The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

A set of the illustrated biographical edition of the works of William Makepeace Thackeray in thirteen volumes. Biographical edition of the works of William Makepeace Thackeray, complete in thirteen volumes. Featuring biographical introductions by his daughter, Anne Ritchie.William Makepeace Thackeray was a famous English novelist known for his satirical works such as Vanity Fair, portrait of British Society, andThe Luck of Barry Lyndon, later adapted for a Stanley Kubrick film.With half title and additional uniform title page.Illustrated with numerous illustrations in the text and further full page plates by Thackeray himself. Some illustrations are by George Cruikshank, J E Millais, Luke Fildes, et al.From the library of collectors Helen and Michael Oppenheimer, with their armorial bookplate to front pastedowns.Comprising the following titles:1898 Vanity Fair, with a frontispiece portrait and twenty-one full page plates as well as further illustrations in text. Collated, complete;1898 The History of Pendennis with a frontispiece and nineteen full page plates. Collated, complete;1898 Yellowplush Papers, Great Hoggarty Diamond, &c. with a frontispiece and twenty-four full page plates. Collated, complete;1898Barry Lyndon, &c with a frontispiece and fifteen full page plates. Collated, complete.1898 Paris Sketch Book, Irish Sketch Book, Cornhill to Cairo, &c. with a frontispiece and sixteen full page plates. Collated, complete.1898 Contributions to Punch, &c. with a frontispiece and seven full page plates as well as twelve caricatures. Collated, complete.1898 Henry Esmond and the Lectures with a frontispiece and nineteen full page plates. Collated, complete.1898 The Newcomes with a frontispiece and twenty full page plates. Collated, complete.1898 Christmas Books &c. with a frontispiece and ninety-two full page plates. Collated, complete.1899 The Virginians, with a frontispiece and twenty full page plates. Collated, complete.1899 Adventures of Philip with a frontispiece and twenty-one full page plates. Collated, complete.1899 The Wolves and the Lamb, Lovel, The Widower, &c. with a frontispiece and twenty-one full page plates. Collated, complete.1899 Ballads and Miscellanies with a frontispiece and fifteen full page plates. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings. Externally a trifle rubbed with shelf wear, bumped and chipped to head and tail of spine with minor loss to head of spine 'Barry Lyndon', 'Esmond' exposing head band. Back strip darkened. Minor damp mark to back strips and occasional board. First few leaves of 'Newcomes' cockled due to damp. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Good.…