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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. In twenty-six volumes.
A LUXURIOUS SET OF THACKERAY IN 26 VOLUMES
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1883.
26 vols., 8vo (9 x 6.25 inches). Half red morocco by
PALMER HOWE & CO., with gilt raised bands, gilt
lettering direct to panels, marbled boards and
endpapers, top edges gilt. A fine set.
An immaculate set of one of the finest editions of
Thackerary. The edition is magnificently produced and
illustrated throughout with full page and in-text
drawings by the author and others.
Thackeray's reputation as one of the great Victorian
writers was firmly established with the publication of
Vanity Fair (1847-48). The amoral adventures of
anti-hero Becky Sharp brought Thackeray immediate fame
and wealth, and in his own time he was regarded as the
only possible rival to Dickens.
£2500.00
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