'Are not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seem to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history? Let us then step into the coach with the Russell-square party, and be off to the Gardens.' Bound in contemporary three-quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards and raised bands on spine. 'A novel without a hero,' Vanity Fair follows the entangled adventures of two school friends, the gentle, trusting Amelia Sedley and the calculating Becky Sharp, as they come of age during the Napoleonic Wars. Pitt' for 'Sir Pitt' on 453, bound without ads. Contains every first issue point, with the heading on page 1 in rustic type, the woodcut of the debauched Marquis of Steyne on 336 (suppressed in later issues), and 'Mr. First edition, first issue in volume form. Though copyright protection did not exist between nations in the 19th century, Tauchnitz paid the authors for the works they published, and agreed to limit their sales of English-language books to the European continent, as authors like Dickens or Bulwer-Lytton had separate arrangements for publication and sale in Great Britain. They published English language literature for distribution on the European continent outside Great Britain, including initial serial publications of novels by Charles Dickens. James, Bulwer Lytton, and Lady Blessington and later by Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli, Ainsworth, Samuel Warren and Captain Marryat. In the summer of 1843, Tauchnitz presented one of the earliest copyright proposals, which was initially accepted by G.P.R. Tauchnitz was the name of a family of German printers and publishers. Arthur Brentano was President of Brentanos Bookshops and Publishers from 1915 to 1944. Signed by Arthur Brentano on Bookplate on front endpapers. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, Germany 1848. Indeed, as the Encyclopaedia Britannica praises, 'the narrative skill, subtle characterization, and descriptive power make it one of the outstanding novels of its period.'. Notably, Vanity Fair established Thackeray's literary reputation in England and awarded him both fame and fortune. It is a satirical tale that presents a panoramic view of mid-19th century English society. Vanity Fair is the first novel Thackeray published under his own name and is widely considered one of his greatest achievements. Internally, some toning and small tear, a minor repair to the last plate at page 623. A very good copy, recased with the original cloth laid down, corners bumped and lightly worn, spine rubbed. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Pitt' for 'Sir Pitt' on page 453, advertisement leaf for 'The Great Hoggarty Diamond' at front. First edition, mixed issue, with the engraved title page dated 1848, lacking the 'Marquis of Steyne' woodcut on page 336, with 'Mr.

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