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Vanity fair : a novel without a hero / by William Makepeace Thackeray ; with illustrations by the author.

Accession number
PML 145295-96
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Published
New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1849.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Wrapper dated 1848; t.p.'s both dated 1849.
Added illustrated t.p.
Wrapper title reads: Vanity fair : pen and pencil sketches of English society; at head of wrapper: To be completed in two parts. Part I [-II]. 50 cents.
Wrapper on v. 2 has "Part I" altered manually in ink to read "Part II".
Text printed in two columns.
Illustrated with wood engravings after Thackeray.
Publisher's advertisements (4 p.) at end of v. 2.
Description
2 v. (viii, 332, [4] p., [32] leaves of plates) : ill. (wood engravings) ; 25 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Original printed and illustrated green wrappers.
Classification
Department