Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Thu, Feb 16, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 423
THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811–1863). Vanity Fair. Lond...
Estimate: $400 - $600
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THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811?1863).?Vanity Fair.?London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. Bound into 2 volumes, 8vo. (Occasional small stains to margins). Engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates, wood?engraved illustrations (engraved title?page in Vol. I, printed title?page in Vol. II). (Several plates with some marginal browning or staining). Early full green morocco gilt, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, gilt?lettering in two, gilt?tooling in remainder, top edges gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers (spined sunned). Provenance: James Hale Bates (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE with the suppressed woodcut of the ?Marquis of Steyne? on p. 336, the heading on page one in rustic type, ?Mr. Pitt? for ?Sir Pitt? on p. 453. An important landmark in Victorian literature. Grolier English 87; Van Duzer 231.
