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Click here to see our other books! The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray 1883-85 Smith, Elder, & Co : London 9" by 5.5" SUMMARY A twenty-six volume complete set of the works of William Makepeace Thackeray in a signed Bumpus, crushed half morocco binding. Illustrated,Leather Binding,Original Binding,Signed Binding Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed This book weighs 20 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 4.49 US Postage: £ 89.99 EU Postage : £ 45.99 European Postage: £ 85.99 Asia Postage: £ 169.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 259.99 DESCRIPTION Twenty-Six volumes, complete set. Bound in crushed half morocco with cloth to the boards. Bound by Bumpus with their binder's stamp to the verso of the front free endpaper. Illustrated with frontispieces, engraved title pages to some of the volumes, monochrome vignettes and eleven monochrome plates to 'Volume 16', twenty-two to 'Volume 9', eight to 'Volume 10',, twenty-two to 'Volume 4', seventy-one to 'Volume 13', ten to 'Volume 11', fourteen to 'Volume 19', nine to 'Volume 12', twenty to 'Volume 4', twenty-one to 'Volume eight', seventeen to 'Volume 2', twenty-two to 'Volume six', ten to 'Volume eighteen', twenty-two to 'Volume seventeen', twenty-four to 'Volume 23', twenty-two to 'Volume 5', eleven to 'Volume 20', eleven to 'Volume 22', twenty-two to 'Volume 3', seven to 'Volume 7', eight to 'Volume 21' and eleven to 'Volume 24'. Collated, complete. This set features the complete works of the popular English novelist and illustrator, William Makepeace Thackeray, best known for his satirical work 'Vanity Fair' which is included in this collection. This collection of Thackeray's works includes illustrations from the author, and other noted artists. CONDITION Bound in crushed half morocco with cloth to the boards. Externally very smart with fading to the spines, joints and extremities of the boards, slight rubbing to the raised bands to the odd volume, slight marks to the boards, wear to the extremities and white marks to the front board to 'Volume 16'. Bookplate belonging to 'Franz James Mankiewicz' to the front pastedown with offsetting to the front free endpapers. Internally firmly bound with clean and generally bright pages with very minimal age toning to the odd volume. Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques