Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. 2-volume set

Thackeray, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. 2-volume set. Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Limited edition. Large quarto. XX, 365, VI, 366-772pp. Original red cloth over decorative paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Lacking dust jackets. Uncut. Decorative endpapers. Ex-libris of Lucy Smith Battson (ex Lucy Doheny) on free front endpaper of both volumes. Illustrated half title page, colored frontispiece and illustrated title-page on both volumes. Decorative headpieces. Beautiful edition of this classic novel, profusely illustrated with numerous full-page colored plates by John Austen. Limited edition of 1500 copies, this being No.258 signed by the illustrator. Minor age-toning on boards. Spines slightly faded and corners slightly rubbed. Bindings in overall very good, interior in fine condition. vg. Hardcover. (23617) $95