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THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811–1863). GARDNER, Sidney, illustrator. Notes of a Week’s Holiday. New York: James Pott & Company, n.d. [c.1908]. First Edition thus; Illustrated Edition. Small-format volume. 70 pp. Publisher’s original blue cloth, elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt to the front board and spine; top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges with printer's yellow tint; decorative endpapers, retains original bound-in silk ribbon marker. Includes a prefatory quotation by Anthony Trollope. Illustrated with full-page tinted plates by Sidney Gardner. A decorative Edwardian gift-book edition of Thackeray’s travel sketch from the Roundabout Papers, combining his prose with Gardner’s atmospheric illustrations and elegant small-format book production. Printed by William Brendon & Son, Ltd., Plymouth. The narrative first appeared in The Cornhill Magazine, volume II, pp. 623–640, under the fuller title “A Roundabout Journey; Notes of a Week’s Holiday.” It was a travel essay published in one issue, rather than a novel serialized over several months. Contents clean with light, even toning. Plates bright and well preserved. Binding remains sound and square. Cloth and gilt exceptionally fresh, with minimal shelf wear. A Very Good copy of this uncommon title. Reference: Princeton University Library, Parrish Collection catalogue, William Makepeace Thackeray, p. 731, no. 177. [Attributes: Hard Cover; Illustrated.].…