THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS) — Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1981. Hardcover. William Makepeace Thackeray's classic satiric novel in a fancy reprint edition. With illustrations by the author. Includes an unattributed note on Thackeray as an illustrator, along with a facsimile of the original 1848 title page. --- In full leatherette-like maroon cloth-covered boards with gilt decorations on covers and spine; titling gilt-stamped on spine. All edges gilt, and with colorful patterned paper endpapers. Lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- A bright, tightly-bound, clean copy with faint scratching to textblock gilding and slight dulling to spine gilding, else lacking obvious damages. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xix, 679 pages. Near Fine in No Dust Jacket dust jacket .