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M.A. Titmarsh (William Makepeace Thackeray). Our Street. Chapman and Hall, London, 1848.
Price: US$26.90 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Half red morocco leather binding with red cloth boards, spine rubbed, leather torn to corners of boards. Good solid binding with no cracking to joints. Marbled endpapers, previous owner's name to leading blank, some foxing and marking to text, old repairs to top corner of p11/12 and top margin of p19/20 (text unaffected.) The second of Thackeray's Christmas Books, issued in the same year as his magnum opus, Vanity Fair. Overall condition is Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5.75 x 7.75 inches (14.5 x 19.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: Small 4to. 54
Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United Kingdom
M. A. Titmarsh [William Makepeace Thackeray]. Our Street. Chapman and Hall, London, 1848.
Price: US$38.43 + shipping
Description: The second edition of this charming book by William Makepeace Thackeray, with sixteen hand-coloured plates. The second edition of this little book by William Makepeace Thackeray, one of five published under pseudonym M. A. Titmarsh. Thackeray was a British author and illustrator known for his satirical works, in particular Vanity FairandThe Luck of Barry Lyndon; the latter was adapted into a film by Stanley Kubrick in 1975.With sixteen charming hand-coloured plates by the author. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's binding over paper covered boards, illustrated to front. Externally worn with shelf wear, boards and spine detached, minor loss to head and tail of spine, light soiling to boards, bumped to extremities. Internally, boards and text block detached to p. 17, binding failed with pp. 17-24 held by one cord only. Pages bright and clean. Illustrated with sixteen hand-coloured plates by the author. Collated, complete. Good Only
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$76.85 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: original pictorial glazed boards, rebacked with original backstrip relaid, advertisement leaf, coloured illustrations, all edges gilt, shelf-wear, good. 54 pages; keywords: fiction; Van Duzer 157
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Titmarsh, M.A. (William Makepiece Thackeray;. Our Street.. Chapman and Hall, 1848.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illus. with 16 monochrome plates. 8vo. orig. dec. cl. worn contents v.g.
Seller: Allsop Antiquarian Booksellers PBFA, Warwick, United Kingdom
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Bound in full red morocco gilt by Riviere, with original illustrated wrappers bound in at the rear. Sixteen colored plates. Very good, the outside of the hinges are rubbed and a bit tender, small nick at bottom corner of the spine, and a faint stain on the front board. Old auction or dealer slip affixed to the first blank endpaper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Titmarsh, M. A. (William Makepeace Thackeray).. Our Street.. London: Chapman and Hall., 1848.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second edition. 54 pp. + [1] ad.; 16 hand-colored plates, including title page. Worn and bumped corners, thumbnail-sized piece missing from lower spine, all edges gilt, else very good in pictorial boards; possibly rebound, as board edges show evidence of careful pasting and the spine is blank.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$102.47 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: original glazed boards, badly rubbed, re-spined, coloured illustrations, advertisement leaf, all edges gilt, some spotting and dust-soiling, good. WMT's second Christmas book; first edition; 54 pages; keywords: fiction; Van Duzer 157
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863). OUR STREET. Chapman and Hall, London : 1848, London, 1848.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 54 p. + Advertisements at end [1 p.] + Sixteen lively colored plates (including the title), printed by Vizetelly from drawings by Thackeray. Small 4to. 19 cm. Original wraps bound in. Later full morocco binding rebacked in leather. Thackeray, in both his writing and his satirical illustrations, delineates characters and scenes, with a few quick strokes that are more telling than most heftier volumes. "one of our best comic writers. bears comparison to Moliere." Britannia IX (1848); Flamm 58-67; Van Duzer, 157-158. The Morning Chronicle (Jan. 5, 1848), speaking of "Our Street" - "The charm of Thackeray's writing is that it is like talking - pleasant, sunny, half-trifling, half-earnest chat - in fact, a sort of wise man's prattle. He makes his book speak like a man." W140 Language: eng
Seller: FAMILY ALBUM, Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.
Thackeray, William M. [M.A.Titmarsh]. OUR STREET. Chapman and Hall, London, 1848.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 54pp., [1]pp. ad. Bound in pictorial pink glazed boards re-backed in pink cloth, all edges gilt; pale yellow endpapers. Light soiling to covers, light edge wear; internally clean and bright without foxing. Containing 16 hand-colored plates. A very good copy.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Titmarsh, M. A.; (William Makepeace Thackeray). Our Street. London: Chapman and Hall, 1848.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, pictorial boards lettered in black; edges gilt; covers soiled. Second edition of Thackeray's second Christmas book, with 16 hand-colored plates. A striking copy.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
[Thackeray, William Makepeace]. Our Street." By Mr. A. Titmarsh. Chapman and Hall, London, 1848.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. With 16 hand-colored plates from illustrations by Thackeray. [iv], 54, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half red morocco and cloth boards, marble endsheets and edges. Bookplate. Very good plus With 16 hand-colored plates from illustrations by Thackeray. [iv], 54, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, gilt-stamped lettering in leather spine label, gilt-stamped ornament direct in spine compartments (5 raised bands), inside gilt dentelles, a.e.g.; 12mo (169x125mm); pp. 54, with 15 hand-colored plates (including frontispiece and title-page). Scuffing and some very light chipping along joints and edges of boards. Previous owners' bookplates on front paste-down; a few plates trimmed close, touching the text in the bottom margin; overall, internally bright and clean. A pretty little volume.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
(Thackeray, William Makepeace) Titmarsh, Mr. M.A.. OUR STREET. Chapman and Hall: London, 1848.
Price: US$224.25 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 16 color plates including frontis and title, 7.25 x 5.25", rebound in full gilt-ruled leather; aeg, Signed Binding by Wallis, 54pp + one page of ads, covers rubbed, extremities bumped, spine darkened and dull, spine ends chipping, front cover almost detached, rear hinge tender, pp (especially endpapers) toned, but still a decent copy that could use some TLC. FIRST EDITION (with colored plates), FROM THE LIBRARY OF FAMOUS DETROIT POET EDGAR A. GUEST with his bookplate inside front cover.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
THACKERAY, William M.). Our Street" by Mr. M.A. Titmarsh. Chapman & Hall, London, 1848.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 14 color plates plus frontispiece & title vignette. 54p., full polished calf, gilt spine & dentelles; original pink pictorial wrappers bound in. London: Chapman & Hall, 1848. First Edition.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$256.17 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo. (185x140mm), 54pp with 2pp ads. following text, coloured frontis., coloured title page vignette and 14 full page tinted hand coloured plates, original front and back card covers bound in after text, marbled endpapers, bound in full polished calf, boards gilt ruled, spine with gilt ruled raised bands, gilt compartment motifs, author and title label with date label at tail, gilt inner dentelles, Bound by Root and Son with their stamp, front hinge lightly rubbed, otherwise handsome, attractive and very good indeed.
Seller: Offa's Dyke Books, LUDLOW, SALOP, United Kingdom
Price: US$274.06 + shipping
Description: A fine copy in a gilt-blocked green calf spine and green cloth boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Complete with impressive, full-colour tinted illustrations, including frontis and to title-page. Description: 54 p. ;Subjects: Thackeray, William Makepeace 1811-1863. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$310.00 + shipping
Description: A fine copy in a gilt-blocked green calf spine and green cloth boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Complete with impressive, full-colour tinted illustrations, including frontis and to title-page. Description: 54 p. ;Subjects: Thackeray, William Makepeace 1811-1863. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
TITMARSH, M. A. [THACKERAY, William M]. OUR STREET. Chapman and Hall, London, 1848.
Price: US$437.50 + shipping
Description: Finely bound in full red levant morocco leather by Riviere with original covers mounted as front and rear pastedowns, triple gilt-ruled covers, gilt-lettered and decorated spine, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt (5-1/2 x 7-1/4"). Illustrated with a hand-colored title page and 15 hand-colored plates. Light rubbing to joints, covers firm. Near Fine
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, 54, [2] pp. (7.5 by 5.5".) With 16 hand-colored plates with illustrations by Thackeray. With bookplate of Henry Van Duzer, the Thackeray scholar and bibliographer who wrote "The Thackeray Library", the standard reference on Thackeray. Housed in a stunning custom full morocco box which functions similar to a type of cigar box in which the top half or lid is pulled away. In this case it reveals an inner lining of leather. Within this box the book is contained in a custom folio. The publisher's boards, with illustrated paper pasted onto the boards, has considerable dust soilage, but it is all present and seldom encountered fully preserved as it is with this copy. The folio that acts as the first outer lining has closed tears along edges and rubbing with losses to the green cloth. One edge (the bottom side) is missing. Still, it still functions as a protective layer and is an attractive feature. The leather box itself has a strip of sunned area on the front board but is otherwise in fine condition. The book itself has a few fox marks but overall is clean and handsome. In sum, this is a singular copy, both because of the entire package and because of its provenance. Full Morocco Box housing book with publisher's pastedown paper over boards
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.