The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century

by William Makepeace Thackeray

$500 · Offered by Churchill Book Collector

First edition

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. First edition. Half leather. This is the two-volume first edition, finely bound. The contemporary half leather fine bindings by “C. Cooper & Co. Limited” of Birmingham feature dark tan spines and corners separated by double-gilt-ruled transitions from the pebble-grained, dark brown sides. The elaborate spines feature gilt-hatched raised bands, the title/author and volume

• Binding: Leather

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