Thackeray's London. ltd ed signed by publisher

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(THACKERAY, William). RIDEING, William H. Thackeray's London. A Description of His Haunts and the Scenes of His Novels. London: J. W. Jarvis & Son; and Bostin: Cupples, Upham and Co., 1885. 8vo, 103 pp. With seventeen engraved plates. Full green leather, raised bands, gilt titles to spine, inner boards lined in maroon leather with green edging, decorative gilt borders and dentelles, double-lined gilt trim to the very edges of the boards, t.e.g. Also present is a small maroon leather gilt bookplate of Helen Armstrong (affixed to the inside front board) and engraved bookplate of Thomas E. Stillman affixed to ffep. This edition is limited to fifty copies only, on large hand-made paper, of which this is no. 29. Signed by the Publisher. Included among the plates are five portraits of Thackeray, the two preceding the title page being identical. The spine leather has sunned to an olive-brown shade, with the very beginnings of some splitting to the outer hinges, one small scratch to the rear board, a slight rub to the lower front corner and some offsetting of the plates to the protective leaves opposite. Inked presentation inscription (dated 1945) to the first blank leaf. An exceptional copy in a very attractive binding. 500.00. N° de ref. del artículo 56919

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