The Newcomes. Memoirs of a most respectable family.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855.
Two volumes, octavo, with a frontispiece and 22 plates in each volume; contemporary half tan calf, marbled board.
First edition: this copy is made up from the original parts which were issued serially from 1853-1855. Published under the pseudonym "Pendennis", The Newcomes was regarded by Thackeray as his best work. It is a sustained and devastating attack on Victorian mores: 'The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts; but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do?'.
First edition: this copy is made up from the original parts which were issued serially from 1853-1855. Published under the pseudonym "Pendennis", The Newcomes was regarded by Thackeray as his best work. It is a sustained and devastating attack on Victorian mores: 'The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts; but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do?'.
not in Sadleir; Wolff, 6696a.
Condition Report: Sides a little rubbed, some foxing.
Price (AUD): $300.00
US$193.38 Other currencies