Thackeray, William Makepeace VANITY FAIR. LONDON: BRADBURY & EVANS, JANUARY 1847-JULY 1848 8vo (225 x 144mm.), 20 parts in 19, 40 engraved plates and numerous woodcuts in the text after the author, with the following first issue points: the heading on p.1 in rustic type, the woodcut of the Marquis of Steyne on p.330 and the reading "Mr. Pitt" on p.453, original pictorial printed yellow wrappers, uncut, in watered-silk chemise and red morocco pull-off box, without tissue guards (as often), occasional foxing and soiling, some plates loose, some wear to edges, a few backstrips and covers skilfully restored
Thackeray, William Makepeace VANITY FAIR. LONDON: BRADBURY & EVANS, JANUARY 1847-JULY 1848 8vo (225 x 144mm.), 20 parts in 19, 40 engraved plates and numerous woodcuts in the text after the author, with the following first issue points: the heading on p.1 in rustic type, the woodcut of the Marquis of Steyne on p.330 and the reading "Mr. Pitt" on p.453, original pictorial printed yellow wrappers, uncut, in watered-silk chemise and red morocco pull-off box, without tissue guards (as often), occasional foxing and soiling, some plates loose, some wear to edges, a few backstrips and covers skilfully restored
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