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New York: New York University Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1971. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. University library withdrawal stamp in ink on the front pastedown, library withdrawal stamp in ink to the head edge of the text block. Evidence of removal of a label at the upper left of front cover. Spine tail a bit rubbed. Lacks the dust jacket.; Thackeray's humorous farce that satirizes relationships and proper society: as applicable today, as then. This novel was never fully developed or completed, but ends at a logical point in the story. Includes the Author's brief explanation of why the work was left unfinished. Each chapter begins with an engraved cut illustration that functions as a dropped capital and incorporates the appropriate alphabetic letter. Various engraved cuts throughout. Text reproduced as-typeset in the 1879 edition by Smith, Elder & Co., London. Printed by The Scolar Press, Ltd., Menston, Yorkshire, England on laid, watermarked, Abby Mill paper.… Read More

Ipswich: Limited Editions Club. Fine with no dust jacket. 1961. Limited/Numbered Signed Edition. Hardcover. Slightest scuffing to bottom of slipcase.; Like much of Thackeray's work, Pendennis is a satire on the foibles of human nature and high society. Somewhat autobiographical, it reads like a farce with the frequently bewildered Pendennis climbing through London's upper crust from one doomed romance to another, gambling, and stumbling through social interaction. This author of Vanity Fair was able to take more time with this novel than the previous one and Pendennis was originally published in 20 periodical installments. This understated presentation by Limited Editions Club is in 2 slipcased volumes and is copy 817 of an edition of 1500. Signed on the colophon of Volume II by Charles W. Stewart who was commissioned to produce thirty illustrated plates in his characteristic ink and color wash. Stewart had a multi-faceted creative mind and was also a ballet dancer, costume… Read More

London: Smith, Elder & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1887. Hardcover. Very light foxing to endpapers, blanks, and title, occasional faint foxing in the pages. Rubbing to corners and spine ends. Rubbed area to front cover cloth. ; Personal letters between Thackeray and his friends the Reverend W. H. and Jane Octavia Brookfield. Written in Thackeray's personally trying, desolate, and destitute times before the publishing of Vanity Fair and subsequent fame. Some letters are presented in entirety and some in excerpts, they shows the personal side of Thackeray and his relationships, daily life, European travel, etc. Reproductions of his drawings and many sometimes-humorous sketches he incorporated into his letters. Facsimile of a holograph letter of Thackeray's. Engraved frontis of Thackeray, plus several black and white plates. List of Illustrations and Index. "The letters contained in this volume are in the course of publication in Scribner's Magazine, and the… Read More

London: The Folio Society. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2014. Hardcover. Overall shallow wrinkling to the leaf of pages 131-132. The slipcase has a tiny dent on the head edge and small, faint abrasions on one side.; This volume includes 49 poems that are representative of this brilliant, self-destructive Welsh poet. Editors Walford Davies and Ralph Maud selected these from Thomas's most significant books: 18 Poems, Twenty-Five Poems, The Map of Love, Deaths and Entrances, and In Country Sleep. The frontis and 6 plates reproduce photos of Thomas, his family, and the countryside of Wales. Contains the editors' Notes and an Index of Titles and First Lines. Typeset in Garamond by The Folio Society. Printed on fine paper and bound by Legatoria Editoriale Giovanni Olivotto (L.E.G.O.), Vicenza, Italy. Printed endpapers reproduce Dylan's manuscript notes for Prologue. In boards with black cloth across the rear board and wrapping around the spine to present 1/4 cloth on the… Read More