION. THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. Vanity Fair. A novel without a hero. With illustrations on steel and wood by the author. London (Bradbury and Evans) 1848.
8vo. xvi, 624 pp. With engraved title leaf, engraved frontispiece and 38 engraved plates by Thackeray (all, foxed, browned and somewhat spotted, text miscoloured by plates, some foxing and spotting), 150 woodcut illustrations in the text.
Contemporary brown half leather, crack in upper hinge, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled edges. First book edition, early issue.
Printed title-page reading "With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author", impr. on title verso without street adress of publisher, dedication leaf in small type, 20 lines text on p. 29, "Mr. Pitt" on p. 453 line 31, no advertisments.
Konditionsrapport
Worn binding, foxed and spotted plates, text miscoloured by plates.
Auktionsnummer:
288461
Datum:
2015-01-31