Author: Thackeray, William M.

Pendennis

By: Thackeray, William M.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers : 1850

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 001614

Binding: Three-Quarter Leather

Condition: Near Fine

From the author of the Great Classic Vanity Fair here is a beautifully bound copy of the First American edition of another Thackeray Masterpiece. Published by Harper and Brothers in 1850 in two volumes, this book contains both volumes bound as one. The binding is rich red leather over beautifully marbled boards. The endpapers match the covers. The spine of the book has raised hubs and is printed in bright gilt lettering. The text is very clean with very minimal foxing. The binding is tight and this volume makes a Great presentation. It is illustrated throughout by Thackeray himself who was als...
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Rose and the Ring, The - LEC

By: Thackeray, William M.

Price: $99.00

Publisher: New York, Limited editions club : 1942

Edition: First Edition Limited

Seller ID: 002880

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

The 1942 First Thus publication of this Thackeray classic was published as a Christmas volume. A limited number of copies were printed of which this is copy number 1040. Printed at the Press of A. Colish in Mount Vernon, N.Y. This beautiful edition was designed by George Macy, the godfather of the Limited Edition Club and it contains fine Illustrations that were redrawn by Fritz Kredel from the original first edition. The full page plates in the volume were colored by hand under the supervision of the artist.The book is bound in fine decorative cloth. The volume is in very good+ condition with...
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Signed Thackeray letter (ALS) with Notes for Speech at Dinner October 11, 1855 by W.M. Thackeray on Eve of His Departure to America

By: Thackeray, William M.

Price: $1,995.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, Private : 1896

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 002885

Binding: Original Boards

Condition: Very Good

Just Reduced! This is an extraordinarily rare offering. The book itself was rare at the moment that it was printed in 1896. There were only forty copies privately printed. The book is in its original boards which show general aging. The front pastedown of the book has two plates attached. One for the Zamorano Club in Los Angeles California and one ownership plate for a William F. Gable. This book also contains a letter to actor William Macready who was a friend of Thackerays. The occasion of Mr. Thackeray heading for America germinated this literary gathering and dinner. Charles Dickens was th...
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Sultan Stork

By: Thackeray, William M.

Price: $195.00

Publisher: London, George Redway : 1867

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 001606

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

From the author of Vanity Fair, Sultan Stork is a wonderful Thackeray collection of twenty three stories, poems, articles, and reviews that had originally been published in magazine form by Ainsworth's Magazine in 1842. This is the 1867 First edition in book form and the volume also contains a bibliographical list arranged in chronological order of the published writings in prose and verse and the sketches and drawings of Thackeray from 1829-1886. The book is fully indexed and it is in beautiful condition. It is bound in half-leather with brown leather over blue marbled boards. The endpapers a...
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English Humourists of the 18th Century

By: Thackeray, William Makepeace

Price: $225.00

Publisher: London, Smith Elder and Co. : 1853

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 002192

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Very Good+

After the Publication of 'Pendennis' in December of 1850, Thackeray announced (going against the stated opinions of several friends), that he would try his hand at lecturing. Thackeray himself was somewhat embarrassed by this method of making money and would probably have not done so if he had not been concerned with leaving his daughters well-provided (He had just been through a serious illness). Nevertheless, this decision led to a series of brilliant essays on The English Humourists of the Eighteenth century, The writers of this period had always been Thackeray's favorite reading. Thackeray...
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Newcomes, The - 2 volumes

By: Thackeray, William Makepeace

Price: $475.00

Publisher: London, Bradbury & Evans : 1854

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003866

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Very Good+

This Fine two-volume set is the First edition of this title. William Makepeace Thackeray was also the author of Vanity Fair and Pendennis. The books are bound in half-leather over marbled boards. There are ornate gilt decorations to the spines and the gilt is still bright and beautiful. The lettering on the spines has some fading but is still legible. The endpapers are also marbled and these volumes contain many illustrations on wood and steel by Richard Doyle. The tissue guards over the vignette title pages are present and in excellent condition. The textblocks are clean with no foxing and th...
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Newcomes, The - 2 volumes - LEC

By: Thackeray, William Makepeace

Price: $175.00

Publisher: New York, Limited editions club : 1954

Edition: 1st Thus

Inscription: . Signed by Illustrator

Seller ID: 002407

Binding: Slip-Case - Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Beautiful two volume set with some minor wear to slipcase. First edition for these illustrations. Signed by Edward Ardizzone, the illustrator. Volumes have attractive pictorial cloth boards. Very Nice. The 1954 First Thus publication of this Thackeray classic. Only Fifteen hundred copies were printed of which this is copy number 1274. Printed at the University Press in Cambridge, England. Fine Illustrations. The illustrator has signed the book on the limitation page. The book is bound in a Gorgeous pictorial cloth. The volumes are in Very Good+ condition and would be fine but there appears to ...
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Author: Thackeray, William M.

Pendennis

Rose and the Ring, The - LEC

Signed Thackeray letter (ALS) with Notes for Speech at Dinner October 11, 1855 by W.M. Thackeray on Eve of His Departure to America

Sultan Stork

English Humourists of the 18th Century

Newcomes, The - 2 volumes

Newcomes, The - 2 volumes - LEC