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THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811–1863). The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. 2 volumes, 8vo. Half–titles, engraved titles, numerous plates including frontispieces (heavily foxed or browned). Early half morocco gilt (spines rubbed, late 19th–century inscription). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with “actresses” for “ancestresses” on p. 207, line 33. WITH AN ALS FROM THACKERAY pasted into Volume I, dated 21 February 1860 regarding a social function naming several politicians and dignitaries that will be attending the author’s dinner. –– [Also:] THACKERAY. The History of the Pendennis. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1850. 2 volumes, tall 8vo. Numerous in–text woodcuts by the author. Original blindstamped cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, containing all the suppressed paragraphs and illustrations which were omitted from all later editions published in either England or America. Van Duzer 165. –– Together, 2 works in 4 volumes, condition generally good.