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Auction archive: Lot number 220

THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century . London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857-1859.

Auction 16.12.2004
16 Dec 2004
Estimate
US$600 - US$800
Price realised:
US$299
Auction archive: Lot number 220

THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century . London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857-1859.

Auction 16.12.2004
16 Dec 2004
Estimate
US$600 - US$800
Price realised:
US$299
Beschreibung:

THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century . London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857-1859. 24 parts, 8 o . 2 engraved title-pages, 46 plates, and numerous illustrations by the author (occasional pale spotting). Original yellow pictorial wrappers, (rebacked, light soiling to covers, repairs to covers of parts I and XVIII); red cloth clamshell box. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PARTS, with "actresses" on p. 207. The Virginians Advertiser is present in all parts, as are nearly all of the other inserted advertisements. Van Duzer 232. [ With: ] THACKERAY, William Makepeace. Doctor Birch and His Young Friends . London: Chapman and Hall, 1849. 4 o . Engraved frontispiece, title, and 14 color plates by Thackeray (occasional light offsetting). Original pink pictorial boards (spine partly perished, joints cracked, rubbing to covers). FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 51. (25)

Auction archive: Lot number 220
Auction:
Datum:
16 Dec 2004
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century . London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857-1859. 24 parts, 8 o . 2 engraved title-pages, 46 plates, and numerous illustrations by the author (occasional pale spotting). Original yellow pictorial wrappers, (rebacked, light soiling to covers, repairs to covers of parts I and XVIII); red cloth clamshell box. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PARTS, with "actresses" on p. 207. The Virginians Advertiser is present in all parts, as are nearly all of the other inserted advertisements. Van Duzer 232. [ With: ] THACKERAY, William Makepeace. Doctor Birch and His Young Friends . London: Chapman and Hall, 1849. 4 o . Engraved frontispiece, title, and 14 color plates by Thackeray (occasional light offsetting). Original pink pictorial boards (spine partly perished, joints cracked, rubbing to covers). FIRST EDITION. Van Duzer 51. (25)

Auction archive: Lot number 220
Auction:
Datum:
16 Dec 2004
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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