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THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. 1811-1863.
The History of Pendennis. His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and his Greatest Enemy. London: Bradbury and Evans, November 1848-December 1850.

12 February 2012, 09:00 PST
California, Los Angeles and California, San Francisco

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THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. 1811-1863.

The History of Pendennis. His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and his Greatest Enemy. London: Bradbury and Evans, November 1848-December 1850.
24 parts in 23 (2 volumes). 8vo (224 x 140 mm). 24 plates including the additional titles, vignettes and pictorial initials within text, all by the author. Original yellow pictorial wrappers. Custom chemise and morocco pull-off case. Occasional spotting to plates, some repair to backstrips, large chips to upper wrappers of parts 1 & 22, some dust-soiling.
Provenance: John Ruyle (bookplate to chemise).

FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS, THACKERAY'S MOST AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL. Pendennis Advertisers present as called for and some of the other ads as itemized by Van Duzer, including Dickens slips in parts 15-18. The back wrapper ad on part 13 incorporates a woodcut view of San Francisco from the southwest. This parts issue contains passages and illustrations in chapters 16 & 18 which were excised from all early editions in book form. Between the appearance of part 11 and part 12 there is a 3-month gap due to Thackeray's illness. Van Duzer 165.

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