Lot 153

Thackeray, William Makepeace - with inscribed illustration
Vanity Fair


Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1849. First edition in book form, mixed state, mixed state with the engraved title-page dated 1849 and ‘Mr.Pitt’ on page 453, but without the woodcut of the Marquis de Steyne on page 336, 8vo, original illustration in ink tipped onto a flyleaf showing a woman reading to a young child, inscribed 'with the author's best regards to The Countess of Airlie', and signed, frontispiece, additional engraved title, 38 plates, half morocco gilt, hinges split
Provenance
Property from the Earls of Airlie.

