THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS OF MR. M. A. TITMARSH - Volume IX of the Biographical Edition of The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray -profusely illustrated with 142 plates

William Makepeace Thackeray

Editore: Smith, Elder & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, London, 1900

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Volume IX of the Biographical Edition of The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. The works were published in an edition of thirteen volumes, first published by Smith, Elder & Co. between 1898 and 1908. Thackeray wrote and illustrated five Christmas books as "by Mr M. A. Titmarsh". They were collected under the pseudonymous title and his real name no later than 1868 by Smith, Elder & Co. This particular edition contains biographical introductions by Thackeray's daughter, Anne Ritchie. Profusely illustrated with no less than 142 plates. ***Near fine in red cloth-covered boards, with gilt titles to the spine, and gilt decorative initials WMT to the front cover. Top edge of page block gilt, with the other edges untrimmed. Top edge gilt slightly darkened and dusty. The boards are clean and unmarked, but the red colour on the spine has faded slightly. Head and tail of spine slightly frayed. No creases or bumps. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also near fine, with black front and rear endpapers. No splitting to the endpapers. Pages beautifully clean. With a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown 'J. C. Jackson' showing a picture of a bulldog atop an open book. No other inscriptions or annotations. No foxing. Pages uncreased and unmarked throughout. ***LX preliminary pages of Introduction plus 340 printed pages, followed by a 14pp catalogue at the back of the book. 210mm x 145mm. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., Edinburgh and London. ***A single volume in the definitive series of Collected Works, profusely illustrated. In a near fine late Victorian cloth-gilt binding, with top edge gilt. An attractive, late nineteenth-century edition of the Christmas Stories of William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), one of the most prominent English novelists of the early to mid Victorian era. A beautifully produced book - ideal for a Christmas present. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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• Titolo: THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS OF MR. M. A. TITMARSH - Volume IX of the Biographical Edition of The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray -profusely illustrated with 142 plates
• Editore: Smith, Elder & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, London
• Data di pubblicazione: 1900
• Lingua: Inglese
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: First Complete Edition
• Stampa: First Impression
• Condizione: Near Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No Jacket, as Issued
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