THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero . London: Bradbury and Evans, January 1847-July 1848.
THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero . London: Bradbury and Evans, January 1847-July 1848. 20 parts in 19, 8 o (225 x 145 mm). 40 engraved plates and wood-engraved illustrations in the text after the author, most with original tissues (some browning). (Pages 164-5 with underlinings, some occasional light marginal soiling.) Original pictorial printed yellow wrappers (some mostly minor soiling, a few small repairs to spines, a few small chips); morocco slipcase. Provenance: Seth Sprague and Ward E. Terry (bookplate; their sale American Art/Anderson Galleries, 4 December 1935, lot 415); Frank J. Hogan (bookplate; his sale Parke-Bernet, 24 April 1945, lot 736); H. Bradley Martin (bookplate; his sale Sotheby's New York, 1 May 1990, lot 3268). THE TERRY-HOGAN-MARTIN COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS, with the following issue points: text as per Randall except for the following: p.29 has 20 lines; p.129 last line reads "said"; p.295, line 7 reads "worldly"; p.406 is numbered; p. 434 last line reads "gaunt's tired of"; p. 587 line 4 reads "at his lordship's sode." The printed title reads "With Illustrations on Steel and wood by the Author." The imprint on the verso of the title reads "London: Bradbury and Evas, Printers, Whitefriers" and the second line in the dedication is set in small type with the line measuring 2 1/8 inches. The rustic heading on p.[1] is lightly shaded. With all advertisements as recorded by Van Duzer and Randall with some variation in capitalization and punctuation; pp. 1 and 3 of the William S. Orr and Co. advertisements in part 1 and p.4 of advertisements of part 17 are unnumbered. Wrappers as per Randall and Van Duzer, the last four lines with dates on upper wrappers. The woodcut of the Marquis of Steyne is on p.330 and the reading "Mr. Pitt" is on p.453. Randall, Vanity Fair ; Van Duzer 123.
THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero . London: Bradbury and Evans, January 1847-July 1848.
THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero . London: Bradbury and Evans, January 1847-July 1848. 20 parts in 19, 8 o (225 x 145 mm). 40 engraved plates and wood-engraved illustrations in the text after the author, most with original tissues (some browning). (Pages 164-5 with underlinings, some occasional light marginal soiling.) Original pictorial printed yellow wrappers (some mostly minor soiling, a few small repairs to spines, a few small chips); morocco slipcase. Provenance: Seth Sprague and Ward E. Terry (bookplate; their sale American Art/Anderson Galleries, 4 December 1935, lot 415); Frank J. Hogan (bookplate; his sale Parke-Bernet, 24 April 1945, lot 736); H. Bradley Martin (bookplate; his sale Sotheby's New York, 1 May 1990, lot 3268). THE TERRY-HOGAN-MARTIN COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS, with the following issue points: text as per Randall except for the following: p.29 has 20 lines; p.129 last line reads "said"; p.295, line 7 reads "worldly"; p.406 is numbered; p. 434 last line reads "gaunt's tired of"; p. 587 line 4 reads "at his lordship's sode." The printed title reads "With Illustrations on Steel and wood by the Author." The imprint on the verso of the title reads "London: Bradbury and Evas, Printers, Whitefriers" and the second line in the dedication is set in small type with the line measuring 2 1/8 inches. The rustic heading on p.[1] is lightly shaded. With all advertisements as recorded by Van Duzer and Randall with some variation in capitalization and punctuation; pp. 1 and 3 of the William S. Orr and Co. advertisements in part 1 and p.4 of advertisements of part 17 are unnumbered. Wrappers as per Randall and Van Duzer, the last four lines with dates on upper wrappers. The woodcut of the Marquis of Steyne is on p.330 and the reading "Mr. Pitt" is on p.453. Randall, Vanity Fair ; Van Duzer 123.
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