Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848. First American edition. Hardcover. "Some day you will write a book which will make your fortune. Becky Sharp made mine. I married early, and wrote for bread; and 'Vanity Fair' was my first successful work. I like Becky in that book. Sometimes I think I have myself some of her tastes. I like what are called Bohemians, and fellows of that sort..." (Thackeray quoted in Appleton's Journal, Vol. VII, July - Dec 1879, p251). Scarce first American edition. Brown gilt stamped cloth, gilt illustration at front cover, gilt title at spine. Covers rubbed, spine and rear cover sunned. 8vo, 332pp, b&w ills, ads (4). Illustrations by the author, text in two columns. Internally, damp stains on early pages (up to p12), some plates toned, o/w very good. Item #14666
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