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The works of William Makepeace Thackeray / with biographical introductions by his daughter, Lady Ritchie. In twenty-six volumes.

Main Author: Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Other Authors: Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837-1919., Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911., Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878., Millais, John Everett, Sir., 1829-1896., Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896., Walker, Frederick, 1840-1875., Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883., Tenniel, John, 1820-1914.
Language(s): English
Published: New York and London : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, c1910, c1911.
Edition: Centenary biographical ed.
Note: In the present edition each volume has also special t.p.: v. 1, 3, 4, 6, 12-17 have also reproductions of the vignette title pages of the original edition (published in parts, 1847-56) and v. 1, 3, 5, 9, 12, 14-16 have reproductions (some col.) of original covers.
Half-title reads: The centenary biographical edition of the works of William Makepeace Thackeray.
Label on spine reads: Centenary biographical edition. Thackeray's works ... 1811-1911.
The illustrations are from drawings by the author, George Cruikshank, J.E. Millais, Richard Doyle, John Leech, G. Du Maurier, Frederick Walker, Luke Fildes, Harry Furniss, John Tenniel, and others. The colored frontispieces with guardsheets with descriptive letterpress (v. 1, 3, 5, 10, 12, and 16) are by Howard Pyle.
"This edition is limited to four hundred and ninety-one registered and numbered copies ..."--Leaf inserted in vol. 1 after front free endpaper.
"Introductions expanded and corrected from the 1899 Biographical edition". Cf. Olmstead, J.C. Thackeray and his 20th c. critics, p. 34, item 155, variant issue.
"Copyright 1898, 1910 by Harper & Brothers"--T.p. versos, v. 1,3-11;" ... 1911"--t.p. versos, v. 12, 14-16, 18, 20-26.
Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, London and Beccles"--Colophons, v. 1-26.
Title pages in red and black.
Physical Description: 26 v. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports. ; 26 cm.
Original Format: Book
Original Classification Number: 828 T363 1910
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