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    By W. M. Thackeray
    London   Smith, Elder, & Co.
    7.5" by 5" 352pp.
    A rebound first edition of this illustrated collection of essays, published for the first time in one volume.
    By W. M. Thackeray

    1863 Roundabout Papers

    London   Smith, Elder, & Co.
    7.5" by 5" 352pp.
    A rebound first edition of this illustrated collection of essays, published for the first time in one volume.
    £90.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 890T37
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    First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

    First thus. Originally published in Cornhill Magazine, issued here in one volume. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of intellectual essays including 'On a Lazy Idle Boy', 'Tunbridge Toys', 'On a Hundred Years Hence', 'A Mississippi Bubble', and more. Written by William Makepeace Thackeray, an English novelist and illustrator best known for his satirical works. Previously held in the library of William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, an English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician. Bound by Tout.

    Condition

    Bound in half red crushed morocco with pattered boards. Externally, with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Loss to the head of the spine and corners of the boards. Cracks to the joints with front joint tender. Light fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Previous owner's bookplates to the front pastedown and endpapers. Bound by Tout.

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