1869 · London
by THACKERAY, William Makepeace
London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1869. ZAEHNSDORF; THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1869.
First collected edition. Twenty-four octavo volumes. (Measures 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.; 140 x 210 cm.). With engraved frontispieces, vignette titles, plates, and text illustrations, all by the author.
Contemporary half red morocco over red cloth, bound by Root & Son, covers double ruled in gilt, spines elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments and stamped with a leaf design, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. A beautiful set.
HBS 67648.
$3,000. (truncated)
First collected edition. Twenty-four octavo volumes. (Measures 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.; 140 x 210 cm.). With engraved frontispieces, vignette titles, plates, and text illustrations, all by the author.
Contemporary half red morocco over red cloth, bound by Root & Son, covers double ruled in gilt, spines elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments and stamped with a leaf design, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. A beautiful set.
HBS 67648.
$3,000. (truncated)