{"product_id":"the-newcomes-by-william-makepeace-thackeray-two-volumes-complete-1901-fine-bindings","title":"The Newcomes, by William Makepeace Thackeray. Two Volumes Complete, 1901 Fine Bindings.","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The Newcomes. London: Smith, Elder \u0026amp; Co.; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1901. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst Edition thus. Octavo (8vo). Two volumes, complete. Finely bound in three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, richly gilt-decorated spines, marbled endpapers, and top edges gilt. Illustrated throughout with plates and text engravings. Silk ribbon markers retained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA handsome two-volume set of Thackeray’s expansive social novel The Newcomes, following the honorable Colonel Thomas Newcome and his artist son Clive through family ambition, love, inheritance, financial pressure, and the social climbing of Victorian England. Narrated by Arthur Pendennis, the novel connects back to Pendennis while offering one of Thackeray’s broadest portraits of gentility, commerce, marriage, and moral character within “a most respectable family.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents clean, unmarked, and fresh, with numerous unopened gatherings, reflecting light handling and unread portions. Contemporary owner bookplates to front pastedowns. Bindings remain sound and square. Boards and extremities with light rubbing. A bright gilt set in Near Fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniform volumes from the same set are available separately. Additional photos upon request and gladly. \u003cbr\u003e[Attributes: First Edition thus; Hard Cover; Illustrated; Multi-Volume Set.]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Arrivals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55096604229937,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/0845\/5729\/files\/ChatGPTImageJul5_2026_09_44_59AM.png?v=1783269996","url":"https:\/\/redeemedrarebooks.com\/products\/the-newcomes-by-william-makepeace-thackeray-two-volumes-complete-1901-fine-bindings","provider":"New Arrivals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}