William Makepeace Thackeray — The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

London, The Caxton Publishing Company, c1906. Cloth. A collection of twenty six volumes of the illustrated works of William Makepeace Thackeray, the London edition. The London edition of the works of William Makepeace Thackeray, famed British author and illustrator. A collection of twenty-six volumes by the Caxton Publishing Company, each volume richly illustrated, some plates in colour. Collated, complete.The present group is comprised of:The Life of William Makepeace Thackeray by Lewis Melville, in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates to vol. I, and a frontispiece and two plates to vol. II. Contributions to 'Punch' etc. With a coloured frontispiece and seven plates, two in colour. Tales, Sketches, Etc.; Lecture: Charity and Humour; Critical Reviews. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero, in two volumes. This is Thackeray's most well known satirical work, providing a portrait off British Society, originally published in 1848. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven full page plates, of which three in colour to vol. I, and a coloured frontispiece and four full page plates.Lovel the Widower; The Four Georges; The English Humourists. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Thackeray and nine full page plates, three of which in colour.Roundabout Papers; Second Funeral Napoleon; Bedford-Row Conspiracy; The English Humourists (continued). With a coloured frontispiece and two plates. Pendennis, in two volumes. Following the story of Arthur Pendennis, a country man who sets out to London to seek fortunes. Illustrated with a frontispiece and six full page plates to vol. II, two of which in colour, and a coloured frontispiece and five full page plates, one of which in colour. Catherine: A Story; Cox's Diary; The Paris Sketch Book. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates, two coloured. The Book of Snobs; The Fitz-Boodle Papers; Paris Sketch Book (Continued). Illustrated with a frontispiece and three full page plates, two coloured.The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. written by himself. Illustrated with a frontispiece and six full page plates, of which two are in colour.The Memoirs of Mr Charles J. Yellowplush; The Irish Sketch Book. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates, three in colour. The Rose and the Ring; Ballads, etc.; Irish Sketch Book (continued) With a hand-coloured frontispiece and six plates. Sketches and Travels in London; The fatal Boots; Little Travels and Roadside Sketches. With a coloured frontispiece and five plates. From Cornhill to Cairo; The great Hoggarty Diamond; A Little Dinner at Timmins's. With a coloured frontispiece and five plates, one coloured.The Adventures of Philip on His Way through the World, showing who robbed him, who helped him, and who passed him by. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates to vol. I, four of which coloured, and a frontispiece and three plates to vol. II.The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, ESQ. written by himself; Men's Wives. With a frontispiece and six plates, three in colour. Christmas Books, with a frontispiece and twelve plates, four coloured. The Virginians, in two volumes. With a hand coloured frontispiece and five plates to vol. I, one in colour, as well as a hand coloured frontispiece and five plates to vol. II, one in colour.The Newcomers, in two volumes. With a frontispiece and six plates, two in colour to vol. I, and a coloured frontispiece and five plates to vol. II, one in colour. Burlesques: including James's Diary; Legend of the Rhine; Adventures of Major Gahagan; Miss Tickletoby's Lectures, etc. With a frontispiece and four plates, one in colour. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with some shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. With some minor fading to the spine of each volume and the occasional faint soiling to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. With some minor spotting to the fore edge, affecting the occasional leaf particularly to the first and last few. Otherwise, the pages are generally very clean throughout. Illustrated with numerous plates and other illustrations in text, some in colour. Collated, complete to each volume. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .