By William Makepeace Thackeray
London   Henry Frowde Oxford University Press
6.5" by 4.5" xxxiv, 480; xviii, 544; xxxi, 698; xxii, 555;xxii, 654; xxii, 601; xxiii, 723; xxxiii, 488, (24); 507-1011pp.
A smartly bound collection of nine volumes from The Oxford Thackeray, with illustrations throughout.
By William Makepeace Thackeray

c1905 The Oxford Thackeray with Illustrations

London   Henry Frowde Oxford University Press
6.5" by 4.5" xxxiv, 480; xviii, 544; xxxi, 698; xxii, 555;xxii, 654; xxii, 601; xxiii, 723; xxxiii, 488, (24); 507-1011pp.
A smartly bound collection of nine volumes from The Oxford Thackeray, with illustrations throughout.
£125.00
: 1.5kgs / : 956T6

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Nine volumes of a seventeen volume set. The Oxford Thackeray with Illustrations. A collection of the works of William Makepeace Thackeray, a renowned British author and illustrator, best known for his satirical works, particularly his 1848 novel Vanity Fair. Each volume is edited and introduced by George Saintsbury, an English critic, literary historian, editor, teacher, and wine connoisseur, regarded as a highly influential critic of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. This set contains: Ballads, and Contributions to Punch, 1842-50. With one hundred and six illustrations. The Irish Sketch Book and Contributions to the 'Foreign Quarterly Review', 1842-4. With forty-five illustrations. The Wolves and the Lamb, Lovel the Widower, Denis Duval, and Roundabout Papers. With sixty illustrations. Catherine, A Shabby Genteel Story, The Second Funeral of Napoleon, and Miscellanies, 1840-1. With twenty-four illustrations. The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. and the Miscellaneous Papers Written between 1843 and 1847. With fifty-seven illustrations. A Legend of the Rhine, Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Cairo, and the Book of Snobs. With three hundred and eight illustrations. The Paris Sketch Book and Art Criticisms. With one hundred and three illustrations. The History of Pendennis. Volume I. With ninety-three illustrations. The Newcomes. Volume II. With seventy-five illustrations.

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Bound in full crushed morocco. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light spotting and minor age toning to the endpapers.

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