Vanity Fair. By William Makepeace Thackeray. With the Author’s Original Illustrations. Limited Edition. Franklin Library. Franklin Center, 1977.

William Makepeace Thackeray is a masterful satirist, novelist, and illustrator. The novel, first published in serial form in the United Kingdom in 1847-1847, and afterwards in book form,Vanity Fair is easily his greatest work. A sprawling critique of English society in the 1800s, the novel inspired several generations of English authors. It is also the inspiration for the magazine of the same title. This limited edition contains Thackeray’s original pencil illustrations, over 200 in total. It is a truly great representation of the text as it was read in the first edition.

This limited edition is in fine condition. In the original green leather, finely gilt stamped. Raised bands. Gilt spine label. Text block fine. Gilt edges. Silk moire endpapers and bookmark sewn in.

A fine collector’s copy of Vanity Fair.