The Virginians, a Tale of the last Century..

  • 1857
By Thackeray, William Makepeace
1857. London: Bradbury and Evans, November 1857 [to October 1859].

8vo, 24 monthly parts. Original yellow pictorial wrappers restored, a little soiled and frayed as always. Some parts with ink or pencil signatures (i.e. a mixed set). Green cloth folding slipcase.

§ First edition, first issue, with the first word on page 207, line 15 from the bottom (in No. 7) misprinted "actresses" (corrected in later editions to "ancestresses"); in part 12, chapters XLVII-XLVIII misnumbered XLVIII-XLIX. All ads present, including the tipped explanatory slip in part 20, regarding omitted plates. Van Duzer 2332. Wolff 6700.

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The Virginians, a Tale of the last Century..

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Thackeray, William Makepeace

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1857


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