[THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE]. The Works. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1893.
Hardcover. Complete in thirteen volumes. Full leather. Octavo (195 x 130mm). V. 1. Vanity fair. -- v. 2. The history of Pendennis.-- v. 3 The Newcomes. -- v. 4. The History of Henry Esmond and the Memoirs of Barry Lyndon. -- v. 5. The Virginians : a Tale of the Last Century. -- v. 6. The Adventures of Philip on His Way Through the World ... : to Which is Now Prefixed a Shabby Genteel Story. -- v. 7. The Paris Sketch Book; the Irish Sketch Book and Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo. -- v. 8. The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond ... -- v. 9. The Book of Snobs; Sketches of Life and Character; etc. -- v. 10. Roundabout Papers ... -- v. 11. Catherine; Lovel and the Widower; Denis Duval ... -- v. 12. The Christmas books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh ... -- v. 13. Miscellaneous Essays. Exquisitely bound in contemporary half calf, unsigned, spines fully gilt, all page edges gilt, marbled boards and endpapers, half-titles present, extra title-pages, illustrated frontispiece in each volume, some titles illustrated throughout.
Condition: NEAR FINE. Collated complete. Bindings excellent with all hinges intact and gilt bright. Minor rubbing to some extremities. Textblock remarkably clean and fresh. Without previous ownership markings.
