Vanity Fair by Thackeray, Signed (26 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray ? edited with an introduction and notes by Geoffrey and Kathleen Tillotson. Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press Cambridge, Boston, 1963 ? Riverside Editions B66 (Trade Paperback, $2.25 cover price) Book Condition : Very Good?. Octavo trade paperback in fuchsia and white pictorial wrappers; 666 pages plus appendix; 40 illustration plates drawn by the author. Covers with light edge wear, rubbing, tanning, and soiling; small lower front corner crease ? honest surface wear for a 62-year-old course paperback. Light spine creasing. Pages clean and unmarked with light uniform age-toning ? exceptionally clean for a heavily assigned academic text. No ownership markings, stamps, price stickers, or remainder marks, except 15cent mark on first page. Original $2.25 cover price stated. A sound and presentable copy. Edition / Printing Notes Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press Cambridge, Boston; first published January 1, 1963; Riverside Editions B66; not stated, presumed first edition. Edited with an introduction and notes by Geoffrey and Kathleen Tillotson, University of London ? the authoritative scholarly edition of the text for the period, widely assigned in university courses throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Includes 40 illustration plates drawn by Thackeray himself; bibliography; xli pages of editorial apparatus including introduction and notes; 680 pages total. The Riverside Editions series was Houghton Mifflin's flagship scholarly paperback imprint for college courses ? a historically significant quality paperback series comparable in prestige to the Norton Critical Editions. A satirical epic of love and social adventure set during the Napoleonic Wars, Vanity Fair follows the trials and tribulations of two young women ? the charming and amoral Becky Sharp and the sweet, loyal Amelia Sedley ? as they navigate elopements and betrayals, fortunes made and lost, and battles both military and domestic. At its centre is one of the most unforgettable characters in nineteenth-century fiction ? Becky Sharp, a panoramic figure in Thackeray's masterpiece of English social satire. The Tillotson Riverside Edition is the standard scholarly text of this period, widely regarded as the most authoritative editorial treatment of the novel for classroom use, and includes Thackeray's own 40 illustrations alongside Geoffrey and Kathleen Tillotson's authoritative introduction and notes from the University of London. An exceptionally clean copy of a heavily assigned course text ? unmarked and unwritten throughout, which is genuinely rare in this format. Signed by Author(s).

Red Embossed Cloth/Faded Spine. Condition: Very Good (AVERAGE). No Jacket. Harold Piffard. (illustrator). This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾". Signed By a Previous Owner. HARDBACK.

Hardcover. Thackeray, William Makepeace (illustrator). 5 p. l., 3-405 p. 24 cm. Illustrations. Index. In this work, Thackeray is re-created against the background of his age as vividly as his on Pendennis, whom he so much resembled--form the time he came to England, a ten-year-old boy from India, until his death in 1862. Good in fair dust jacket. Price clipped. Signed by previous owner. DJ has some wear and soiling, edge tears and chips. DJ is plastic sleeve. Sticker residue at rear cover.

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Austen (illustrator). This is Volume II of a 2 volume set, introduced by G. K. Chesterton, beautifully illustrated by John Austen. Volume II only a FINE HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. "Of this edition of Vanity Fair fifteen hundred copies have been printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by John Johnson, printer to the University of Oxford. The illustrations have been made by John Austen, and each book have been signed by the artist. This is number 1082, signed by John Austen." Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by John Austen.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. John Austen (illustrator). Two volume set. 30 x 19.5 cm. 772pp. Purple cloth spines with floral patterned paper over boards covers. Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Limited to 1500 sets signed by the artist John Austen on the colophon in volume 2 of which this is copy 1068. Lacking jackets and slipcase. Spines are faded. Closed tear to spine of volume 2 and some fraying to the head of the spine of volume 1. Joints partially cracked but holding.

Roland Pym (illustrator). Condition: Fine. Blue cloth and gilt cover on Fine book. Slipcase light blue. Inscribed by illustrator Roland Pym to Joe Whitlock-Blundell (Ex Libris), former Production Director of the Folio Society. Introduction by Fay Weldon. A nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2 Volume set. Large hardcovers with decorated covers and dark pink cloth spines. Covers, endpapers and Dj all match with same flower pattern. The Dj are fragile and have tears, chipping and wear around edges with a stain along lower spine area. Limited Edition stickers on both Dj. Brodart covers on both books. Signed by illustrator John Austen in1500. 12 x 8 with 772 pp. 8 Pounds. Signed By Illustrator.

zahlreiche wunderbare Illustrationen von John Austen, zum Teil von Hand coloriert, beide Bände 772 Seiten gesamt, Sprache: Englisch; Zustand: sehr guter bis guter Zustand: Beschnitt der Bücher mit leichten Stockflecken, Schutzumschläge mit kleinen hinterlegten Einrissen. Schuber mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren (alles beim Preis berücksichtigt!). Von John Austen signiert! Ein schönes Sammlerstück aus der Bibliothek von Hans (Giovanni) Mardersteig. Gedruckt von John Johnson, University of Oxford. ACHTUNG: Höhere Versandkosten wegen der gewichtigen Bücher erfragen! ATTENTION: Ask for the higher postage costs! Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 4150 29,5 x 19,0 cm, gebundene Ausgabe, Halbleinen mit Original-Schutzumschlag mit von Austen illustriertem Limited Club Aufkleber (11,5 x 9,5 cm), 2-seitig unbeschnittenes Büttenpapier, in stabilem illustrierten Schuber 1. und einzige Auflage, 1.500 nummerierte und signierte Exemplare, hier Nr. 14!.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Grey grained cloth, edges rubbed and a little stained, plate onlaid ontofront board intact, gilt titles and decoration, contents very good, clean and tight, 20 plates tipped in and tissue guarded, cold-pressed 'Presentation Copy' on title page. A lovely copy.; 4to; 483. pages.

Hardcover. Condition: vg. Limited edition. Large quarto. XX, 365, VI, 366-772pp. Original red cloth over decorative paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Lacking dust jackets. Uncut. Decorative endpapers. Ex-libris of Lucy Smith Battson (ex Lucy Doheny) on free front endpaper of both volumes. Illustrated half title page, colored frontispiece and illustrated title-page on both volumes. Decorative headpieces. Beautiful edition of this classic novel, profusely illustrated with numerous full-page colored plates by John Austen. Limited edition of 1500 copies, this being No.258 signed by the illustrator. Minor age-toning on boards. Spines slightly faded and corners slightly rubbed. Bindings in overall very good, interior in fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Baumer, Lewis (illustrator). Thackeray, W. M. Vanity Fair Hodder and Stoughton 1913 (N.D.) bound in Vellum, a limited edition of 350 signed by the artist Lewis Baumer. Pp 483. All illustrations in place beneath tissues. Faults - areas of vellum on front board stained tan in places. Faint water stain top pages . Original roundel illus on front board missing. Ribbon ties missing. On two pages edges (rough cut) a small black ink mark. From the library of Arthur and Lady Conan Doyle (although not inscribed to that effect). Scan on request. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s).

hardcover. Condition: very good. Austen, John (illustrator). Limited. 2 volumes. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. Illustrated by John Austen, some hand-colored. 4to, purple cloth-backed decorative boards; uncut edges. Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1931. A very good copy, lacking the dust wrappers and publisher's slipcase. One of 1500 sets, signed by the illustrator.

Hardcover. John Austen (illustrator). Two large quarto volumes (7-1/2" x 11-3/8") bound in half magenta linen, gold-stamped, and pattern-paper sides with decorations by Albert Rutherston. Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Illustrated with lithographs by John Austen colored by hand by Daniel Jacomet. Copy #942 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrappers, lacking the slipcase.

Hardcover. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. Illustrations by John Austen. Complete 2-volume set. 4to. Lavender cloth spines with gilt lettering and decorative paper over boards, dust jackets with paper labels. xviii, 365pp; vi, pp. 367-772. Color frontispieces, full-page color plates, decorative endpapers. Fine/very good. Jackets lightly edgeworn only; lacks slipcase. Magnificent pair of this hefty 1848 Victorian staple, this LEC production features hand-colored Austen lithographs. Colophon at rear notes limitation of 1500 numbered copies (this #1095) signed by Austen. Lovely copy sans slipcase but with bright, clean jackets. NEWMAN 22.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Illustrations by John Austen. Printed for the Limited Editions Club by the Oxford University Press, Oxford, Great Britain, 1931. This is number 88 of a limited edition of 1500 printed for the members of The Limited Edition Club. Signed by the illustrator John Austen on the limited edition page. There are a total of 20 partially tinted, full page illustrations including frontispieces for both volumes. Near fine books in rare, very good plus dust jackets. Decorative paper covered boards with maroon cloth on spines; gilt lettering and graphics stamped on spine. Boards are clean. Spines are sunned, more so along the edges at head and tail of board spines, edges are creased; the tail of Volume 1 is split. External fore- and lower-edges are deckled. End papers are the same pattern as that of the dust jackets and board coverings. Books are internally clean and text blocks are tight. Dust jackets are the same decorative print as the board covers and end papers. With Limited Edition Club book plates in the front panels and paper labels on spines. Spines are sunned. Edges at head and tail of jacket spine are chipped and rubbed. Volume I has loss across the head of up to 3/16"; loss across the tail edge is 3/4" by up to 1/2". Loss on edges at head and tail of Volume II is less than 1/4". Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required. Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. John Austin (illustrator). 1st Edition. Copyright date 1931, Two volumes (7-1/2" x 11-3/8") printed for limited edition's club by the University of Oxford of which 1500 copies have been printed for the members. John Johnson printer to the University of Oxford, the illustrations have been made by John Austin and each book has been signed by the artist of the 1500 copies this is number 647. Decorative and maroon over boards with gilt lettering on the spine (starting to fade). Illustrated throughout by John Austin and signed by him on the limited page. For edge and bottom page edges are deckled, no dust jackets. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. Merrill, Frank T. (illustrator). Original dark green cloth with Art Nouveau peacock feather decoration in black and gilt, and gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Minor corner wear and edgewear at top and bottom of spine. Previous owner's names, the latest of which was Saint John teacher and poet, Kay Smith (who wrote "The Bright Particulars"). Front hinge broken with webbing showing through. Rear hinge cracked at pg. 340 (Volume 2). Two spots along top edge of back cover. Top edges of pgs. 301-321 (Volume 2) have small horizontal creases not affecting text. This book will be shipped with insurance, so expect a request for extra postage. Scarce. Volume 1 has 357 pp, while Volume 2 has 342 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Kay Smith. Book.

, Volume I, xviii, 366 pages. Volume II, vi, [2], 367-772 pages, limited edition of 1500, 20 coloured plates, signed by the artist on the limitation page Limited Edition , slight marking to tail of spine on volume I, one corner bumped on volume II, edges untrimmed with light foxing, light occasional foxing to pages, shading to endpapers, books in very good condition, slipcase rubbed and repaired at edges, sunning to top, slipcase in good condition , dustwrappers sunned to spines, rubbed at edges with small tear with loss to tail of spine of volume I, small tear to top edge of volume II, good condition , quarter cloth and patterened paper covered boards, gilt titles to spine, patterned endpapers , quarto, 29.5 cm x 20 cm Hardback SIGNED by the artist ISBN:

2 volumes. LIMITED EDITION on of only 1500 hand-numbered copies SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, JOHN AUSTEN. With twenty plates, inclusive of the frontispiece for each volume, by John Austen each is colour augmented by hand by the firm of Daniel Jacomet in Paris. Also with five roughly 1/3-page illustrations as headpieces and an illustration on each titlepage, all also by John Austen. 4tos, in the publisher's bindings of paper-covered boards backed in gilt lettered magenta buckram, the paper on the boards with an all over floral colour design by Albert Rutherston, this same design but with variations to the colours, is also used for the endpages, the flies, and for the included dustjackets, which have gray paper labels on the spines and front covers printed in black. xx, 365vii, 367-772, [1] pp. The volumes are very fine, essentially as mint and in excellent condition, the jackets are fresh and fine and very attractive with just a little bit of edge wear, quite minor. THACKERAY'S MOST FAMOUS NOVEL, AND ONE OF THE GREAT WORKS OF THE 19TH CENTURY, FINELY PRODUCED IN LIMITED EDITION AND SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR. For this entry in the L.E.C. George Macy chose Dr. John Johnson, the printer for Oxford Univisity, to design it and oversee the production. It is the first of several that would be done in a near identical format. It is also the first of several books for the L.E.C. that employed the talent of artist John Austen; the later books being The Pickwick Papers in 1933, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle in 1935, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane in 1937, and The Old Wives' Tale in 1941. John Austen's fanciful line drawings are especially well suited for VANITY FAIR. The restrained and subtle use of colour is just right for them, brightening them up but never enough to make them gaudy. George Macy himself stated concern that many would deface these volumes by slicing out the pictures to frame. These volumes were printed by Dr. Johnson on paper specially made for them at the Arches mill in France, it is snowy white and thus a good complement to the gentle use of colour in the illustrations. The type used is a Baskerville monotype in a bold and easy to read 14 point size.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Book Club Edition. Two Volumes, Limited Editions Club #582/1500. Illustrated and signed by John Austen. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Copyright Edition. Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, Germany 1848. Signed by Arthur Brentano on Bookplate on front endpapers. In English. Copyright Edition. 378 + 356 + 322 pages. Complete in 3 Volumes. Dark green leather spine and board tips. Boards are dark green marbled paper. Moderate general wear. Volume I spine ends worn, missing 10%. Owned by Arthur Brentano. Arthur Brentano was President of Brentanos Bookshops and Publishers from 1915 to 1944. Size: 16mo 5.75 - 6.75'' tall. Copyright Edition for Europe. Tauchnitz was the name of a family of German printers and publishers. In the summer of 1843, Tauchnitz presented one of the earliest copyright proposals, which was initially accepted by G.P.R. James, Bulwer Lytton, and Lady Blessington and later by Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli, Ainsworth, Samuel Warren and Captain Marryat. They published English language literature for distribution on the European continent outside Great Britain, including initial serial publications of novels by Charles Dickens. Though copyright protection did not exist between nations in the 19th century, Tauchnitz paid the authors for the works they published, and agreed to limit their sales of English-language books to the European continent, as authors like Dickens or Bulwer-Lytton had separate arrangements for publication and sale in Great Britain. Signed Fiction Antique English 6074.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Rebound: spine elaborately gilt in compartments, brown morocco labels, woven pattern blocked in blind to boards, marbled endpapers, double-line rules to boards, floral turn-ins, and top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Frontispiece and illustrated title page, 38 plates, illustrations throughout. This copy has all the first issue points traditionally associated with the first edition: the drop-head title in rustic lettering to p.1; the "Marquis of Steyne" woodcut on p. 336 (later suppressed) and "Mr Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on p. 453. An excellent copy. Bound in dark green leather with single gilt fillet (23 1/2k gold leaf) border on covers. Raised spine bands. Gilt ornaments, fillets and title on spine. Gilt decorative roll on turn-in. All edges gilt. Signed binding. Tooled in gilt: Bayntun. Binder. Bath. Eng. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. (1848) ASSOCIATION COPY; copy is signed to Edith Kermit Roosevelt (wife of Theodore Roosevelt) from her son Kermit; the inscription reads, "Mother with best love and a Merry Christmas from Kermit" signed 1908; the book also has the bookplate of Edith Roosevelt on the front paste-down; Acceptable/Good- condition; book is marbled boards with black leather to spine and leather tips; front board is detached and back board is loose, but still holding; there is chipping to pages, foxing, and general discoloration. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore.

SIGNED by Baumer on the colophon. 4to. 483 pp. (many pages uncut). 20 tipped in color plates with captioned tissue guards. Publisher's full vellum binding with gilt illustration & lettering to front cover & spine; oval color plate affixed to front; deckled page edges; color illustrated endpapers. Boards are slightly bowed; lacking ribbon ties; some scuffing to covers; upper front hinge just starting; a very good copy; still a lovely binding. Vanity Fair follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars. It is sometimes considered the "principal founder" of the Victorian domestic novel. The story is framed as a puppet play, and the narrator, despite being an authorial voice, is somewhat unreliable. The serial was a popular and critical success; the novel is now considered a classic and has inspired several audio, film, and television adaptations. - wiki. Deluxe Edition Limited to 350 copies of which this is Number 164 SIGNED by Baumer.

First edition, mixed issue: with the title on p. 1 in rustic type, "Mr. Mott" for "Sir Pitt" on p. 453, but lacking the suppressed woodcut on p. 336. With engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, 38 engraved plates, and numerous engravings on steel and textual wood illustrations by the author. xvi, 624, [1] pp. 8vo. The letter, on a folded 8vo sheet, is undated, and likely written to Percival Leigh, the humorist who wrote for Punch, and who was an intimate of Thackeray. The full text reads: Clarendon, Sunday Dear Mr. Leigh I hope the clerk at the bar told you that I was prevented from coming home by illness last night. Will you call here the first morning you are free? About 9 will to the best time & I'll see you well or ill. Fathfully yours WM Thackeray. Van Duzer 230; Grolier English 87 Full red crushed red levant with gilt borders, spine and turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., by Bayntun Riviere. Autograph Letter, signed, inserted at front. Fine With engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, 38 engraved plates, and numerous engravings on steel and textual wood illustrations by the author. xvi, 624, [1] pp. 8vo First edition, mixed issue: with the title on p. 1 in rustic type, "Mr. Mott" for "Sir Pitt" on p. 453, but lacking the suppressed woodcut on p. 336.