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Rare and modern books

Thackeray

THE NEWCOMES: MEMOIRS OF A MOST RESPECTABLE FAMILY. Edited by Arthur Pendennis, Esq., With an Introduction by Angela Thirkell

At the University Press for The Limited Editions Club, 1954

157.50 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, United States of America)

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Year of publication
1954
Place of printing
Cambridge
Author
Thackeray
Publishers
At the University Press for The Limited Editions Club
Edition
A VERY HANDSOME COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

2 volumes. First Edition, Limited and Signed by the artist Edward Ardizzone. This copy with the original prospectus and letter describing the book and its production, and with a copy of the The Illustrated Illustrator, describing letters written by Ardizzone on his progress with the illustrations. With engraved full-page illustrations in colours and many throughout the text in black and white. Royal 8vo, publisher's original black cloth over covers illustrated in colours by the artist, the spines lettered in black, housed in the original slipcase. xxii, 352; [viii], 353-742, [1] pp. A very fine and handsome set, as pristine, the slipcase with some light evidence of shelving.