William Makepeace Thackeray — The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1883-85. Leather. A twenty-six volume complete set of the works of William Makepeace Thackeray in a signed Bumpus, crushed half morocco binding. Twenty-Six volumes, complete set. Bound in crushed half morocco with cloth to the boards. Bound by Bumpus with their binder's stamp to the verso of the front free endpaper. Illustrated with frontispieces, engraved title pages to some of the volumes, monochrome vignettes and eleven monochrome plates to 'Volume 16', twenty-two to 'Volume 9', eight to 'Volume 10',, twenty-two to 'Volume 4', seventy-one to 'Volume 13', ten to 'Volume 11', fourteen to 'Volume 19', nine to 'Volume 12', twenty to 'Volume 4', twenty-one to 'Volume eight', seventeen to 'Volume 2', twenty-two to 'Volume six', ten to 'Volume eighteen', twenty-two to 'Volume seventeen', twenty-four to 'Volume 23', twenty-two to 'Volume 5', eleven to 'Volume 20', eleven to 'Volume 22', twenty-two to 'Volume 3', seven to 'Volume 7', eight to 'Volume 21' and eleven to 'Volume 24&apos. Collated, complete. This set features the complete works of the popular English novelist and illustrator, William Makepeace Thackeray, best known for his satirical work 'Vanity Fair' which is included in this collection. This collection of Thackeray's works includes illustrations from the author, and other noted artists. Bound in crushed half morocco with cloth to the boards. Externally very smart with fading to the spines, joints and extremities of the boards, slight rubbing to the raised bands to the odd volume, slight marks to the boards, wear to the extremities and white marks to the front board to 'Volume 16&apos. Bookplate belonging to 'Franz James Mankiewicz' to the front pastedown with offsetting to the front free endpapers. Internally firmly bound with clean and generally bright pages with very minimal age toning to the odd volume. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: William Makepeace Thackeray. Very Good Indeed .