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GB: Everyman's Library (Dent/Dutton), 1930. Green reinforced cloth lettered in gold at top of spine within elongated shield with EL in "pendant" below. (Library Edition). Minor mark to front cover(slight fading).. Reprint. Hardback. VG+/No DW.
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VANITY FAIR A Novel Without a Hero Intr. Whitelaw Reid
by Thackeray, William Makepeace (W.M.)
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VANITY FAIR : A NOVEL WITHOUT A HERO.
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London : Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition, bound from the original monthly parts published between January 1847 and July 1848. The parts in first state, with the "rustic" heading to the first chapter, the inadvertent "Mr. Pitt" rather than "Sir Pitt" on p.453, and the notorious "Marquis of Steyne" wood-engraving (p.336) - an illustration said to have been suppressed, under threat of court action, for its allegedly libellous resemblance to the Third Marquis of Hertford. This has been disputed, but the portrait certainly only appears in the earliest copies of the book - and disappeared very early in the book's life cycle. Demy 8vo (214 x 131mm). xvi,624pp. Etched plates and highly entertaining text illustrations by Thackeray himself. Bound, without half-title, in a recent half green calf, banded and richly gilt, with burgundy label, in a pleasing imitation of contemporary style; marbled sides; plates spotted in varying degrees, but the text clean; a…
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