FIRST AND OTHER EDITIONS.
Of Books, Pamphlets, and Literary Contributions:
Published during Thackeray's Lifetime.

774. THE SNOB. A Literary and Scientific Journal. Not "Conducted by Members of the University." FIRST EDITION. 12mo, original boards (most of the back missing); in a green levant morocco case.

Cambridge: Published by W. H. Smith, Rose Crescent, 1829

* FINE COPY of one of the rarest Thackeray items. It was published in 11 numbers, beginning Thursday, April 9, 1829, and ending, Thursday, June 18, 1829. The papers were then collected and issued with 5 preliminary leaves containing a title, dedication to Alderman Abbott, Preface, and Index. At the head of many numbers are the words, "Fourth Edition, "Third Edition," etc. In this copy Nos. 6, 7, 8, and 11 have no such designation; Nos. 5, 9, and 10 are marked Second Edition; Nos. 2 is Third Edition; and Nos. 1, 3 and 4 are Fourth Edition. A comparison with other copies shows that no complete sets were made up alike. Two points of uniformity do, however, appear, No. 4 is usually of the Fourth Edition, and No. 8 of the First Edition. The numbers are printed on various colored paper, but in this respect, also, no uniform method was followed, copies of the same number and same edition being on different colored paper.

Among Thackeray's known contributions to this periodical is a parody of Tennyson's "Timbuctoo," several letters signed Dorothea Julia Ramsbottom, poem "To Genevieve," and some of the advertisements.

Laid in is an original pencil sketch of a shoemaker sitting at his bench, with a hammer in one hand and a pen in the other, while under his arm is a scroll "Hints for the Snob." At the bottom is written: "I'm thinking friends, Both Nobs and Snobs, My wit's but waiting For your Bobs." In one corner is a caricature of "Philosophy at work" which may represent Thackeray.

775. THE GOWNSMAN, (formerly called) "The Snob," A Literary and Scientific Journal, now conducted by Members of the University. Vol. 2. 12mo, original boards (portion of back missing, cover slightly stained), some edges uncut; in a green levant morocco case (catch broken). Cambridge: Published by W. H. Smith, Rose Crescent, 1830

*The Gownsman, successor of The Snob, made its first appearance Thursday, November 5, 1829, and was continued weekly until February 25, 1830, or for 17 numbers. Thackeray has been credited with the following items: Dedication, Letter from Dorothea Julia Ramsbottom, I'd be a Tadpole," "From Anacreon," and "An Extract from the Diary of the Late Thomas Timmins.’’

776. FRASER'S Magazine for Town and Country. Vol. 1, Feb., 1830, to Vol. 35, June, 1847. Portraits and plates. Together 35 vols. 8vo, half calf. Lond. 1830-47

* An important item for Thackeray collectors, as it contains the first appearance of a great many of his writings. Among

FIRST AND OTHER EDITIONS.-Cont'd.

the more important of these are such titles as, "The Yellowplush Papers, "Catherine, "The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond," "Fitz-Boodle's Confessions," "Men's Wives, "The Luck of Barry Lyndon,' and many others. Altogether there are 53 of Thackeray's writings, which made their debut in this magazine.

777. FRASER'S MAGAZINE, 9 odd numbers, from 1831 to 1839, containing original contributions by Thackeray; and about 30 others, incomplete. Together about 40 pieces, 8vo,

paper.

778. THE NATIONAL OMNIBUS, and General Advertizer; a Journal of Literature, Science, Music, Theatricals, and the Fine Arts. For 1831-32. Folio, half maroon levant morocco, by Blackwell. Lond. 1831-32 *It is thought that Thackeray wrote some of his earliest literary efforts for this magazine, but they have not been identified.

NATIONAL

STANDARD,

779. THE Science, Music, Theatricals, and the Fine Arts. 2 vols. 4to, half polished calf, gilt tops.

*The above paper was purchased by Thackeray in May, 1833, and from then on contained numerous woodcuts, letters, and poems by him, among which are "Louis Philippe," "Love in Fetters, etc.

780. FLORE ET ZEPHYR Ballet Mythologique dedié à [Sketch of Flore]. Par Theophile Wagstaff. 9 unnumbered plates, slightly tinted, including the wrapper title. Folio, original wrappers (rebacked); in a red morocco slip case, with inner cloth wrapper.

London. Published March 1st, 1836, by J. Mitchell, Library, 33, Old Bond St., a Paris, chez Rittner & Goupil, Boulevard Monmartre: Printed by Graf and Soret.

*These nine plates, on India paper, drawn by Thackeray and lithographed by Edward Morton, represent scenes in the life of a ballet-girl. The order of the plates differs in various copies, as do the size of the wrappers and the size of the lithographs. The above, both wrapper and plates, measures 9 9/16 x 13 inches. A few small repairs to margins of wrappers and corners of wrappers supplied.

Disappointed in his hope to become a painter, it occurred to Thackeray to turn his sketches to financial account, and Flore et Zephyr" was the first result. It was Thackeray's first separate publication.

(See Illustration.)

781. CONSTITUTIONAL (The); and Public Ledger, from September 15, 1836, to June 13, 1837. Bound in 2 vols. Large 4to, old half calf. Lond. 1836-37

* Contains a series of 19 articles on Paris, from our own Correspondent [Thackeray], etc.

KING GLUMPUS:

AN INTERLUDE

IN ONE ACT.

[For private circulation only.]

LONDON:

1837.

FIRST EDITION OF "KING GLUMPUS.'' (See No. 782.)