Lot 65
  • 65

Thackeray, William Makepeace

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • paper
The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853-1855



24 parts in 23, 8vo. 2 engraved title pages, 47 plates, and numerous illustrations by Richard Doyle; some browning. Original yellow pictorial wrappers; some spine repairs, some tears and chips to spine. In a red half-morocco solander case.



With his:



The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857-1859



24 parts, 8vo. 2 engraved title-pages, 46 plates, and numerous illustrations by the author; some marginal spotting and light browning. Original yellow pictorial wrappers; some tears and chips to spine. In a green cloth slipcase.



With his:



The History of Pendennis. London: Bradbury & Evans, [November 1848-] 1850



24 parts in 23, 8vo. 2 engraved title pages, 46 engraved plates, numerous illustrations and initials by the author; some marginal spotting and light browning. Original yellow pictorial wrappers; some tears and chips to spine. In a green straight-grain morocco solander case.

Literature

Van Duzer 147; 232; 165

Condition

some browning and marginal spotting, a few tears in wrappers and chips in spines.
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