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Click here to see our other books! The Cornhill Magazine William Makepeace Thackeray [ed.] 1860-64 Smith, Elder and Co. : London 9" by 5.5" SUMMARY Consecutive first ten volumes of the popular literary magazine edited by William Makepeace Thackeray in striking uniform signed bindings. An Important Work,First Edition,Illustrated,Leather Binding,Pleasing Copy,Rebound,Signed Binding Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed This book weighs 20 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 4.49 US Postage: £ 89.99 EU Postage : £ 45.99 European Postage: £ 85.99 Asia Postage: £ 169.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 259.99 DESCRIPTION Volumes I to X of The Cornhill Magazine , monthly Victorian magazine and literary journal. Bound in uniform calf signed Nutt. Complete with half titles. First editions. Featuring illustrations both in text and full page, some folding. Edited by popular author William Makepeace Thackeray. Under his editorial guidance the paper's large circulation peaked around 110,00. In 1871, the editing was taken over by Leslie Stephens. The first issue appeared in 1860, with a selection of articles on diverse subjects and serialisations of new novels. This selection comprises among other contributions, numbers of Thackeray's Roundabout Papers and the first serialisation of Anthony Trollope's 'The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson,' including all twenty four chapters between vols. IV and V. With the first appearance of the popular historical novel of Romola by George Eliot, from chapter I in vol. VI through to the epilogue in vol. VIII. The present group is comprised of the following volumes: Vol I January to June, 1860. With twelve full page plates. Collated, complete. Vol II July to December, 1860. With twelve full page plates. Collated, complete. Vol III January to June, 1861. With twelve full page plates. Collated, complete. Vol IV July to December, 1861. With twelve full page plates. Collated, complete. Vol V January to June, 1862. With twelve full page plates. Collated, complete. Vol VI July to December, 1862. With twenty-four full page plates. Collated, complete. Vol VII January to June, 1863. With twenty-one full page plates. Collated, complete. Vol VIII July to December, 1863. With fourteen full page plates. Collated, complete. Vol IX January to June, 1864. With twelve full page plates. Collated, complete. Vol X July to December, 1864. With twelve full page plates. Collated, complete. CONDITION In uniform half calf bindings over cloth covered boards, five raised bands, titles in gilt to morocco spine labels, new plain endpapers. Externally very smart with light bumping and occasional minor chipping to head and tail of spine, boards only lightly marked, occasional minor rubbing to joints. Previous ownership neat ink inscription to recto front blank leaf, undated. Internally, firmly bound. Light odd minor spotting to occasional leaf, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques