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Thackeray, William Makepeace.
The Virginians [ complete in 2 volumes].
Publisher: Bradbury & Evans, London;
Date of Publication: 1858
Stock Code: 4109
FIRST EDITION bound from the parts. Octavo, pp. Volume I viii,382 plus original wrappers and advertisements bound-in to rear; Volume II viii,376 plus wrappers & advertisements. 46 plates with tissue guards (23 to each volume including frontispiece) plus line drawings in text from illustrations on steel and wood by the Author. Full red morocco bound by Morrell with five raised bands, gilt titles and decoration, gilt dentelles and top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers; red silk ribbon placemarkers. Bindings Fine. Armorial bookplate of Walter Harold Wilkin, author of "Some British Soldiers in America", to each front pastedown; a little scattered light foxing and minor repair to margin of plate facing pp 323 Vol II. A Near Fine set in a particulafrly handsome binding. Thackeray’s historical novel set during the Siege of Quebec and the outbreak of the American War of Independence, and sequel to “Henry Esmond”. The story was originally published in 24 monthly instalments in 1857-8, and this set is the complete parts bound together, and produced before the publishers issued it in book form the following year. £400.00