London: Smith Elder Ann Co., 1861. First edition. hardcover. 226 pages, 19 x 13 cm. Interior contents clean and crisp, same for the black and white plates. "The Four Georges" refers to the first four Hanoverian kings of Great Britain. Raised bands, spine panels decorated and lettered in gilt (arabesques)..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1856. hardcover. 52 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Thackeray's take on a social climbing couple and a bit of mockery for the upward ambition. Bound by R.W. Smith in three quarter brown morocco, raised bands. gilt arabesque spine labels, marbled endpapers with matching marbled covers. Interior..... More
London: Smith Elder & Co., 1867. First edition. Hardcover. 275 pages. 19 x 13 cm. The life of a young man in 18th century France. Interior contents very clean, fresh and bright. Marbled endpapers, raised bands with spine labels decorated in gilt florets. More
Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1867. First edition. Hardcover. 407 pages. 18 x 12 cm. Thackeray rambles through many topics and thoughts, starting with food. Clean, very fresh copy with interior spotless. Tiny nick at head. More
London: Smith Elder, & Co., 1853. First edition. leather_bound. 322 pages. 6 pages of adverts at rear. 19 x 13 cm. A bright, clean and fresh copy This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know..... More
London: Smith Elder & Co., 1861. First edition. leather_bound. 258 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. A bright, clean and fresh copy A middle age man finds himself newly widowed and unsure how to navigate his way through life. Illustrated with full page black and white plates. Raised bands spine panels..... More
London: Smith Elder And Co., 1863. First edition. leather_bound. 352 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Sir Joshua Reynolds portrait facing title page. Raised bands spine panels in gilt arabesques, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, spine lettered in gilt. Inner contents clean, illustrations bright and fresh..... More
London: John Hamden Hotten, ca. 1870. First edition. leather_bound. 202 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Posthumously published book with Thackeray's own hand-colored full page illustrations. The author ponders his student days in Paris. Interior contents very fresh and clean. With the original navy blue cloth covers bound-in. Inner dentelles, marbled..... More
London: Chapman And Hall, 1849. First edition. Hardcover. 49 pages. 18 x 13.5 cm. One advert page at rear. Sixteen full page illustrations. Fictional account of a boy's educational academy in the 19th century. Interior contents very fresh, bright and clean. Marbled endpapers, raised bands with spine panels gilt decorated..... More
London: Smith Elder & Co., 1850. First edition. leather_bound. [iv], 87, [1], [2 ad] pages. 18 x 14 cm. Hand-colored illustrated title page, frontispiece and 13 full-page plates. One of Thackeray's very popular Christmas books. Six titles were eventually published, between 1847-1855. This work satirizes the aristocracy of England and their..... More
London: Chapman And Hall, 1846. First edition. leather_bound. With humor and satire Thackeray provides insights into the cultures and societies he encounters. More
London: Chapman And Hall, 1848. First edition. leather_bound. 54 pages. 17 x 13.5 cm. Sixteen tinted full page plates by Thackeray. VAN DUZER 157. One of his Christmas Books. a witty portrayal of the daily lives and eccentricities of residents in London. Interior sharp, plates bright and clean in an..... More
London: Chapman And Hall, 1850. First edition. leather_bound. 54 pages. 18.5 x 14 cm. Wood-engraved frontispiece and 7 plates after Richard Doyle, coloured by hand. Another one of his popular Christmas books. With the original front cover tipped-in at rear. VAN DUZER 181. All contents text and images sharp, bright..... More
London: Smith Elder, 1855. First edition. leather_bound. 128 pages.16 pages of adverts at rear. 18 x 14 cm. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates. An almost as new copy, remarkably bright, clean and fresh -- type and illustrations. With orig. illustrated mauve paper covers included. Raised bands spine panels..... More
London: Hugh Cunningham, 1841. First edition. Hardcover. 122 pages. 13 x 12 cm. 4 engraved plates. 19th-century facsimile edition reprint 1841 but later, as evidenced by 4 stars, not 5, between verses on p. 120. Thackeray's account of Napoleon funeral in Paris. Interior contents clean. VAB DUZER 194. More