{"product_id":"the-virginians-first-edition-in-original-monthly-parts-first-issue-london-bradbury-and-evans-1857-1859","title":"Thackeray's “The Virginians\" First Appearance, 24 Original Parts, 1857","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eTHACKERAY, William Makepeace. \u003cem\u003eThe Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century.\u003c\/em\u003e London: Bradbury \u0026amp; Evans, 1857–1859.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFIRST EDITION, FIRST APPEARANCE. Original twenty-four (24) parts, complete. Small octavo. Twenty-four (monthly) serial issues in their original yellow paper wraps. First issue point with “actresses” for “ancestresses” on p. 207, line 15 (Part VII). Illustrated with numerous contemporary advertisements in each issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents clean and sound, with contemporary ownership name to upper margins of five parts. Minor skillful restoration to the lower portion of the front wrapper of Part I. Twenty-four (24) parts, retaining the majority of frontispiece, vignette title page, advertisements, and 40 engraved plates. Complete wrappers and text for all issues. Wrappers lightly toned with scattered soiling and small chips, as usual. Housed in a custom quarter-leather clamshell box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Virginians\u003c\/em\u003e was Thackeray’s final completed novel, extending the world of his previous novel, \u003cem\u003eHenry Esmond,\u003c\/em\u003e into colonial America during the Seven Years’ War. \u003cem\u003eThe Virginians\u003c\/em\u003e combines historical narrative with the reflective social observation characteristic of his later fiction. This original-parts set preserves Thackeray’s original text of \u003cem\u003eThe Virginians\u003c\/em\u003e as first published, and also provides an historical artifact of the Victorian publication tradition through its surviving wrappers and numerous contemporary advertisements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA remarkable survival of Thackeray's original work, housed in an elegant custom-made clamshell case.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Arrivals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54068811923761,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/0845\/5729\/files\/s-l1600.webp?v=1777603587","url":"https:\/\/redeemedrarebooks.com\/products\/the-virginians-first-edition-in-original-monthly-parts-first-issue-london-bradbury-and-evans-1857-1859","provider":"New Arrivals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}