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Blue hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition thus. G : in Good condition with foxed and chipped dust jacket. Spine darkened. Sellotape repairs to inner jacket. Scattered foxing within. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 128pp. B/w drawings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. TITMARSH, M. A. [pseud. THACKERAY, William Makepeace]. The Rose and the Ring; or, The History of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo. A Fire-Side Pantomime for Great and Small Children. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1855. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated with eight full-page wood engravings, including the frontispiece, together with a vignette title page and numerous illustrations in the text, after drawings by the author. Small octavo, iv, 128, 16 pp., publisher's catalogue advertising: The Rose and the Ring, and the third edition of The Kickleburys on the Rhine. Publisher's original rose-colored pictorial paper-covered boards printed in red, with cloth spine and yellow glazed endpapers. Printed by Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars. Housed in a folding chemise with ribbon pull and a red morocco and cloth slipcase. The case spine has five raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration, and "London, 1855" at the foot. The Rose and the Ring is the last of Thackeray's Christmas books, written and illustrated by the author and published under his pseudonym, Mr. M. A. Titmarsh; it was published for Christmas 1854 with an 1855 title-page date. The story developed from Twelfth-Night character drawings made to entertain children in Rome. "A fire-side pantomime for great and small children." A satirical fairy tale of rival princes, disputed thrones, and romantic misunderstandings, it follows Princes Giglio and Bulbo through adventures involving Fairy Blackstick and a magical rose and ring that make their possessors irresistibly attractive. Beneath the comedy lies a satire on vanity, social rank, and appearances. Contents generally clean and unmarked, with spotting and light foxing. Binding is sound and square. Original boards moderately to heavily rubbed and worn, particularly at the extremities and corners. Chemise and slipcase in Very Good condition. A Good First Edition in the original pictorial boards. References: Morgan Library, PML 21552 and 145402; Princeton, Parrish Collection, no. 202; DNB, "Thackeray, William Makepeace." [Attributes: First Edition; Illustrated; Hard Cover; Slipcase.]. TITMARSH, M. A. [pseud. THACKERAY, William Makepeace]. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. TITMARSH, M. A. [pseud. THACKERAY, William Makepeace]. The Kickleburys on the Rhine. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1850. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by the author with fourteen hand-colored plates and a hand-colored title page, fifteen in total. Small octavo; [4], 87 pp., [1] blank; bound without advertising leaf. Full red calf by Bayntun of Bath (c.1890s), with the binder's stamp on the verso of the front free endpaper. Both covers bordered with triple gilt fillets; spine elaborately tooled in gilt, with black lettering pieces lettered in gilt. Broad gilt dentelles to the inner borders. All edges gilt. Silk ribbon marker. The Kickleburys on the Rhine is one of Thackeray's Christmas books, written and illustrated by the author and published under his pseudonym, Mr. M. A. Titmarsh. This comic travel narrative follows the socially ambitious Lady Kicklebury and her family on a Continental journey along the Rhine, observed by the narrator Mr. M. A. Titmarsh. Their encounters with fellow travelers reveal the family's snobbery, social pretensions, and matrimonial ambitions, combining the pleasures of a Victorian travel sketch with Thackeray's characteristic satire. Contents generally clean and unmarked, light, even age toning; foxing to preliminaries and blank rear pages. Binding is sound and square. Gilt remains bright. A few scuff marks to the front cover; slight rubbing to corners and extremities. A Very Good+ First Edition Christmas story by Thackeray in red Bayntun binding. References: Van Duzer 104. [Attributes: First Edition; Illustrated; Hardcover]. TITMARSH, M. A. [pseud. THACKERAY, William Makepeace]. (illustrator).…

Front., engr. title, sepia plates. Orig. green cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; sl. darkened. 46pp. Illustrated by the author.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original cloth-backed, colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards slightly worn; spine uniformly sun-toned. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: iv, 128 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Subjects: Children's literature; Victorian literature; English fiction; Juvenile fiction. 1 Kg. …

Front., engr. title, sepia plates. Rebound in full red calf, ruled in blind, spine lettered in gilt; extremities rubbed, head & tail of spine a bit chipped. Ink ownership inscription on prelim blank: 'F.B. Frank Trin: Coll: 1847.' 46pp. Mrs. Perkins's Ball was Thackeray's first attempt at breaking into the Christmas book market, though the work did not sell particularly well. The party begins: 'following Mrs. Perkins's orders, the present writer made his appearance very early at Pocklington Square; where the tastiness of all the decorations elicited my warmest admiration.' Illustrated by the author; this copy with sepia-toned plates.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original cloth-backed, colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards slightly worn; spine uniformly sun-toned. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: iv, 128 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Subjects: Children's literature; Victorian literature; English fiction; Juvenile fiction. 1 Kg. …

First edition, 8vo. (185x140mm), 54pp with 2pp ads. following text, coloured frontis., coloured title page vignette and 14 full page tinted hand coloured plates, original front and back card covers bound in after text, marbled endpapers, bound in full polished calf, boards gilt ruled, spine with gilt ruled raised bands, gilt compartment motifs, author and title label with date label at tail, gilt inner dentelles, Bound by Root and Son with their stamp, front hinge lightly rubbed, otherwise handsome, attractive and very good indeed.…

Condition: Fine. Half calf, 7 inches tall. A charming copy of one of Thackeray's popular Christmas books in a Victorian half calf with raised bands, extra gilt panels and label. Embellished with 13 full page colour plates. A humorous look at this respectable English family voyaging in foreign climes.…

5 vols. Small 4to and 8vo. Uniform late 19th-century crushed green morocco, original glazed paper covers to each volume backed and bound-in, t.e.g., by Matthews; spines faded, light wear to extremities Mrs Perkins's Ball. London: Chapman and Hall, [1847]. Pictorial title and 21 plates (1 folding), all hand-colored, after Thackeray. [2], 46, [2] pp., with half-title. First edition. Our Street. London: Chapman and Hall, 1848. Frontispiece, pictorial title and 14 engraved plates, all hand-colored, after Thackeray. 54, [2] pp. First edition.Doctor Birch & His Young Friends. London: Chapman and Hall, 1849. Frontispiece, pictorial title and 14 engraved plates by Thackeray. [iv], 49, [1], [2, ads] pp. First edition, later issue with plates uncolored.The Kickleburys on the Rhine. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1851. Frontispiece, pictorial title and 13 engraved plates, all hand-colored, by Thackeray. [iv], xv, [1], 87, [1], [2, ads] pp., with half-title. Second edition.The Rose and the Ring; or, the History of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1855. Frontispice, title-page vignette, 7 engraved plates, 48 woodcuts to text by Thackeray. [ii], 128, 16 (ads) pp. First edition.Attractive uniformly bound collection of the five canonical Thackeray Christmas stories with illustrations by the author. Does not include Rebecca and Rowena (1850) which Van Duzer notes is sometimes included as it was advertised as "A Story for Christmas" but did not include illustrations by Thackeray.REFERENCE: Van Duzer 140, 157, 51, 106, 185. Thackeray (illustrator). …