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THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811–1863). Vanity Fair. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
8vo. Half–title, engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates, wood–engraved illustrations. Original blindstamped blue–green cloth, gilt–lettered spine (rebacked retaining original backstrip, extremities a bit sunned, corners rubbed). Provenance: Anthony Philip Martineau Walker (bookplate); Sotheby’s sale, 13 December 1990.
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, mixed issue with “Mr. Pitt” for “Sir Pitt” on p.453 but without the suppressed woodcut of the “Marquis of Steyne” on p. 336 or the heading on p. 1 in rustic type. RARE IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. Grolier English 87; Van Duzer 231.