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VANITY FAIR
Written by William Makepeace Thackeray; Fay Weldon. Illustrated by Roland Pym.
Stock no. 1827037
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Fay Weldon. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. Blue decorated cloth with gilt title to spine. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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HEADS OF THE PEOPLE: PORTRAITS OF THE ENGLISH (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Douglas Jerrold; William Makepeace Thackeray; et al. Illustrated by Kenny Meadows.
Stock no. 2134923
Published by Robert Tyas. 1840. Good condition.

Second series in four volumes. Leather spines and corners, marbled boards. Drawn by Kenny Meadows, Engraved by Orrin Smith. Ex-library set with normal markings internally, bookplates and the like. Some repairs to joints. Volume 4 has front board LOOSE, but still present. Uneven fading and scuffing to covers - some chips. Volume 3 front board is nearly detached. Foxing and browning to pages throughout. A good reading set only.

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SKETCHES AND TRAVELS IN LONDON; THE FATAL BOOTS; LITTLE TRAVELS AND ROADSIDE SKETCHES
Written by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Stock no. 2134218
Published by The Caxton Publishing Company. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine; white decorations to front cover. Spine and edge of rear cover is faded. Ink stamp to front endpaper. Some foxing. Hinge next to frontis/title page is cracked.

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BALLADS AND SONGS
Written by William Makepeace Thackeray. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1404554
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1896. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine and front. Grey and white patterned endpapers. B/w illustrations. All edges gilt. 276 pages plus 14 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 'Heffer' and 'Cambridge' written in ink beside a small bookseller' label to the front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Couple of joints are cracked. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to some pages including prelims and frontis tiissue guard.

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THACKERAYANA NOTES AND ANECDOTES
Written by William Makepeace Thackeray. Illustrated by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Stock no. 2112160
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1880. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt/black vignettes to front cover. Depicting Humorous Incidents in his School Life, and Favourite Scenes and Characters in the Books of his Every-day Reading. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chipping to cover edges. Some fraying to cloth at edges. Some foxing and page browning. Page edges are 'scraggy', where some pages have been uncut - but have been 'cut', but not neatly - some tears to these pages.

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MY SECOND BOOK
Written by Emilie Poulsson; William Makepeace Thackeray. Illustrated by A.E. Jackson; Margaret Clayton; C.F. Newall.
Stock no. 1304877
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing children with dog. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. First story is David Livingstone and the Lion. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few tiny bookworm holes to front cover, affecting first 16 pages. Some foxing. Rusty staples can be seen at front joint.

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A THACKERAY YEAR BOOK
Written by Helen Melville; Lewis Melville; William Makepeace Thackeray.
Stock no. 696419
Published by George G. Harrap & Company. 1st 1911. Good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. Quotes from Thackeray for each day of the year. Contents in general very good but front endpaper missing, a few foxspots and name in ink to first page.

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