The Four Georges: The Humourists of the Eighteenth Century
 
William Makepeace Thackeray • 1879 • Half-bound leather • Illustrated
Series: The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Vol. XXIII
Publishers: Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, London • Printed by Spottiswoode & Co., London
Illustrators: Thackeray, Frank Dicksee, Linley Sambourne, Frederick Walker
 
Book Overview
 
Attractive antiquarian half-leather copy of Thackeray’s The Four Georges with numerous illustrations throughout, marbled edges, and marbled pastedowns and endpapers. A handsome volume from Smith, Elder’s 1879 collected edition.
 
Exterior Condition
 
Binding: Half-bound leather over marbled paper boards
Spine: Panelled with gilt titles on black and red labels and ornate gilt tooling
Boards: Marbled paper; intact and robust
Wear: Expected light wear for age, especially to edges and corners, including small marks, light scratches, small areas of rubbing to leather, and a few small rips in the leather. Please see photographs.
 
Interior Condition
 
Pages: Light, even toning consistent with age; predominantly clean and uncreased; very occasional small fold and very light creases on the inner margin of some of the pages.
Foxing: occasional very light foxing or very small marks
Gutter: Extremely light, partial hairline at pp. 96–97 and light cracks between pastedowns and endpapers only; text block tight and secure
Marks/Annotations: No pen or pencil noted
Tears: None observed
Collation: Complete, 338 pages
 
Publication Details
 
Year: 1879
Imprint: Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, London
Printer: Spottiswoode & Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street, London
Series: The Works of W. M. Thackeray in 24 volumes, this is Vol. XXIII
 
Size & Weight
 
Approx. 19.3 × 13.7 × 2.8 cm • 583 g
 
Notes on Content
 
Thackeray’s portraits of the four Hanoverian kings sit alongside his essays on eighteenth-century humourists, illustrated by leading Victorian artists Frank Dicksee, Linley Sambourne, and Frederick Walker, with additional drawings by Thackeray himself.