Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

The History of Pendennis. His Fortune and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy [SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR] [2 Vols complete]

Ipswich: Limited Editions Club, 1961. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/1500. Quarto. Vol1: (xviii), 366pp. Vol 2: (viii), 348pp., [1] Honey colored paper covered slipcase, tan label with black border lettering mounted on spine. Yellow bindings with elaborate blind stamped designs on covers and spines. Dark grey labels with gilt lettering on spines. Color illustrated lithographic frontispieces. Top of paper edges in yellow.

This limited edition, #87/1500 hand numbered and hand signed by illustrator Charles W. Stewart, contains beautiful lithographic color illustrations throughout. One of Thackeray's later satirical novels focusing on psychological and moral growth of the young protagonist (Bildungsroman), the coming of age of Arthur Pendennis. Illustrated with in-text drawings and twenty-three lithographs with captions in each volume.

Slipcase with sunning to covers, light scratches and staining throughout. Slipcase in good+, bindings and interiors in near fine condition overall. good+ to near fine. Item #45289

Price: $40.00