Id5.5.03
Christmas books : Mrs. Perkins's ball; Our street; Dr. Birch / by W.M. Thackeray; with illustrations by the author.
London : Chapman & Hall, 1857.
vi, 49, 54, 49 p., leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
From the library of Anne Thackeray Ritchie.
Ms. sketch and signature of William Makepeace Thackeray on title-page, dated 1856.
Publisher's dark blue cloth, gold lettering and design stamped on front board and spine, with blind tooled designed stamped on boards.
Previous shelfmark: 3.2.13
Ms. inscription in ink on title page: 'With Mr De la Pryme's best regards. Regium donum', i.e. Charles De La Pryme, professor of political econom at Cambridge, and a friend and cousin of W.M. Thackeray.
Ms. inscription to Anne Thackeray on front endpaper, dated 1907, by ?W. Green.
Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837 - 1919 former owner.
Chapman and Hall publisher.
England London.
B31490