The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

Extended Description and Notes

UNOPENED PAGES in each of these volumes; very tight bindings, seemingly unread.
Volumes: III The History of Pendennis, His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends And His Greatest Enemy, in 2 vol. (501 pp); IV The History of Pendennis vol. 2 (495 pp); V The Newcomes, Memoirs of A Most Respectable Family, vol.1 (509 pp); VI The Newcomes, Memoirs of A Most Respectable Family, vol. 2 (506 pp); VII The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel In The Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself and Edited by W. M. Thackeray (505 pp); VIII The Virginians, A Tale Of The Last Century in two vol,, vol. one (503 pp); IX The Virginians, a Tale of The Last Century in two vol., vol. 2 (499 pp); X The Adventures of Phillip on His Way Through The World Shewing Who Robbed Him, Who Helped Him, and Who Passed Him By to which is now prefixed a Shabby Genteel Story, in two vol., vol. one (402 pp); XI The Adventures of Phillip On His Way Through The World, Shewing Who Robbed Him, Who Helped Him, And Who Passed Him by, vol. 2 (379 pp); XII The History Of Samuel Titmarsh and The Great Hoggarty Diamond, A Little Dinner at Timmins's, and Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo (572 pp); XIII The Christmas books of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh: Mrs. Perkins Ball, Our Street, Dr. Birch and His Young Friends, Rebecca and Rowena, The Kickleburys on The Rhine (239 pp); XIV The Book of Snobs and Sketches and Travels in London (453 pp) [torn end page, back end pages]; XV Burlesques: Novels by Eminent Hands, Jeames's Diary, The History of the Next French Revolution, A Legend of The Rhine, Adventures of Major Gahagan (380 pp); XVI The Paris Sketch and Little Travels and Road-side Sketches (370 pp); XVII The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush, The Fitz-Boodle Papers, Cox's Diary, and Character Sketches (380 pp); XVIII and XIX missing; XX Catherine: A Story, Men's Wives, and The Bedford-Row Conspiracy (432 pp); XXI and XXII missing; XXIII The Four Georges and The English Humourists of the 18th Century (345 pp); XXIV Lovel the Widower, The Wolves and the Lamb, Denis Duvall, [to which is added] An Essay on The Writings of W. M. Thackeray by Leslie Stephen (433 pp); XXV ["The contents of this volume have not hitherto been included among Mr. Thackeray's collected works. They consist chiefly of contributions to Magazines, written when he was between 26 and 35 years of age, together with a few scattered papers belonging to a later period of his life.] Miscellaneous essays, Sketches and Reviews (466 pp plus 9 pages of plates); XVI missing.
UNOPENED PAGES in each of these volumes; tight bindings, seemingly unread.
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Bookseller

Redeemed Rare Books (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

2023WMT50Fv20/26

Title

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

Author

Thackeray, William Makepeace

Illustrator

Thackeray, William Makepeace; Cruikshank, George: Doyle, Richard; Macquoid, Thomas R,; Atkinson, J.P.

Format/Binding

Hardback, marble boards and endpapers

Book Condition

Used - Very Good

Jacket Condition

Very Good

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First Edition thus

Binding

Hardcover

Publisher

Smith, Elder & Co. / J.B. Lippincott Company

Place of Publication

London, England and Philadelphia, PA

Date Published

1901

Size

8vo

Weight

0.00 lbs

Keywords

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