Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero

Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero, William Makepeace Thackeray, London, Bradbury & Evans, 1848. With Illustrations in Steel and Wood by the Author.

Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero, William Makepeace Thackeray, London, Bradbury & Evans, 1848. With Illustrations in Steel and Wood by the Author. (39 plates plus numerous woodcuts). First edition in signed Morrell binding.Octavo. Butterscotch leather over cloth boards with grey Stonehenge endsheets, all page edges gilt. Six compartment spine decorated in gilt, title in second compartment on red leather, author's name in fouth compartment on dark brown leather. Illustrated frontispiece facing illustrated title page, title page, dedication page, preface or introduction titled "Before the Curtain" followed by Contents and List of Plates (i-xvi). Octavo. pp624. Leather is somewhat scuffed in places, binding is sturdy. A few of the steel engravings have left discoloration on opposite page but any text affected is quite legible. All in all, good plus condition in a very attractive binding. Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero, William Makepeace Thackeray, London, Bradbury & Evans, 1848.