The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, 20 volumes (Limited, Edition De Luxe)

A twenty-volume Edition de Luxe of Thackeray’s works, limited to 1,000 sets and issued in the centenary year of his birth.

William Makepeace Thackeray was born in Calcutta in 1811, this set of his complete works was published to celebrate the centenary of his birth. Macmillan’s collected Works gathered the novels, essays, ballads and sketches of the great Victorian satirist, whose Vanity Fair (1847–48) set the standard for the panoramic social novel and whose Pendennis, Henry Esmond and The Newcomes followed. Features illustrations by both the author and by Harry Furniss.

Edition de Luxe, limited to 1,000 sets. Twenty volumes, Royal octavo. Uniformly bound in blue buckram, the spines decorated and lettered in gilt and the front covers stamped with a gilt vignette. Very good overall, with some mild wear to the covers and fading to the spines of some volumes. The contents are generally very good, with the occasional marking and toning.

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Catalogue Number: HH000921