BIB_ID
116089
Accession number
MA 479
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1845-1848].
Credit line
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.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
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)
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