William Makepeace Thackeray — Vanity Fair

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1883. Cloth. A two-volume edition of one of Thackeray's best loved works, with illustrations by the author. A two-volume edition of this work in the publisher's original blind-stamped cloth binding.Volume I is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, and title page vignette, twenty plates and in-text illustrations. Volume II is illustrated with a frontispiece, seventeen plates and in-text illustrations. Volume II is lacking one plate. Collated.William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical novel concerned with the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley during the Napoleonic Wars. Originally published as a monthly serial in nineteen volumes, the novel is now considered an influential classic. This edition is illustrated by the author.As the title suggests, the novel was also the inspiration behind the title of the British lifestyle magazine, which was first published in 1868 and was known for its caricatures of famous people of Victorian and Edwardian society. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with small marks to the boards and light shelf wear to the extremities. Small tears to the head and tail of the spine to Volume I. Hinges are tender, with webbing showing, but held firmly by cords. Internally firmly bound, except for pages 449 to the rear free end paper and the last plate of Volume I, which are detached but intact. Pages are generally bright and clean. Marginal age toning to the plates. Good Only . Ill.: William Makepeace Thackeray. Good Only .