The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray in 52 vols.

by William Makepeace Thackeray

$15,000 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

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London: The Chaucer Company, nd., ca. 1900 . Limited edition. One of just fifteen sets this being set number two , lavishly bound by Zaehnsdorf for Sangorski & Sutcliffe, and with signed original drawings by one of Thackeray's illustrators in each volume some in color . Fifty-two volumes, octavo. Leaves measuring 255 x 174 mm, with the set occupying 180 cm 170 inches of shelf space. A

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