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Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863),The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, London: Bradbury & Evans, October 1853-August 1855, first edition in serial form, twenty-four parts in twenty-three volumes, illustrated by Richard Doyle, original yellow wraps, with later slipcases, 8vo, (three rebacked, chipping); sold together with twelve other titles in thirteen volumes, all London, including: The Newcomes, 1855-1856, first edition in book form, in two volumes; Sultan Stork . . ., 1887; Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq., 1856; The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century, 1853; Denis Duval, 1867; Novels by Eminent Hands . . ., 1856; A Shabby Genteel Story, 1857; Sketches and Travels in London, 1856; The Fatal Boots. . ., 1858; The Book of Snobs, 1848, original wraps; A Collection of Letters . . . 1847-1855, 1887; and The Second Funeral of Napoleon, 1841.
Estimate $500-700