Item Detail
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Chapman and Hall
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1117
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Thackeray, William Makepeace
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"Our Street."
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8vo
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original pink glazed decorated boards (backstrip worn, covers a bit grubby).
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London
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1848
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First Edition
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[2], 54 p., [14] leaves of plates
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19 cm.
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Vault 823.82 Ou7c 1848
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With illustrations in color by the author. First issue with plates colored, with an original unpublished watercolor drawing (6 1/2" by 5") by Thackeray for the illustration to face page 8. This shows Molly, Mrs. Cammysole's maid of all work, flirting with the baker's boy. It is quite a different composition from (and I think infinitely preferable to) the published version. Pasted on the back is a caption in Thackeray's hand but it is all but undecipherable.