Record ID:
116089
Accession number:
MA 479
Credit:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description:
1 v. (116 p.), bound ; 32.4 cm
Notes:
Thackeray began work on Vanity Fair in February 1845 and received a publishing offer from Bradbury & Evans in January 1846; Vanity Fair was published in monthly installments from January 1847 through July 1848.
Summary:
Written on the rectos of 112 pages and the versos of 4 pages with revisions throughout; chapters I-VI and VIII-XIII; chapter VII is not included; there are two versions of chapter VI, one with corrected proofs inserted into the autograph manuscript.
Housed in:
Blue cloth drop-spine box (34.5 cm)
Binding:
Red leather tooled in black and gold with a pattern of roses for Bradstreet's by Alfred William Launder.
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
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