The Newcomes Memoirs Of A Most Respectable Family -

London:: Bradbury and Evans,, 1854.. First edition.. contemporary half green calf and marbled sides.. Hinges separating but structure still very sound; binding rubbed; some scattered foxing, particularly to the plates.. 8vo,. With illustrations on steel and wood by Richard Doyle..

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855. Sides a little rubbed, some foxing.. Two volumes, octavo, with a frontispiece and 22 plates in each volume; contemporary half tan calf, marbled board. First edition: this copy is made up from the original parts which were issued serially from 1853-1855. Published under the pseudonym "Pendennis", The Newcomes was regarded by Thackeray as his best work. It is a sustained and devastating attack on Victorian mores: 'The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts; but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do?'. .

London:: Bradbury and Evans,, October 1853- August 1855.. First edition; original parts issue.. original parts in printed yellow wrappers, preserved in a custom red quarter morocco pull-off box.. Varying degree of tanning and soiling to the plates (about half of them are fairly clean); tiny old retailer's ticket to the front wrapper of No. 9; the text generally clean. Light soiling and use to wrappers. . 8vo,. Engraved text illustrations and two engraved plates by Richard Doyle in each part.. Illustrated ads from and rear in each part; some inserted; some on colored paper.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854-55. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Two volumes in publisher's dark blue cloth, blindstamped; yellow endpapers; vol. I: [ii]-viii380pp; vol. II: [ii]-viii375pp; engraved title pages and 46 plates on inserted leaves, wood-engraved decorative capitals and vignettes. Without half-titles, as issued. A straight set, rubbed, minor dampstain to lower edge of front board, vol. I; plates lightly browned at edges, with some offsetting: Very Good. Illustrations by Richard Doyle. One of Thackeray's major satirical novels, known for its rich detail on Victorian popular culture, in the original cloth. Cf. VAN DUZER 147.