168.9. Thackeray (William Makepeace) Christmas Books, 6 vol., first editions, Mrs. Perkin’s Ball, Our Street, Doctor Birch, The Kickleburys on the Rhine, Rebecca and Rowena, The Rose and the Ring, colour illustrations by the author, uniformly bound in full dark green morocco, gilt line borders to the covers and full gilt panelled spines, spines uniformly mellowed to an olive green, a.e.g., by Zaehnsdorf, bookplate, with the original covers bound-in, slipcase, [Van Duzer, 140, 157, 51, 104, 185, 181.], 8vo, 1847-55. (6)
est. £700 – £900