Dr. Birch, and his Young Friends, with 16 colored plates by the author, and illustrated and plain titles, 1849. The Kickleburys on the Rhine, with 10 colored illusts. by the author, 1850.

Rebecca and Rowena. A Romance, with 8 full-page colored plates by Richard Doyle, 1850.

The Rose and the Ring; or, the History of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo, with 58 woodcuts by the author, 1855. The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond, with 9 full-page plates by the author, 1849. Together 7 vols., square 8vo and 12mo, newly and handsomely bound in full red crushed levant morocco, beautifully gold tooled panelled sides, with corner ornaments, finely gold tooled backs and inside borders, silk end papers, gilt edges, by ZAEHNSDORF. [Generally sold in sets of six volumes.]

Lond. 1848-55

*AN UNUSUALLY FINE AND COMPLETE SET, with the original advertisements and pictorial board covers bound in.

IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.

1391. THACKERAY (WILLIAM MAKEPEACE). The Book of Snobs. FIRST EDN. With illusts. by the author. 12mo, original green wrappers, with the advertisements. Lond. "Punch" Office, 1848

*EXTREMELY RARE IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. The front wrapper, with an illustration on it, forms an important part of the book. This illustration has never been reprinted. The French copy in binding sold for $135.00.

Enclosed in crimson crushed levant morocco solander case.

IN THE ORIGINAL PARTS.

1392. THACKERAY (WILLIAM MAKEPEACE). The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes; his Friends and his Greatest Enemy. FIRST EDN. With illusts. on steel and wood by the author. IN THE ORIGINAL 24 MONTHLY NUMBERS, uncut.

Lond. Bradbury and Evans, 1848-50 * VERY RARE in the original numbers. Next to " Vanity Fair" this is the scarcest of Thackeray's works to procure in the original numbers. Enclosed in handsome slip-case, with green morocco back.

EXTREMELY RARE.

1393. [THACKERAY (WILLIAM MAKEPEACE).] An Interesting Event. By M. A. Titmarsh.

16.

12mo, sewed, pp. Lond. 1849

* EXTREMELY RARE, AND ONE OF THE RAREST OF THE SMALL SEPARATE PIECES OF THE GREAT NOVELIST. This novelette was originally published in The Keepsake, edited by Lady Blessington, in the same year as the publication of the separate edition. It is to be presumed that Thackeray himself caused a few copies to be separately issued for his friends, of which this is one. Enclosed in a handsome brown crushed levant morocco solander case.

1394. [THACKERAY (WILLIAM MAKEPEACE).] Bevan (S.). Sand and Canvas, a Narrative of Adventures in Egypt, with a sojourn among the Artists in Rome. FIRST EDN. With colored plates, etc. 8vo, original cloth, Lond. 1849

uncut.

*FINE COPY. Scarce. Contains the first appearance of Thackeray's The Three Sailors," with "Reminiscences of Michael Angelo Titmarsh at Rome."

MAKEPEACE).]

1395. [THACKERAY (WILLIAM King Dobbs: Sketches in Ultra-Marine. By James Hanaway. FIRST EDN. Engraved front. and fully illust. 12mo, half green levant morocco, with original back bound in. FINE COPY. Lond. J. & D. A. Darling, 1849

EXTREMELY RARE.

THACKERAY (WILLIAM

20

1396. MAKEPEACE). Marvy (L.). Sketches after English Landscape Painters, with Short Notices by W. M. Thackeray. FIRST EDN. colored plates, after Turner, Harding, Constable, Cox, Gainsborough, etc. Small folio, original blue cloth, gilt edges, as issued. Lond. David Bogue [1850]

*THE TEXT IS BY THACKERAY, BUT THE BOOK IS USUALLY CREDITED TO L. MARVY. Colored copies are seldom met with, and always command high prices. Not to be confused with the later reprints by another publisher, where only a small number were colored.

COMPLETE.

1397. THACKERAY (WILLIAM

MAKEPEACE).

Works, in Appleton's Popular Library, consisting of: The Confessions of Fitz-Boodle; and some Passages in the Life of Major Gahagan, 1852.

Men's Wives, 1852.

The Luck of Barry Lyndon, 2 vols., 1852.

A Shabby Genteel Story, and other Tales, 1852.

The Book of Snobs, 1852.

Jeames's First Diary, 1853.

Punch's Prize Novelists, 1853.
Paris Sketch Book, 2 vols., 1852.

Together 10 vols. 12mo, original red cloth.

66

N. Y., v. d.

* A complete set of these 12mo American Thackeray items. Some of the volumes are genuine first editions, published while the author was touring the U. S. in 1852, while others contain chapters, passages, etc., which vary from first and later editions of the author's writings as published in Eng. land.

IN ORIGINAL CLOTH.

1398. THACKERAY (WILLIAM MAKEPEACE). History of Henry Esmond, Esq, a Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Q. Anne, written by Himself. FIRST EDN. 3 vols. 12mo, original cloth, uncut, with paper labels.

Lond. Smith Elder and Co., 1852

*One of the most difficult of the original issues of Thackeray

to obtain in original cloth, uncut, and especially in such fine state as above. This copy contains the half-titles, which read

Esmond, a Story of Queen Anne's Reign, by W. M. Thackeray," and which, it will be noticed, differ from the proper title as named above.

1399. THACKERAY (WILLIAM MAKEPEACE). The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century. A Series of Lectures delivered in England, Scotland and the United States. FIRST EDN. 12mo, original blue cloth, uncut. Fine, clean copy. Lond. Smith Elder & Co., 1853

IN THE ORIGINAL PARTS.

The

With illusts.

1400. THACKERAY (WILLIAM MAKEPEACE). Newcomes. Memoirs of a most Respectable Family. Edited by Arthur Pendennis, Esq. FIRST EDN. on steel and wood by Richard Doyle. IN THE ORIGINAL 24 MONTHLY NUMBERS, uncut.

Lond. Bradbury and Evans, 1853-55

*RARE in the original numbers. Enclosed in handsome half green morocco slip-case.

1401. THACKERAY (WILLIAM MAKEPEACE). Ballads. FIRST EDN. 12mo, full dark blue crushed levant morocco, full gilt back, gilt top, uncut, with original yellow wrappers bound in, by RIVIERE. Lond. 1856

*FINE COPY.

Scarce. Contains the leaf of advertisements

of Thackeray's works preceding half-title.

The

1402. THACKERAY (WILLIAM MAKEPEACE). Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan. FIRST EDN. in separate form. Small 8vo, full polished calf extra, uncut, top edges gilt, with the original covers bound in, by RIVIERE. Lond. Bradbury & Evans, 1856

IN THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS.

1403. THACKERAY (WILLIAM MAKEPEACE). The Virginians, a Tale of the Last Century.

FIRST EDN. With illusts. on steel and wood by the author. IN THE ORIGINAL 24 MONTHLY NUMBERS, uncut.

Lond. Bradbury and Evans, 1857-59

* Rare in this state. Enclosed in handsome half-green morocco slip case.

1404. THACKERAY (WILLIAM MAKEPEACE). The Four Georges; Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court and Town Life. FIRST EDN. Illust. 12mo, original cloth, uncut. Fine copy. Lond. 1801

1405. THACKERAY (WILLIAM (MAKEPEACE). The Adventures of Philip on his way through the World. FIRST 3 vols. post 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1862 * Unusually fine bright copy, mainly unopened.

EDN.