Accession number
Heineman 694
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863, author.
Published
London : Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie Street, 1853-1855.
Credit line
Gift of the trustees of the Dannie and Hettie Heineman collection, 1977.
Notes
Cover title.
Arthur Pendennis is a pseudonym for William Makepeace Thackeray.
Originally issued as 24 numbers in 23 parts to be bound into 2 volumes. Each part paged consecutively.
Illustrated with 46 etchings on steel and numerous textual engravings on wood after Doyle.
The original numbers (issued monthly from October 1853 to August 1855) with title pages of volume 1 and 2 (dated 1854 and 1855 respectively), "Contents", and "List of plates" (6 unnumbered pages) bound at end of numbers 12 and 23 & 24. Each number contains 2 engraved plates, except number 12 which has one plate and the engraved title page for volume 1; and number 23 & 24, which has 3 plates and the engraved title page for volume 2.
Issued in illustrated yellow paper covers with advertisements on the inside front and back covers and the outside back cover. Includes a section of advertisements at the beginning of each number called The Newcomes Advertiser, ranging from 4 to 16 pages. Advertisements included at the back of most issue as well.
Pt. 1. 5 lines of type before "The Respirator" ad at back; pt. 4. Madgwick & Routledge ads at back on pink paper; pt. 6. "Familiar in their mouths" ad at front instead of following plates, Madgwick ad at back on pink paper; pt. 9. Crystal Palace ads (2)--at back lacking; pt. 10. "Price one shilling" slip lacking; pt. 14. "Harry Coverdale's Courtship" ad at back on blue paper; pt. 16. Newcomes Advertiser dated January, 1854, at front. Slip "New work" inserted before "Waterlow & Sons" at back. OhKeUSC
Advertisements, frequently on colored paper, bound in at ends of parts.
Arthur Pendennis is a pseudonym for William Makepeace Thackeray.
Originally issued as 24 numbers in 23 parts to be bound into 2 volumes. Each part paged consecutively.
Illustrated with 46 etchings on steel and numerous textual engravings on wood after Doyle.
The original numbers (issued monthly from October 1853 to August 1855) with title pages of volume 1 and 2 (dated 1854 and 1855 respectively), "Contents", and "List of plates" (6 unnumbered pages) bound at end of numbers 12 and 23 & 24. Each number contains 2 engraved plates, except number 12 which has one plate and the engraved title page for volume 1; and number 23 & 24, which has 3 plates and the engraved title page for volume 2.
Issued in illustrated yellow paper covers with advertisements on the inside front and back covers and the outside back cover. Includes a section of advertisements at the beginning of each number called The Newcomes Advertiser, ranging from 4 to 16 pages. Advertisements included at the back of most issue as well.
Pt. 1. 5 lines of type before "The Respirator" ad at back; pt. 4. Madgwick & Routledge ads at back on pink paper; pt. 6. "Familiar in their mouths" ad at front instead of following plates, Madgwick ad at back on pink paper; pt. 9. Crystal Palace ads (2)--at back lacking; pt. 10. "Price one shilling" slip lacking; pt. 14. "Harry Coverdale's Courtship" ad at back on blue paper; pt. 16. Newcomes Advertiser dated January, 1854, at front. Slip "New work" inserted before "Waterlow & Sons" at back. OhKeUSC
Advertisements, frequently on colored paper, bound in at ends of parts.
Description
23 volumes (375 pages), 46 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 23 cm
Provenance
F.J. Teesdale, signature on wrappers; Dannie and Hettie Heineman.
Binding
Publisher's original printed yellow wrappers.
Classification
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