1847 Mrs Perkins's Ball
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding
The first edition, second impression of this work, with the caption below the frontispiece.
A Christmas book by Thackeray, a satirical take on a festive party.
Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, hand-coloured title page, one hand-coloured folding plate, and nineteen hand-coloured plates.
Collated, complete.
Written and illustrated by Thackeray under the pseudonym M.A. Titmarsh.
One page of publisher's adverts to the rear.
Condition
In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, generally smart, with some rubbing to the boards and spines. Minor marks to the boards. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright with some spots.
Good
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