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London: Bradbury & Evans. Very Good. 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume II only; crisp copy showing only slight shelf wear. .

London: Bradbury & Evans. Very Good-. 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume one only; crisp copy, but with a signature starting. Private book plate. .

London: Bradbury & Evans. Very Good. 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume III only; crisp copy showing only slight shelf wear and some light discoloring on back cover; private bookplate on endpaper. Tipped in is a "notice" of a new serial work by Thackeray. .

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. First edition. Original cloth, 8vo, gilt titled. Ex-library, with pockets, stamps, slight signs of label removal to spines, some spine ends lightly frayed, vol. one has a raisin-sized piece missing fr om the middle of the spine, but in all a crisp handsome set of the first printing.

Bernard Tauchnitz, 1849. Hardcover. Very Good. Eight Volumes. ( 1-8 ) Do Not Know How Many Vols Were In This Collection. "Collection Of British Authors Vol Clxxi"..Vol One 1849, Vol Two 1851, Vol Three Thru Six 1856. Vol Seven & Eight 1857. 3/4 Leather W/ Marbled Paper Boards. Ribbed Spines W/ Gold Titles.Seams, Hinges, Gutters Are All Intact And Tight. Binding Is Tight. Content Is Clean. All Have A Nice Name Label On Pastedown. ( Col Sam A Foster )

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1866. Half Leather - Hardbound. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 494 pages, plus ads. Tan leather over spine and corners, with red and black spine labels. Slightly raised spine bands. Gilt lettering and decoration. Marbled paper over boards, as well as marbled end leaves and edges. Light rubbing on covers, mostly on fore edge. Inked last name at top of title page. Volume remains tight and very attractive.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1866. Half Leather - Hardbound. Good/No Dust Jacket. 451 pages. Tan leather over spine and corners, with red and black spine labels. Slightly raised spine bands. Gilt lettering and decoration. Marbled paper over boards, as well as marbled end leaves and edges. Slight rubbing on covers. Inked last name at top of title page. There are four leaves near the end with small edge tears and corner fold creases. Volume remains tight and very attractive.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855. Two volumes. 8vo (7 1/2 x 5 inches), contemporary half crimson morocco, marbled boards, extremities rubbed, not unattractive however. Some foxing. Contemporary ownership inscription on front flys.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1885. Cloth. Good Only. 7.5" by 5". None. A charming edition of W M Thackeray's Miscellanies. A Victorian English novelist, William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was famous for his satirical works that portrayed English society. Thackeray only began writing when he lost his fortune in a banking crash, describing his journalism as "writing for his life". However he was a popular writer and became known for his pieces in various magazines and is known to have popularised the word 'snob'. Here we have a collection of some of his best works that parody and attack high society, military prowess, and marriage and hypocrisy. Many verses are written under various pseudonyms he created whilst in the early stages of his career. Including titles such as The Memoirs of Mr Charles J Yellowplush, Club Snobs, and Fitz-Boodle's Confession. Complete in four volumes. In a tooled cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing to boards and spine. Bumping to boards and… Read More

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1865. SCARCE in commerce. Vols. III and IV published 1865, Vols. I and II, 1866. Four volumes bound in contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards, the backs gilt, edges and end papers marbled to match boards, contemporary bookplates of William Milner Crowe. Half title pages in Vols. I, III, and IV, none in Vol.II. Very Good, moderate spotting at end papers, internal pages clean and bright, light rubbing at tips. Collects the following : V. 1. Ballads. The Book of Snobs. The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan. The Fatal Boots. Cox's Diary.--V. 2. Memoirs of Mr. C.J. Yellowplush. Diary of C. Jeames de la Pluche, Esq. Sketches and Travels in London. Novels by Eminent Hands. Character Sketches.--V. 3. The Memoirs of Barry London, Esq. A Legend of the Rhine. Rebecca and Rowena. A Little Dinner at Timmins's. The Bedford-Row Conspiracy.--V. 4. The Fitz-Boodle Papers. Men's Wives. A Shabby Genteel Story. The History of Samuel Titmarsh, and The Great… Read More