Lot 10 — VANITY FAIR, 1901, Thackeray, Becky Sharp Edition, Mrs Fiske illustrated 8vo
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Thackeray, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero. Becky Sharp Edition. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1901. Octavo. Publisher's tan cloth stamped in red and black to front cover and spine, rear cover with publisher's central monogram in red and black. Illustrated with a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Minnie Madden Fiske and photographic plates from Mrs. Fiske's theatrical production. Ex-libris bookplate of Herbert and Elizabeth H. Woodward on front pastedown.
Cloth rubbed at extremities with bumping to spine ends and corners. Soil and edge discoloration to covers. Front inner hinge split with stitching exposed. Light age toning to text block; bookplate to front pastedown.