signed Hardcover
1869 · London
by THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE.
London: Smith, Elder and Company, 1869. TWENTY-FOUR VOLUMES uniformly bound. Signed bindings by ZAEHNSDORF. Marbled boards and matching endpapers. The first 22 books are dated 1869, the final 2 are dated 1886. Spines are decorated with intricate gilt designs, black leather label. Top edges gilt. Front joint of Volume 1 is a bit weak, but remains attached. All other volumes are tight. Several volumes with very minor wear at spine extremities. Full-page illustrated plates and text illustrations by the author, Richard Doyle, and others. All-in-all, quite a lovely set, finely-bound by a well-respected bindery. Cited in CBEL lll, p.429. Postage will be extra for this large set. . Collected Edition. 3/4 Buttercalf Morocco. Nearly Fine/No Jacket. Demy Octavo.
(Inventory #: 013844)