Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

$4,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition. First issue with the heading on p. 1 in rustic type, the advertisement for The Great Hogarty Diamond before the frontis and the illustration of the marquis of Steyne on p. 336 later suppressed . Illustrated by the author in 40 steel engraved plates and numerous woodcuts throughout the text. A Very Good+ copy in an early cloth binding. Minor

• Binding: Hardcover

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