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Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, two volumes, with illustrations by the author in the text and on forty-six inserted plates, early three-quarter leather and marbled boards, spines richly tooled in gold, red leather spine labels, marbled endpapers and edges. First edition. One of Thackeray's major novels. Front endpapers of volume I replaced, water staining to the first forty-two pages, most notably the preliminaries, and first three plates of volume one, otherwise a very good set. (#128391)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$247.97 + shipping
Description: Good copies only in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 volumes, frontispieces, illustrations, 44 plates ; 23 cm. Subjects; Inheritance and succession Fiction. Americans England Fiction. Brothers Fiction. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$280.00 + shipping
Description: Good copies only in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 volumes, frontispieces, illustrations, 44 plates ; 23 cm. Subjects; Inheritance and succession Fiction. Americans England Fiction. Brothers Fiction. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Thackeray, William M.. The Virginians. Bradbury and Evans, London, 1859.
Price: US$504.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in the original 24 parts as issued. First issue, with "actresses" for "ancestresses" on p. 207, No. 7, line 15 from the bottom, in part 12, chapters XLVII-XLVIII misnumbered XLVIII-XLIX, and including the explanatory slip in part 20. While generally well received at publication, time has not necessarily treated it kindly, with a modern commentator stating "[t]he Virginians is a bad book - dissatisfying in the reading, acknowledged as dull and dried-up by Thackeray." Rawlins, Thackeray's Novels: A Fiction That Is True (2018, pg. 201). 8vo. Van Duzer 232. Overall, very good in original yellow wrappers, the wrappers of part 1 rubbed, stained, and repaired, a few spines worn and/or repaired, most of the plates browned, some have ownership signatures of noted hymn writer John Reynall Wreford, though most parts appear unread. Held in good morocco boxes, of which the upper halves of cases are wanting the rear portion, an old auction lot sticker to one case (lot 186, Sotheby's, 1976), other light wear. Laid in is the invoice from Sotheby Parke-Bernet from 1976.
Seller: Nelson Rare Books, ABAA, Haddonfield, NJ, U.S.A.
THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Virginians.. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858-1859, 1859.
Price: US$513.31 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 2 volume set, 8.5 inches tall. A most attractive pale honey calf binding by Riviere in the classic mid Victorian manner with gilt raised bands, twin labels and elegant gilt tooling to the panels. Wide gilt dentelles and all edges gilt. The first issue in book form. Embellished with 46 full page engravings and vignettes throughout by the Author. Slight foxing to the blanks otherwise a fine clean set.
Seller: McConnell Fine Books ABA & ILAB, Deal, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$513.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Twenty-four parts, yellow printed wrappers. No. 18 is an ex-circulating library copy with rather crude early restitching, wrappers of first and penultimate parts somewhat worn and dusty and the two plates in No. 1 oxidized, but all others plates remarkably and exceptionally clean and covers otherwise very good indeed.
Seller: Charles Cox Rare Books , Bude, United Kingdom
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Description: 22 x 14 cm. illustrated with forty-eight etched plates by the author; the last work he illustrated for himself. Numerous woodcut vignettes in text, and in the original 24 parts. All plates generally clean and fresh. With advertisements as noted by VAN DUZER 232. "Grace Aguilar's Works" in No. 24 missing in practically all copies. With errata slip No.20 noting plates omitted in this issue to be included in the following one, and they were so published. The Virginians Advertiser present in all parts. No. 20 has both slips. With early issue points "actresses" for "ancesteresses," p. 207, and Chapters No.12, XLVII-XLVIII, not mislabeled XLVIII-XLIX. Interior contents clean and fresh, as are all of Thackeray's plates as represented here and depicted in the attached images in No. 1 issue. Part 1 and XVII lacks additional slip. Ad partially torn at head with small void in Part XX. Unlike Dickens, Thackeray had a happy time during his visit to America and saw the greatness of the country and its future promise. Thackeray's continuation of the family saga he began in The History of Henry Esmond (1852) (Baugh et al., 1358-59). In this work, the author traces the fortunes of Henry Esmond's grandsons as the Revolutionary War divides them. Orig. printed and illustrated yellow wrappers. Near fine in fine red cloth chemise in matiching red quarter morocco slipcase worn at edges
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, in original parts. 48 engraved plates, several small woodcuts in the text by Thackeray. 24 monthly parts. 1 vols. 8vo. An attractive copy, with most of the ads called for by Van Duzer. Van Duzer 232 Original wrappers, some soiling, first parts with wear. Plates somewhat foxed. In 1/2 crimson morocco slipcase, with chemise. Very good 48 engraved plates, several small woodcuts in the text by Thackeray. 24 monthly parts. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, in original monthly parts. 48 engraved plates, several small woodcuts in the text by Thackeray. 24 parts. 1 vols. 8vo. With the Virginians Advertiser in each part and most of the ads in Van Duzer. Van Duzer 232 Original yellow wrappers. 8 plates browned, several others with marginal foxing, some soiling and chipping to wrappers. In half crimson morocco slipcase (top broken), with chemise. Very good 48 engraved plates, several small woodcuts in the text by Thackeray. 24 parts. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, in original monthly parts.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1080.03 + shipping
Description: First Edition in book-form (the title originally published in 24 monthly parts). Two Volumes (complete set). Octavo. Volume I: VIII, 382 pages / Volume II: VIII, 376 pages. With Frontispiece and illustrated titlepages included in both Volumes. Illustrated throughout. Hardcover / Original green morocco - bindings with red spine-labels with gilt lettering and gilt ornament to spine and boards. Masterbindings by Victorian Bookbindery "Thomas Bosworth in Regent Street". Very good condition with minor signs of wear only. As usual with some foxing and spotting to illustrations William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 24 December 1863) was a British novelist and author. He is known for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society. (Wikipedia) The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century (185759) is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray which forms a sequel to his Henry Esmond and is also loosely linked to Pendennis. The novel tells the story of Henry Esmond's twin grandsons, Virginia-born George and Henry Warrington. Henry's romantic entanglement with an older woman leads to his volunteering in the British army and fighting under the command of General Wolfe at the 1759 capture of Quebec. On the outbreak of the American War of Independence he takes the revolutionary side. George, who also becomes a British officer, eventually resigns his commission rather than continuing in arms against his brother. Critical reception of the book was on the whole favourable, and the novel has continued to be considered one of the standard works of 19th century fiction, though many critics have held that the novel's plotting was not of the tightest. Anthony Trollope's opinion was typical: "There is not a page of it vacant or dull. But he who takes it up to read as a whole, will find that it is the work of a desultory writer, to whom it is not infrequently difficult to remember the incidents of his own narrative." Later critics have been less kind. An apocryphal story claims that Thackeray once confessed to Douglas William Jerrold that The Virginians was "the worst novel he ever wrote," while Jerrold replied, "No. It's the worst novel anyone ever wrote." In fact, Jerrold died before the first volume of The Virginians was published. J. A. Sutherland agreed to a degree, calling it Thackeray's worst major novel. John Halperin called it "the worst book ever produced by a great novelist." Jack P. Rawlins wrote that "The Virginians is a bad book dissatisfying in the reading, acknowledged as dull and dried-up by Thackeray." The Virginians was issued by Thackeray's publishers, Bradbury and Evans, in 24 monthly parts, the first one appearing on November 1, 1857. It was illustrated by the author himself. The print-run of 20,000 for the first number proved to be too optimistic and was progressively reduced to 13,000 for the last seven. Thackeray was originally to have been paid £300 per number, but the disappointing sales resulted in this being reduced to £250. The Virginians was first published in book form in 1858-59 by Bradbury and Evans in two volumes, and almost simultaneously by the Leipzig firm of Bernhard Tauchnitz in four. Notable later reprints include its appearance as volume 15 of The Oxford Thackeray in 1908 with an introduction by George Saintsbury, and the 1911 Everyman's Library edition in two volumes. (Wikipedia) Sprache: english.
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: 22 x 14 cm. illustrated with forty-eight etched plates by the author; the last work he illustrated for himself. Numerous woodcut vignettes in text, and in the original 24 parts. With advertisements as noted by VAN DUZER 232, but not the 20 pages of adverts, "Grace Aguilar's Works" in No. 24 missing in practically all copies. With errata slip No.20 noting plates omitted in this issue to be included in the following one, and they were so published. The Virginians Advertiser present in all parts. Lacking, No.14 additional slip, No. 20 lacks both slips. With early issue points "actresses" for "ancesteresses," p. 207, and Chapters No.12, XLVII-XLVIII, mislabeled XLVIII-XLIX. Interior contents clean and fresh, as are all of Thackeray's plates as represented here and depicted in the attached images in No. 1 issue. S & T, Gilbert faded bookseller stamp upper cover of No.4. Unlike Dickens, Thackeray had a happy time during his visit to America and saw the greatness of the country and its future promise. Thackeray's continuation of the family saga he began in The History of Henry Esmond (1852) (Baugh et al., 1358-59). In this work, the author traces the fortunes of Henry Esmond's grandsons as the Revolutionary War divides them. Orig. printed and illustrated yellow wrappers all housed in clear plastic covers. Near fine in folding chemise and fine lined slipcase, brown cloth and matching brown leather spine decorated and lettered in gilt
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in the original parts. In the original 24 monthly parts. 2 engraved title pages and 46 etched plates after drawings by Thackeray. 1 vols. 8vo. Van Duzer 232 Original yellow printed wrappers, slightly soiled, repairs to spines, but overall a very nice set. With most of the ads as called for by Van Duzer, with "actresses" on p. 207. The Virginians Advertiser is present in each part, as are nearly all of the other inserted ads. In half red morocco slipcase with chemise In the original 24 monthly parts. 2 engraved title pages and 46 etched plates after drawings by Thackeray. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: This novel is a continuation of Henry Esmond, exploring the fortunes of EsmondÕs family, particularly his twin grandsons, George and Henry Warrington, who spent time in America. In twelve monthly parts, octavo. With forty-eight etched plates, and woodcut vignettes in the text, all after drawings by the author. Original yellow pictorial wrappers, somewhat soiled. Spines darkened, first and last numbers neatly repaired at spine, old ink signatures on some front covers. Some plates browned along the edges. Overall an attractive copy, in cloth slipcase and chemise. First edition, early issue, with the reading of ÒactressesÓ for Òancestresses,Ó on p. 207, line 33, and with the errors in Part XII, with chapters XLVII-XLVIII mislabeled ÒXLVIII-XLIX.Ó With all the ads and slips called for in Van Duzer, except two: the eight-page Virginians advertiser in Part XXIV, and the twenty-page catalogue in the same issue, with the first advertisement being for ÒGrace AguilarÕs Works.Ó This twenty-page catalogue is lacking in most copies. Van Duzer 232; Wolff 6700.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo.; 24 parts. Orig. illustrated yellow wrappers (some wear at the edges, several spines somewhat eroded). A very good unsophisticated set housed in a custom cloth box with leather spine label. This set is the first edition, the issue with "actressess" instead of "ancestresses" on page 207. Van Duzer 232, including all of the ads mentioned there (two are torn, with some loss of text) but varying as follows: 8-page book ad in part 1 (not 6-page); De Jongh ad on yellow in part 4 (not pink); includes an ad for "Prayers for Public Worship" in part 13 (not mentioned); includes an ad for "Prayers for Public Worship" in part 17 (not mentioned); includes a book ad in part 18 (not mentioned); includes 2 additional book ads in part 19; inserted slip is in fron in part 20 (instead of rear); lacks "Grace Aguilar's Works" ad in part 24 (as always).
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.