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| Published |
Title |
Author |
Price |
| 1862 |
THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP |
Thackeray, W. M. |
$ 675.00 |
fine and bright
Thackeray, W[illiam]. M[akepeace]. THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP on his Way through the World; shewing who robbed him, who helped him, and who passed him by. In Three Volumes. London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1862. Original blindstamped brown cloth.
3 vols.
First Edition. There has been much speculation about the three binding states of this greatly-overproduced book. Some are in brown morocco cloth with "Smith, Elder & Co." at the foot of the spines (Sadleir's "i"), some are in brown morocco cloth with "Smith & Elder" (as well as a couple of other minor differences -- "ii"), and some are in a bluish-violet cloth, also reading "Smith & Elder" ("iii"). This one is in the Sadleir "ii" binding. The misprint "Smith & Elder" is very curious, inasmuch as the firm had altered its name to "Smith, Elder & Co." no later than 1826, which was prior to the period of brass-imprinting of cloth spines. Sadleir theorizes (at great length) that this state was the third bound up but the second actually issued; Carter likewise theorizes in great detail, saying that he had long suspected the bluish copies were earlier but, having seen the binder's orders (which he reproduces), he is no longer so sure.
In any event, this is a remarkably fine, bright set (with a half-title in Vol I only, which is proper for this title), with very slight rubbing at the extremities. Although PHILIP is one of the few Victorian three-deckers that does turn up from time to time in this condition, such copies seem to be getting scarcer. Sadleir 3186 (ii); Wolff 6690 (blue cloth); Carter BV pp 158-159. Housed in an open-backed case.
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