1887 – Thackeray: Samuel Titmarsh, Yellowplush & Burlesques – Full Leather Binding
 
Book overview
 
Victorian antiquarian Thackeray volume in striking full leather binding with gilt decoration, marbled page edges, and marbled endpapers. Features an illustrated frontispiece and gathers three celebrated works: The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond, Memoirs of Mr. C. J. Yellowplush, and Burlesques. A handsome and collectible copy, ideal for completists of Thackeray’s uniform set.
 
Publication and edition details
 
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Title: The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond; Memoirs of Mr. C. J. Yellowplush; and Burlesques
Series: The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, In Thirteen Volumes, Vol. VII (7)
Publication: Smith, Elder & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, London
Printer: Spottiswoode & Co., New-Street Square, London
Date: 1887
Binding: Full leather with textured leather over the boards and contrasting smooth leather inner edge panels, spine, and corners, and gilt lettering and tooling to spine
Edges / Endpapers: All edges marbled, marbled pastedowns and endpapers
Pagination: 627 pages, complete
Illustration: Illustrated frontispiece
 
Exterior condition
 
Full leather binding intact and robust
Smooth spine with gilt titles to black labels, gilt decorations in compartments
Textured leather boards with light rubbing, small marks, and minor wear to edges and corners
Attractive gilt tooling mostly still bright
A very handsome example for the shelf
 
Interior condition
 
Pages lightly tanned, consistent with age
Light foxing to prelims; interiors neat, clean, and predominantly uncreased overall
Occasional tiny marks or light folds to edges
Front flyleaf with ink and pencil inscriptions, no further writing
Small splits at joints where pastedowns meet free endpapers
Binding tight, no loose leaves
No tears to main text
 
Completeness
 
627 pages present and accounted for, including frontispiece
 
Measurements and weight
 
Approx. 19 × 13.9 × 3.4 cm
Approx. 665 g
 
About these works
 
This volume brings together three lively Thackeray pieces: Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond, a satire of ambition and social climbing; Yellowplush Papers, narrated in the witty voice of a valet; and Burlesques, parodic pieces that mock literary and social conventions. Combined in this fine Smith, Elder edition, they showcase Thackeray’s comic brilliance alongside his keen observations of Victorian society.