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Price: US$22.95 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 284pp. Three Quarter Leather with 5 raised bands on spine. Marbled page edges. Tips, spine ends and edges are heavily rubbed. Marbled boards have portions of heavy rubbing. Moderate to heavy foxing throughout. 2 former owner names on front endpaper.Text is clean and unmarked. First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Fair/No Dust Jacket.
Seller: Recycled Books & Music, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.87 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st ed. 2 vols. Plain cloth binding with title in gilt to spines. Spotting to engraved titles and plates, occasionally heavy.
Seller: WestField Books, York, United Kingdom
Price: US$30.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Half bound. A few marks to the boards. Scuffing to the spine and board corners. Firm textblock. A good reading copy for its age. Good condition is defined as: a copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$34.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG / -- First printing in the UK in book form (Volume I, 384pp 1849 and Volume II, 372pp 1850) Illustrations on steel and wood by the author, with decorated titles and numerous plates. Half bound blue crushed morocco on blue cloth boards. Gilt titles and decorations to banded spine. Top page edge gilt and blue marbled end papers. Bindings are very firm and tight. Light soiling to covers with some wear to spine and cover edges. Tanning to page edges and some spotting throughout text. Neat private library bookplate to both front pastedowns. No inscriptions to text.
Seller: Somerset Books, Glastonbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$39.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes (complete). Both rebound first editions. Volume 1 published in 1849, Volume 2 in 1850. Both have marbled boards, leather spines. Vol 1: the boards are mild-mannered. There is shelving wear and some scuffing. The spine is smart. The contents are comfortable and genial. There are some storage/ age marks here and there. Otherwise, the pages are tight, healthy, assured. Vol 2 is in a very similar condition. A most comfortable and comforting set. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 324 pages (complete). An aging, resolutely companionable copy. This edition from Tauschnitz is a fourth edition, that may precede the second English edition, for its setting copy consisted of proof sheets from the first English edition sent from Bradbury and Evans to Williams and Norgate, Tauchnitz's British agents. A steady, sturdy. Quarter leather. Black boards. The boards are worn, scuffed and marked from handling and storage. They are sure. The leather corners and spine are worn. They are also sure and competent. Within, the contents have aging marks and wear. The pages are nonetheless, comfortable, suited for ownership and reading, foxed. They are also clear, companionable, congenial. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Price: US$58.21 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. 2 vols., 8vo, engr. titles with vignette to each vol., printed titles, 46 engr. plates, no half-titles, near contemporary half red morocco, marbled sides, spines gilt, m.e., some oxidising to blank margins of engr. titles and a few plates but plates generally fresh, bindings. sl. rubbed. [Extra postage required]
Seller: Spike Hughes Rare Books ABA, Innerleithen, United Kingdom
THACKERAY, William Makepeace. HISTORY OF PENDENNIS. , 1849.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: THACKERAY, William Makepeace. THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS. His Fortunes, and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1849, 1850. In two volumes. 8vo., half-bound brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards, marbled edges. Ink ownership. As is: worn boards starting at volume I, which lacks the spine; ffep and fly-leaf starting, with some discolouration to title page, slight dampstain to one plate at edges. Spine of volume II is discoloured from fire. Internally, some occasional foxing, darkening to paper, slight offsetting from illustrations to text, but overall, these are serviceable, tight text blocks. A candidate for re-binding.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$79.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Full brown contemporary calf with raised bands, gilt title and decorations, gilt foreedge and cover borders, and silk ribbon. Front outer hinge tender on cover; minor 1" ink stain to rear cover corner; otherwise a very well preserved copy, tight, clean and unmarked but for a period designer bookplate on the endpaper. Protected by a thick archival Mylar jacket.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume I dated 1849; volume II dated 1850.Two volumes in half-leather with raised bands on spine. With illustrations in steel and wood by the author. Marbled boards. Some scattered foxing. Wear to edges of boards and corners.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
William Makepeace Thackeray. The History of Pendennis. Bradbury and Evans 1849-50, London, 1849.
Price: US$97.02 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A first edition copy of William Makepeace Thackeray's iconic novel, 'The History of Pendennis'. Uniformly bound in half calf and illustrated throughout by the author. William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical bildungsroman novel, featuring his alter-ego Arthur Pendennis.Complete in two volumes.Volume I includes a frontispiece and twenty-three illustrated plates. Collated and complete.Volume II includes a frontispiece and twenty-three illustrated plates. Collated and complete.Also including many other in-text illustrations.Pendennis (18491850) is a novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray. It is set in 19th century England, particularly in London. The main hero is a young English gentleman Arthur Pendennis who is born in the country and sets out for London to seek his place in life and society. In line with other Thackeray's works, most notably Vanity Fair, Pendennis offers an insightful and satiric picture of human character and aristocratic society. The characters include the snobbish social hanger-on Major Pendennis and the tipsy Captain Costigan. Miss Amory and Sir Francis Clavering are somewhat reminiscent of Becky Sharp and Sir Pitt from Vanity Fair.Containing the bookplate of a previous owner to the front pastedown of each volume. Uniformly bound in half calf with gilt detailing to the spine and marbled boards. Externally, rubbing to the spine, joints, and extremities. Some shelf wear and fading to the boards. Bookplate of a previous owner to the front pastedown of each volume. Internally, both volumes firmly bound. Scattered spotting to the pages of each volume, more prominent to the first and last few pages. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Small 8vo. 2 vol. set. Each volume is square, tight with umarked text. Front hinge of Vol. 1 cracked, still sturdy. Offsetting to illustrations. Foxing to prelims and final pgs. Bookmarks from famous San Diego jeweler, Jessop. Bookseller label, front pastedown. Half leather over marbled boards with same marbled design to all edges. Leather rubbed, beginning to crack. Although red leather title labels mostly unaffected with gilt titles still bright, the marbled boards very lightly scuffed with 2 tiny (paint drops?) to front panel of Vol. 2. In spite of the numerous cosmetic issues, the set still shows well and both volumes are now protected in removable mylar.
Seller: La Playa Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$101.00 + shipping
Description: (1st edition) hardback in original cloth Very Good octavo viii + 384, vii + 372pp., frontis., illusts., Apparently a first edition; Volume I dated 1849; Volume II with preface dated November 1850. Copiously illustrated with steel & wood engravings by the author. Blind-stamped purple boards rather rubbed & rear hinge tender in volume II o/w a very good set
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$103.49 + shipping
Description: A delightful illustrated copy of 'The History of Samuel Titmarsh and The Great Hoggarty Diamond' by W M Thackeray With a illustrated frontispiece and eight illustrated plates. William Makepeace Thackeray was a British novelist, known for his satirical work. He is perhaps best known for his novel 'Vanity Fair', which received much critical success. Incredibly popular with the Victorian reader, he was an influential literary figure of this time. So much so Charlotte Bronte dedicated the second edition of her work 'Jane Eyre' to Thackeray. Collated, complete. In a half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally sound. Rubbing to the joint and to the extremities, as well as to the head and tail of the spine, resulting in a small amount of loss to the leather. Crack to the head and tail of the front joint. Front hine is failing, and front board is a risk of becoming detached. Rear hinge is strained but firm. From endpaper has been ripped, and detached but present. Corner of the rear endpaper had been clipped. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally clean, with the odd spot throughout. Half title page has a small tidemark to towards the binding. Verso of half title page, the page has some loss to the head toward the foredge. Good Only
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$109.96 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo; two volume set, 23 plates, complete as required. In fine contemporary bindings of half red morocco, marbled sides, the edges now rubbed but spine attractive with raised bands, gilt in compartments. Few spots to prelim leaves, occasional spots or browning. Overall a G-Nr VG well bound set of the first edition.
Seller: Neil Summersgill Ltd ABA,PBFA,ILAB., Blackburn, United Kingdom
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: Two volume set: Illustrated, marbled hardboards; black leather backstrip and corners. Gold gilt lettering on spines. Heavy rubbing along edges, boards exposed. Rubbing along spine, ends and corners, colors fading. P/O name on ffep. Foxing. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
Seller: The Book Garden, Bountiful, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: [v]-viii, 384, [v]-xii, 372 pages, frontispieces, illustrations, 44 plates. Volume I, 1849; volume II, 1850. Publisher's elaborately blind-stamped cloth worn and faded. Volume I, puncture to front outer hinge; inner hinges sound, half-title dated 1850, title page dated 1849, foxing to half-title and frontispiece, contents and plates good. Volume II, offsetting to endpapers, front inner hinge cracked, contents and plates good. 1480 grams.
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$133.08 + shipping
Description: VIII, 384 p. and XII, 372 p. with illustrations on steel and wood by the author. Einb. berieb. u. etw. bestoß., ExLibris auf Vorsatz, vorderes Innengel. lose, Buchblock stabil, Seiten stellenw. fl. Sprache: Englisch Orig.-Halbleder mit goldverziertem Rücken.
Seller: Antiquariat Kunsthaus-Adlerstrasse, Stuttgart, Germany
Price: US$142.30 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION in book form. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. viii, 384; xii, 372, engraved frontispieces, additional engraved title-pages, numerous steel-engraved vignettes and full-page plates, contemporary half calf, rebacked with old spines gilt in compartments laid down, morocco labels, marbled boards (rubbed); spines darkened and with some loss of gilt, edges dusty.
Seller: John Price Antiquarian Books, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. First edition, bound from the parts. Issued 1849-50. Bound in period 3/4 plum calf over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, black morocco labels, and gilt tooling, marbled edges and endpapers (leather rubbed, spines faded with some nicks to spine and tips; some browning to text). Bound from the original parts (24 issued in 23), does not include the original yellow wraps or ads.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First English edition. Illustrated title, frontispiece and plates by the author. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. Modern rust morocco. Lightly faded spine, with some markings and discoloration of the text. A very good copy Illustrated title, frontispiece and plates by the author. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.81 + shipping
Description: Place Printed: London 2 No of Bindings There are 11 extra pictures availabe on request! 8 (1-10) Some plates suffer from slight water damage Height (cm): 22 Width (cm): 14,3 Thickness (cm): 6,7 Weight (kg): 1,518
Seller: Antiquariaat Meuzelaar, Heusden, NB, Netherlands
Price: US$161.70 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 'The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy' by William Makepeace Thackeray. Bradbury and Evans 1849-1850 first edition. Two volumes. Modern quarter leather with marbled boards. Some toning to the plates and covers slightly marked. A good, solid set.
Seller: D & M Books, PBFA, Mirfield, United Kingdom
William Makepeace Thackeray. The History of Pendennis. Bradbury and Evans 1849-50, London, 1849.
Price: US$168.17 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition copy of William Makepeace Thackeray's iconic novel, 'The History of Pendennis', illustrated throughout by the author. William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical bildungsroman novel, featuring his alter-ego Arthur Pendennis.Complete in two volumes.Volume I includes a frontispiece and twenty-three illustrated plates. Collated and complete.Volume II includes a frontispiece and twenty-three illustrated plates. Collated and complete.Also including many other in-text illustrations.Pendennis (18491850) is a novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray. It is set in 19th century England, particularly in London. The main hero is a young English gentleman Arthur Pendennis who is born in the country and sets out for London to seek his place in life and society. In line with other Thackeray's works, most notably Vanity Fair, Pendennis offers an insightful and satiric picture of human character and aristocratic society. The characters include the snobbish social hanger-on Major Pendennis and the tipsy Captain Costigan. Miss Amory and Sir Francis Clavering are somewhat reminiscent of Becky Sharp and Sir Pitt from Vanity Fair.Uniformly bound in contemporary half calf. Uniformly bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards. Externally, sound, with some rubbing to the extremities and spine. Some minor shelf wear to the boards. Internally, hinges lightly strained to Volume I, remaining binding is generally firm. Light spotting to the pages, not affecting readability. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Description: 2 Volumes. Illus, 8.5 x 5.5", half green leather; cloth, some spine wear and discoloration else a handsome decorative binding set.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. Illustr by author, 8.5 x 5.25, 3/4 black leather, marbled boards, aeg, 384 pp, 372 pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, spine with some scratches, hinges loose, contents toned with some spotting to plates else a decent set of the FIRST BOOK EDITION (with 37 chapters).
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
William Makepeace Thackeray. The History of Pendennis. Bradbury and Evans, London, 1849.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volumes. 8vo. 1st edition in book form. Quarter black calf over marbled boards. Bumping and rubbing to extremities, with small tear to leather at top of front joint of volume 1. Some fading and rubbing to spine. Light toning to leaves, with occasional foxing or offsetting. gutters cracked occasionally, but binding still sound. Previous owner's name inked to first blank of each volume, dated 1853. VG. THE SET:
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$194.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition of this satirical bildungsroman novel by popular Victorian novelist, William Thackeray. William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical bildungsroman novel, featuring his alter-ego Arthur Pendennis. With frontispieces, additional illustrated titles, and numerous plates throughout, as well as illustrations in the text, designed by the author. Complete in two volumes. Pendennis (18491850) is a novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray. It is set in 19th century England, particularly in London. The main hero is a young English gentleman Arthur Pendennis who is born in the country and sets out for London to seek his place in life and society. In line with other Thackeray's works, most notably Vanity Fair, Pendennis offers an insightful and satiric picture of human character and aristocratic society. The characters include the snobbish social hanger-on Major Pendennis and the tipsy Captain Costigan. Miss Amory and Sir Francis Clavering are somewhat reminiscent of Becky Sharp and Sir Pitt from Vanity Fair. In half calf bindings. Externally sound although rubbed, with some loss to the leather. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, a few spots, but the plates are foxed. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. HISTORY OF PENDENNIS. , 1849.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: THACKERAY, William Makepeace. THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author. London: Bradbury and Evans, (1849-1850). First book edition, following its appearance in parts. 2 vols., 8vo, with engraved titles. Contemporary ownership. Contemp. half calf and marbled boards, a bit rubbed. Pages 341,342 and 347,348 (together forming one signature) are disbound and laid-in. Some light foxing, nicking of leather, but overall very good copies. (Van Duzer 165).
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$218.75 + shipping
Description: First edition book edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. [4], [v]-vii, [1], [v]-viii, 384; [2], [ix]-xii, 372; with a leaf of the preliminaries from volume II bound in volume I; engraved titles, 46 engraved plates; bound without the advertisements and printed half-titles in slightly later full polished crimson calf, gilt key borders on covers, gilt decorated spines, black morocco labels; plates darkened, minor rubbing, else very good. Van Duzer, 165; Wolff 6693.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 384/372pp., Bound in half leather with marbled paper covered boards. Marbled outside edges. Illustrated by the author. Nice gilt decorated spines with a gilt lettered red leather spine label on each volume. Five raised spine bands on binding. Collated and complete. Some foxing internally and some pages browned with age. Printed title page is dated 1849, but engraved title page is dated 1850. Hinges cracking inside, but still holding quite well. Seldom found as nice as this set.
Seller: Sean Fagan, Rare Books, Buford, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 2 vols. 8vo. Engraved titles, 62 steel-engraved plates and numerous woodcuts to text by Thackeray. viii, 384; xii, 372 pp. Full calf gilt, red morocco spine labels, a.e.g., by Riviere & Son; one bruised spot on rear cover of vol. I, joints lightly rubbed REFERENCE: Van Duzer 166
Seller: Bull's Head Rare Books, ABAA, ILAB, Lebanon, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First English edition. Illustrated title, frontispiece and plates by the author. xi, 189, [1], [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. CBEL III, 432 Original pictorial glazed wraps over boards. A Very Good copy, some wear at spine. Bookplate of Blairhame, red cloth slipcase Illustrated title, frontispiece and plates by the author. xi, 189, [1], [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$291.06 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition copy of Thackeray's satirical bildungsroman 'History of Pendennis'; complete in two volumes with the original charming illustrations by the author himself. First published in monthly installments from 1848 to 1850 (and published in book form in two volumes in 1849 tand 1850) 'The History of Pendennis' follows the titular protagonist through his youthful career; from his first love affair, to his experiences at "Oxbridge University" his employment as a London journalist, and so forth. This work, much like Thackeray's earlier 'Vanity Fair' provides a rich portrait of England in the early nineteenth century, and similarly offers a satiric picture of the aristocratic society of the period. Collated, complete with numerous in-text sketches, and twenty three plates 'on steel and wood' to each volume. Volume II features Thackeray's dedication to Dr. John Elliotson, who attended him when suffering a life-threatening illness 1849. In a half crushed morocco binding with marbled paper over boards, and marbled endpaper and textblock. Externally generally smart, with rubbing to extremities, boards and head and tail of spine. Slight fading to spine, as expected with this colour binding. Prior owner's ink inscription to verso of title page of each volume. Internally firmly bound. Pages age toned with the odd spot, heavier to first and last few pages. Odd handling mark to the occasional page. Small closed tear to fore edge of page 39/40, volume I, not affecting text. Occasional light offsetting from plate to facing page. Green marking to gutter of plate facing page 98 volume II, not affecting image or text. Plates facing page 276 and 295 volume II heavily age toned. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author. viii, 384; xii, 372 pp. 2 vols. Large 8vo. Full dark green morocco, gilt-tooled, t.e.g. Near Fine Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author. viii, 384; xii, 372 pp. 2 vols. Large 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
THACKERAY, William Makepeace.. The History of Pendennis.. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1849-50, 1849.
Price: US$323.40 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form of Thackeray's second major work, published serially in 23 parts between 1848 and 1850. Arthur Pendennis was used as the narrator of many of Thackeray's subsequent books, and is "an admitted alter ego who undergoes subtle analysis and complex criticism" (ODNB). The History of Pendennis was interrupted for three months at the end of 1849 when Thackeray became severely ill. Two volumes, octavo (206 x 131 mm). Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf in late 19th-century brown calf, black morocco spine labels, spines decorated in gilt, covers with gilt french fillets, turn-ins richly tooled in gilt, green endpapers, top edges gilt. With an original wrapper bound in to the front of each volume. Engraved title pages with tissue guards, 46 plates, illustrations in the text, all by Thackeray. Spines lightly sunned, minor rubbing to extremities, endpapers lightly browned by turn-ins, tiny stain to fore edges, contents otherwise unaffected, plates a little oxidised, contents otherwise bright, neat paper repair to fore margin of vol. I, p. 381. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$355.74 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Half title vol. I, fronts & engraved titles. Original steel-blue diaper cloth, blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt but without 'London' at tails of spines. Modern booklabels of Ronald George Taylor, otherwise FINE. Not in Sadleir or Wolff; Van Duzer 160, bound from the parts. 'Thackeray's autobiographical masterpiece.' (Sutherland)
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: viii, 384p: vii, 372p. Contemporary grey cloth. Housed in a customs clamshell box. First edition in book form of Thackeray's popular novel with vignette title pages, 45 steel-engraved plates and over 100 wood-engraved historiated initial capitals and in-text illustrations, all by the author. Interior clean, original cloth with wear to spine extremities.
Seller: Rosenlund Rare Books & Manuscripts, Basking Ridge, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, xii, 189pp, [2pp ads], [2]. Full red morocco, gilt-ruled border. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, new endpapers. Publisher's original boards bound in at rear. Solid text block, light wear along joints, a near fine example. Complete with nine illustrated plates, including frontispiece and vignette title page.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$468.75 + shipping
Description: First edition bound from the original parts, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. viii, 384; xii, 372; bound with engraved half-titles and 46 engraved plates; bound without the advertisements and the half-title in vol. II, in later half green calf over marbled boards, gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments, red morocco label in 1, gilt lettered in 1; minor rubbing, else very good or better. Van Duzer, 165; Wolff 6693.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author. viii, 384; xii, 372 pp. 2 vols. Large 8vo. Van Duzer 166; CBEL III, 430 Contemporary three quarter green pebbled morocco and marbled paper boards, endpapers, and edges; gilt-lettered spines with raised bands. Slight rubbing to joints of Vol. I, otherwise fine, with the armorial bookplate of W.H. Thompson in each volume Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author. viii, 384; xii, 372 pp. 2 vols. Large 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Thackeray, William Makepeace. THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS. Bradbury & Evans, London, 1849.
Price: US$511.68 + shipping
Description: His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy. With illustrations on steel and wood by the author. In two volumes. Pp. viii+384+xii+372, engraved vignette title to both volumes, plus a total of 46 plates, numerous text illustrations including pictorial head & tailpieces; rebound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. brown morocco, spines lettered in gilt between raised bands, light brown cloth boards; t.e.g., others uncut; later marbled endpapers and binder's blanks; early inked annotation (apposite to text) at foot of page 184 Volume I, most of the illustrations lightly offset, scattered light foxing and occasional faint soiling; Bradbury & Evans, London, 1849-1850. First edition in book form. Wolff 6693. *Originally issued in 23 monthly parts (nos. 23 & 24 being a double number), from November 1848 to December 1850. (Publication was suspended for a few months in 1849, due to the author's illness, as a result of which Thackeray dedicated the second volume to his doctor).
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Publisher's original cream boards, lettered and illustrated in blue and green. A very good copy with some wear and rubbing to the boards, some exposure to corners and spine ends; internally, some light scattered foxing. Scarce. The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond follows a man whose magical diamond allows him access to wealthy and powerful people through encounters that only the rich can experience. The moral explains that a good wife is the most valuable treasure a man can possess. Written in 1841, the story's somber tone reflects the personal tragedy that plagued William Thackeray's life during its writing. Thackeray's wife Isabella experienced severe postpartum depression after the birth of their third child in 1840. Isabella attempted suicide while he was working away from home; she survived the attempt but never recovered emotionally.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo; 6 volumes; Fair+; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print on brown banner; Boards half bound with green leather to spine and corners, marbled paper to boards, wear to spine caps and corners, wear to leather hinges, leather title labels are chipping; Text blocks have gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, light age-toning to paper, some ink transfer on pages adjacent to illustrations, very slight occasional foxing, tanning to engraved title pages and frontispieces, illustrated (b&w); CONTENTS: The History of Pendennis : His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy / by William Makepeace Thackeray, with illustration on steel and wood by the author (2 vols.; 1849-1850; v. 1 has name in ink on p. 1, v. 2 has cracked front hinge with spine tear to engraved title page; viii, 384 pages & xii, 372 pages) - The Newcomes : Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family / edited by Arthur Pendennis, esq., with illustration on steel and wood by Richard Doyle (2 vols.; 1854-1855; both vols. have name in ink on title page, v. 1 cracked front hinge, v. 2 has moisture stain to top fore corner throughout; viii, 380 pages & viii, 375 pages) - The Virginians : a Tale of the Last Century / by W.M. Thackeray, with illustrations on steel and wood by the author (2 vols.; 1858-1859; v. 2 has cracked front hinge with spine tear to frontispiece; viii, 382 pages & viii, 376 pages). Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s). Contact seller if you have any questions. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #5. 1350851. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First book edition. 8vo. Illustrated by the author. Original gilt and blindstamped blue/gray cloth (rubbing, spines faded; slight fraying at spine ends). Very good., a clean set with only a trifle of foxing. Scarce thus. 2 volumes. Heraldic bookplate of John S. Bakewell. Small ticket of bookseller John Dale & Co., Bradford.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
William Makepeace Thackeray. The History of Pendennis. Bradbury and Evans, London, 1849.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In Two Volumes (1849-1850). VG+ copies with sunning to spines. Without "London" at foot of spines. A. Edward Newton's copies with his book plates attached to both volumes. Book plates of Jenkin Jones (Welsh Unionist and member of the Royal Engineers) also in each volume. Housed in VG custom slip case.
Seller: Courtside Books, Medford, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes, large 8vo. Illustrations on steel and wood by the author. Original gray-blue cloth, blocked in blind, spines gilt-lettered, unopened. First edition in book form. A fine, bright and unopened copy. Van Duzer 166. (BA). 1/4-inch tear at top of front joint on vol. 1 and rear joint of vol. 2
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$954.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Bradbury and Evans, 1849. First edition in book form, previously published in serial format, title pages dated 1849 and 1850. Illustrated with engravings by the author. Very attractive two volume set with full leather signed bindings by Worsfold. Full deep blue smooth leather with gilt lettered dual spine labels in grained reddish brown leather, slightly raised spine bands with compartments decorated with clovers and leaves, all edges gilt, gilt tooled inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, frontis and engraved title in each volume, other illustrations throughout. Very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities, good hinges (front hinges have non-structural surface cracks to endpapers), firm text blocks, some darkening to the far outer margins of the plates, offsetting of frontis illustration onto engraved title in second volume, engraved Art Nouveau bookplate dated 1920 made by Sturgis for Magdalen Louise Klein Brown in each volume, clean pages with no other names or markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1020.30 + shipping
Description: - Bradbury and Evans, London 1849 - 1850, In-8 (14,5x21,5cm), 384pp. et 372pp., 2 volumes reliés. - Edition originale abondamment illustrée de 2 titres gravés avec vignettes et de très nombreuses vignettes in-texte par l'auteur, ainsi que de 46 hors-texte par Richard Doyle. Reliure anglaise en demi veau vert à coins d'époque. Dos à faux nerfs richement orné. Pièces de titre et tomaison de chagrin brun. Frottements en coiffes, mors et coins. Trace de mouillure brune sur les titres gravés en marge, et sur les 3 premiers hors-texte, la mouillure devenant pâle sur tous les hors-texte, plus ou moins prononcée, parfois infime, parfois présente. Les tribulations d'un jeune gentleman anglais se cherchant une place dans la société et dans la vie, le roman est une satire du genre humain et de la société aristocratique victorienne. La publication s'étendit sur 2 années en raison de la maladie de l'auteur, qui dédicaça le second volume à son docteur. Thackeray est l'un des auteurs les plus importants du XIXe anglais, avec Dickens, de la génération suivante. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND] 384pp. et 372pp.
Seller: Librairie Le Feu Follet, Paris, France
Thackeray, William M.. The History of Pendennis, 2 Vols. Bradbury & Evans, London, 1849.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nice 1/4 leather, green cloth, gilt decorations & raised bands; armorial bookplate; v. 1 spine label lost, small edge bumps; both vols have front hinge crack, binding still sturydy, somw wear at points; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.