1878-9 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

Description

Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

A complete twenty-four volume set. 

A collection of works by William Makepeace Thackeray. This set includes;

‘Burlesques’, ‘The Newcomes Vol I and II’, ‘Vanity Fair Vol I and II’, ‘The Book of Snobs, and Sketches and Travels in London’, ‘The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. with The Fatal Boots’, ‘The Four Georges with The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century’, ‘Catherine: A Story, with Men’s Wives and the Bedford-Row Conspiracy’, ‘The Adventures of Philip On His Way Through The World with A Shabby Genteel Story Vol I and II, ’The History of Henry Esmond’, ‘The Paris Sketch Book of Mr M. A. Titmarsh with Little Travels and Road-Side Sketches’, ‘The Irish Sketch Book with Critical Reviews’, ‘Lovel the Widower with The Wolves and the Lamb and Denis Duval’, ‘The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century Vol I and II’, ‘The Christmas Books’, ‘Roundabout Papers and The Second Funeral of Napoleon’, ‘The Memoirs of Mr Charles J. Yellowplush with The Fitz-Boodle Papers, Cox’s Diary and Character Sketches’, ‘The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond with A Little Dinner at Timmins’s, and Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo’, ‘Ballads, and The Rose and the Ring’, and ‘The History of Pendennis’ Vol I and II’.

Illustrated with monochrome vignettes to all volumes, with twelve monochrome plates to ‘Barry Lyndon’, a monochrome frontispiece to ‘Paris Sketch Book’, seventy-eight plates, including title pages and frontispieces, to ‘Christmas Books’, seventeen monochrome plates to ‘Memoirs of Yellowplush’, and eight monochrome plates to ‘Rose and the Ring’. Collated, complete.

This set features a collection of works by William Makepeace Thackeray, the noted English novelist and artist. The set includes 'Vanity Fair', his popular satirical novel set around the Napoleonic wars, along with his ballads, other novels and a collection of works from his magazine column, 'Roundabout Papers'.