[ Books ] THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. Vanity Fair. Illustrated by the author. Thick 8vo, blue-green morocco gilt by Maurin, unevenly faded on covers, spine evenly faded to olive; original covers bound in rear. London, 1848 E300/400 FIRST EDITION IN

[ Books ] THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. Vanity Fair. Illustrated by the author. Thick 8vo, blue-green morocco gilt by Maurin, unevenly faded on covers, spine evenly faded to olive; original covers bound in rear. London, 1848 E300/400 FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, mixed issue, with "1848" on titles, but with first indi -cations for other points including the Hogarty Diamond leaf, the rustic lettering on first text page, the woodcut at page 336, and "Mr. Pitt" reading on page 453.