Accession number
PML 145257-75
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Published
London : Bradbury & Evans, 1847-48.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Added etched and illustrated t.p.
Title and imprint from t.p. issued in pt. 19/20.
1st ed., published in 20 numbers in 19 monthly parts, Jan. 1847-July 1848; t.p.'s and preliminaries issued in final pt. 19/20.
Wrapper title on pt. 1 reads: Vanity fair : pen and pencil sketches of English society; wrapper imprint reads: London : Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street. ... 1847; [below in square brackets] Bradbury & Evans, Printers, Whitefriars.
Printed and published by Bradbury & Evans, who were the proprietors and publishers of Punch.
Illustrated with 39 etched plates, 84 wood engraved vignettes, and 66 wood engraved initials after Thackeray.
Title and imprint from t.p. issued in pt. 19/20.
1st ed., published in 20 numbers in 19 monthly parts, Jan. 1847-July 1848; t.p.'s and preliminaries issued in final pt. 19/20.
Wrapper title on pt. 1 reads: Vanity fair : pen and pencil sketches of English society; wrapper imprint reads: London : Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street. ... 1847; [below in square brackets] Bradbury & Evans, Printers, Whitefriars.
Printed and published by Bradbury & Evans, who were the proprietors and publishers of Punch.
Illustrated with 39 etched plates, 84 wood engraved vignettes, and 66 wood engraved initials after Thackeray.
Description
20 nos. in 19 pts. (xvi, 624 p.), [39] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Original illustrated yellow part wrappers.
Classification
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