Accession number
PML 145276-94
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Published
London : Bradbury & Evans, 1847-1848.
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.
Published in 20 numbers in 19 monthly pts., Jan. 1847-July 1848; with t.p.'s and preliminaries issued in 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.
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.
Published in 20 numbers in 19 monthly pts., Jan. 1847-July 1848; with t.p.'s and preliminaries issued in 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.
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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