Shelfmark
Icc4.1.09
Author
Title
Vanity fair : a novel without a hero / by William Makepeace Thackeray ; with illustrations on steel and wood by the author.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
Physical description
xvi, 624 p., [40] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 22 cm.
Note
Additional engraved title-page.
Note
First Issue, with heading in rustic type on p. 1, woodcut of the Marquis of Steyne on p. 336 (later omitted), and with the reading "Mr. Pitt" on p. 453 (later "Sir Pitt").
Provenance
Armorial boookplate of Eton College School Library recording donation by Maurice Baring.
Provenance
Bookplate of Maurice Baring.
Binding
19th century red calf half-binding with red and blue marbled paper boards and gilt lettering and tooling on spine.
Copy-specific note
Ms. bookseller's notes, code, and price in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Bookplate of a sitting lion.
Copy-specific note
Previous library label and ms. shelfmark in pencil.
Genre/Form
Novels.
Added entry--name
Baring, Maurice, 1874 - 1945 former owner.
Added entry--name
Bradbury & Evans publisher.
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B28437