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Add this copy of The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray the to cart. $125.00, good condition, Sold by Boards and Wraps rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Baltimore, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1898 by Harper & Brothers.
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Good+ with no dust jacket. Twelve volumes, eleven of the "Biographical Edition" series, lacking vol. 4 (Barry Lyndon), vol. 10 (The Virginians), with an additional volume. All volumes with no dust jacket, light rubbing and foxing, toning, corner bumps and fray, bookplates on the front pastedowns, cracked hinges but no loose pages, a few with brief pencil notations on the front endpaper, a few with no frontis tissue. Includes: Vanity Fair (vol. 1, 1899), Pendennis (v. 2, 1898), Yelloplush Papers (v. 3, 1899), Sketch Books (v. 5, 1898), Contributions to "Punch" (6, 1898), Henry Esmond (v. 7, 1899), The Newcomes (v. 8, 1899), The Christmas Books (v. 9, 1899), The Adventures of Philip (v. 11, 1899), Denis Duval (v. 12, 1899), Ballads and Miscellanies (v. 13, 1899); with, Unidentified Contributions to "Punch" (1900, no statement of the "Biographical Edition" series, but relevant). International shipping at cost.; 8vo 8"-9" tall.
Add this copy of The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray the to cart. $467.64, good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1906 by Smith Elder and Co.
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None. Good. The biographical edition of William Makepeace Thackeray's works. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates and vignettes. Complete with all plates according to contents pages. Comprising of the following works: Volume I: Vanity Fair Volume II: History of Pendennis Volume III: The Memoirs of Mr Charles J. Yellowplush, The History of Samuel Titmarsh and The Great Hoggarty Diamond Volume IV: The History of Henry Esmond and The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon Volume V: Paris Sketch Book and Irish Sketch Book Volume VI: Contributions to Punch Volume VII: Henry Esmond Volume VIII: The Newcomes Volume IX: Christmas Books Volume X: The Virginians Volume XI: Adventures of Philip Volume XII: The Wolves and The Lamb, Lovel the Widower and Rounabout Papers and Denis Duval Volume XIII: Ballads and Miscellaneous Essays William Makepeace Thackeray was a 19th century novelist. He was famed for the satirical nature of his works, particularly his Vanity Fair which was a panoramic view of English society. In his day Thackeray was frequently hailed as the literary equivalent of Dickens. With the bookplate of Ludford Charles Docker to the front pastedown of all volumes. Docker was an English cricketer and businessman. He played cricket for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1886. In half calf bindings with cloth covered boards. Externally, sound with slight rubbing to the spines and extremities. Small patches of heavy rubbing to the joints as well. Backstrip to volume I is lifting at rear. Loss to the head and tail of spine to volume I. Front joint is tender to volume I. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown of all volumes Ludford Charles Docker. Loss to extremities at the rear of volume I. Crack to tail of front joint to volume III. Front hinge to volume III is slightly strained but firm. Offsetting to endpapers. Front hinge to volume VII is slightly strained but firm. Backstrip to volume VII is lifting at the front joint. Front hinge to volume VIII is slightly strained but firm. Front hinge to volume XIII is tender. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot throughout. Good.
