William Makepeace Thackeray Author Illustrator (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Quarter bound in dark blue/black leather with decorative gilt covers, marbled endpapers and satin bookmarker sewn in. Minor wear to binding edges. Isolated rubbing to gilt on both panels and light scratching to gilt edges. Text and images unmarked. No dust jacket as issued. 679pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book has very mild toning to spine, very mild rubbing to edges of spine, very mild rubbing to corners of cover, and very slight toning to pages.otherwise book is in excellent condition with a bright cover, clean pages, and a solid binding. Doyle, Richard (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. First Edward Ardizzone illustrated edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains colour title page, 128 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing of the paper to the spine ends and corner, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. ARDIZZONE, Edward (1900-1979).…

Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine +. No Jacket. Collector's Edition. Aeg, dark red leather, gilt illustration on front and back boards, moire fabric ep's, hubbed spine, bound-in silk ribbon marker, 4 raised bands on spine with gilt printed title and author panels plus three decorated panels, one with rose, one with ring and one with dove , xvii, 367 pp. Notes from the archives laid in. Minute scratch on bottum gilt edge. Book appears unread. Kredel, Fritz (Illustrations Drawn By with the Assistance of Mr. Titmarsh (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Limited Edition #174/1500. Octavos, 2 Volumes. In Very Good condition and housed in publisher's moderately worn black paper slip case. Bound in publisher's quarter black cloth and illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering to spines. Protected with glassine. Minor shelf wear. Signed by Ardizzone and enumerated on limitation page in rear of Volume II. Shelved in LECs. 1408046. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

Condition: Very good. First edition thus. Two quartos in polished half-leather and marbled paper-backed boards; frontispieces, illustrations, 44 plates, 23 cm. Added title pages, engraved./ The first edition complete in two volumes: previously issued in twenty-four monthly numbers. First appearance in book form. In a handsome binding. A classic work of English literature. A bildungsroman, the novel follows the life and adventures of young Arthur Pendennis ("Pen") , as he navigates the ups and downs of English society in the 19th century. The novel provides a detailed and satirical portrayal of various social classes, manners, and customs of the time."?Wikipedia. ? Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863. Steel engravings. Wood engravings. Novels. Humorous fiction. Autobiographical fiction. Bildungsromans. Novels. Romans. Ex-library with institutional bookplates and deaccession stamps to front board versos, Small "Univ. of Calif." blindstamps to title pages and several pages throughout, empty small card pockets to rear board versos. Overall a tight, clean set , with modest edge-wear. Very good thus. See photos.…

Softcover. First Edition. Octavos, 24 parts in 23 volumes, as issued. In Very Good condition. Housed in quarter leather and brown cloth slip case and matching chemise. Gilt lettering to spine. Bound in publisher's yellow printed wraps. Tearing along edges of wraps, with material loss to most spines. Light scuffing and soiling to wraps. Age toning as expected, with heavy foxing to plates. Top edges of textblock uncut in numerous volumes. Volume I: Missing "The Governing Classes" advertisement slip. Volume III: Duplicate of "The Respirator" advertisements. Volume VII: Front wrapper-second plate separated; rear cover torn off but present. Volume IX: "Waterlow's Patent Improved" advertisements loose but present; Crystal Palace leaf and slip missing. Volume X: Missing "Price One Shilling" slip. Volume XII: Advertisements in front loose bu present. Volume XIV: Missing "Punch's Pocket Book" slip. Volume IXX: Wrappers loose. Volume XXIII/XIV: Library sticker adhered to front cover. Shelved in Case 2. William Thackeray (1811-1863) was an English novelist and illustrator. "The Newcomes" was originally released serially by Bradbury and Evans in 24 monthly installments before being published in two complete volumes in 1854-1855. "The Newcomes" makes mention to characters that appear in Thackeray's "Vanity Fair," and it is narrated by Arthur Pendennis, of Thackeray's "Pendennis." 1409273. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. …

Oblong 16mo. 1 page (5 lines). Mounted on backing paper. "Hume's House of Hamilton. / Ashmole's History of the Garter. / Dalrymple's Memoirs of Gt. Britain. / Délices des Pays Bas. / Life of Eugene". - The second and third title are followed by ticks. A clipped fragment of an ink drawing is visible along the upper margin. Slightly browned and stained. According to the collector's note on the backing paper, Thackeray's handwriting of his works is known to differ from that of his letters.…