THACKERAY FAMILY. TWO VOLUMES: THE YELLOWPLUSH CORRESPONDENCE, 1838 [WITH] THE VILLAGE ON THE CLIFF, 1867

Thackeray, William Makepeace. The Yellowplush Correspondence. Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1838, 12mo, first edition, original quarter muslin over plain brown boards, paper spine label, preserved in matching cloth case and quarter brown morocco slipcase, some spotting, hinges weak, covers slightly stained, cloth slightly nicked at head and base of spine--[Thackeray, Anne Isabella, Lady Ritchie.] The Village on the Cliff. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1867, first edition, six illustrations by Frederick Walker, original green cloth decorated in gilt and blind, bookplate of Lindsay Fleming, minor spotting and wear to covers

[Yellowplush Correspondence:] William W. Gray, armorial bookplate; Blairhame Library book-label (Mrs J. Insley Blair)

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The first work is the first publication in book form of any of Thackerary's literary works, appearing first in periodical form in Fraser's Magazine between November 1837 and July 1838. Anne Isabella Thackeray was the novelist's eldest daughter, and a noted writer in her own right. She was the step-aunt of Virginia Woolf and is thought to have inspired the character Mrs. Hibery in Night and Day.