Thackeray, William Makepeace

The History of Pendennis. London and Edinburgh: Bradbury & Evans and J. Menzies, November 1848-December 1850, 8vo (222 x 146mm.), part issue, 24 in 23 parts, original yellow wrappers, illustrations and advertisements as issued, bookplate of Stephen M. Dryfoos, in two morocco-backed pull-off cases, some wear and soiling to wrappers and backstrips; The Virginians. A tale of the last century.  London: Bradbury and Evans, November 1857–October 1859, 8vo (224 x 145mm.), part issue, 24 parts, with illustrations and advertisements as issued, original yellow wrappers, modern folding box, slight browning, numbers 2 and 16 with owner’s signature on front wrapper, some wear and soiling to wrappers and backstrips; The Newcomes. Memoirs of a most respectable family.  London: Bradbury and Evans, October 1853-August 1855, 8vo (225 x 145mm.), part issue, 24 in 23 parts, with illustrations and advertisements as issued, original yellow wrappers, modern pull-off box, some wear and soiling to wrappers and backstrips

Van Duzer 165, 232, 147

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Thackeray's three major serial novels, in the original parts.