THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). Vanity Fair. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
8vo (211 x 132 mm). 1pp. publisher’s advertisement, engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates, wood-engraved illustrations (some very occasional light spotting to plates, else clean). 20th-century navy niger gilt with several frames and corner ornaments, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the others gilt-decorated and with red inlayed morocco centerpieces, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt, silk moiré endpapers, GILT STAMP-SIGNED BY ROOT; cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE with the suppressed woodcut of the “Marquis of Steyne” on p. 336, the heading on page one in rustic type, and “Mr. Pitt” for “Sir Pitt” on p. 453. AN UNUSUALLY CLEAN COPY of this important landmark in Victorian literature. Grolier English 87; Van Duzer 231.