Vanity Fair a Novel Without a Hero

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. With engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, 38 engraved plates, and numerous engravings on steel and textual wood illustrations by the author. xvi, 624 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full red morocco, with oval Cosway-style portrait on the upper cover, a.e.g., by Aspreys. Skilfully rebacked preserving spine. Fine. First edition. With engraved… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition of Thackeray's comic masterpiece, illustrated by the author. "A novel without a hero," Vanity Fair follows the entangled adventures of two school friends, the gentle, trusting Amelia Sedley and the calculating Becky Sharp, as they come of age during the Napoleonic Wars. "Are not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seem… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848, 1848. Hardcover. Acceptable. First American edition. Octavo. Engraved title, 332 pp., [4 p. ads], 32 plates. Original green cloth, gilt title vignette on front board. Wear and soiling to boards, chipping to spine. Bookplate of Hilda Wilkinson Bartlett. Foxing and toning. Plates browned as expected.

[New York]: A.L. Burt Company, 1900. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Red cloth with top edge gilt. Near fine with rear hinge starting. Part of The Home Library.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848 Illustrated by Thackeray. First edition, mixed issue, with the engraved title page dated 1848, lacking the "Marquis of Steyne" woodcut on page 336, with "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on page 453, advertisement leaf for "The Great Hoggarty Diamond" at front. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A very good copy, recased… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". William Makepeace Thackeray. An mixed issue copy of the first edition of Thackeray's classic novel, set during the Napoleonic Wars. Illustrated throughout by the author himself. A first edition in book form, mixed issue; without the suppressed woodcut to page 336 of the first… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie Street, 1848. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first issue, with all three first issue points present: the heading on p. 1 in rustic type; the woodcut of the Marquis of Steyne on p. 336 (suppressed in later issues); and "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on p. 453. Octavo. pp. [iii-vii] viii-xiv, [1]… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition, mixed issue: with the title on p. 1 in rustic type, "Mr. Mott" for "Sir Pitt" on p. 453, but lacking the suppressed woodcut on p. 336. With engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, 38 engraved plates, and numerous engravings on steel and textual wood illustrations by the author. xvi, 624, [1] pp. 8vo.… Read more about this item

London And Glasgow: Collins Classics, 1959. First Edition in this Format; Later Printing. Softcover. Book condition is Very Good in stiff wraps; bound in full leather with gilt top page ends and embossed title on spine, housed in a Very Good slipcase. Minor edgewear to slipcase, including a few smalls bumps and chips. Minor edgewear to wrappers, including a… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1958. VANITY FAIR- A Novel Without A Hero- William Makepeace Thackeray- Illustrated by Robert Ball- Random House-NY- 1958-1st Edition Thus - Hardcover:-Large 8vo- VG++-no dj as issued-missing slipcase- 7 3/4 " - 9 3/4 ". 8vo, patterned light green and grey paper with illustration of Hansom cab in blk, blk cloth spine, xviii, 543pp all… Read more about this item

NY. Fair with no dust jacket; Hard Cover; Random House; 1958. Black spine with green and white boards, Fair. Edges rubbed, scuffing to boards. Colour title page. Introduction by John Marquand. Black and white & colour illustrations by Robert Ball. 543 pages; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

International Collectors Library, 1975. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Daily Express, 1933. Hardcover. Good. 1933. No Edition Remarks. 623 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing… Read more about this item

Oxford: The Limited Editions Club, 1931. TWO VOMUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Volume Two is without the dust jacket. This is a limited edition, SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR JOHN AUSTEN, this being #733/1500 copies. Twenty full-page illustrations by Austen. Housed in elusive custom slipocase with paper label, with same designs as the covers. Box has one small area of old tape repair… Read more about this item

London : Smith, Elder and Co, 1890. Cloth. Good. 9" by 5.5". None. Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by English author William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in 1847-48, satirising society in early 19th-century Britain. Illustrated throughout with engravings. The book's title comes from John Bunyan's allegorical story The Pilgrim's Progress, first published… Read more about this item

Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke & Company, 1885. Undated, ca. 1885-1890ish. Illustrated with black and white plates drawn by the author. Attractively bound in warm brown cloth with lettering and attractive spine decoration in gilt, floral embossed pattern on covers, about 7.5 inches tall. Very good condition with a shallow fabric crease to the rear cover (likely to have… Read more about this item

Aldine Book Publishing Co, N.D. VG-. VERY-GOOD-MINUS. VERY ATTRACTIVE QUARTER LEATHER BINDING WITH MARBLED ENDPAPERS

New York: Modern Library, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Later printing. 12mo. Blue cloth stamped in red and gilt. Introduction by Joseph Warren Beach. Pages lightly age-toned, bookplate on front pastedown, corners bumped, very good in a good only price-clipped dustwrapper, age-toned, short tears on edges. Modern Library, No. 131.

Bradbury & Evans, London., 1848. First edition, first issue with the suppressed woodcut of Marquis of Steyne on page 336 and "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on page 453, initial advertisement leaf for "Great Hoggarty Diamond" present. Octavo. pp xvi, 624. Etched frontispiece, additional vignette title-page, and 38 plates, wood-engraved vignettes. Fine 19th century binding by Ramage of full… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Green cover, title and illustration in gilt on spine. Some discoloration on spine, wear on edges. Top corner back cover very worn. 2 pages torn in half.