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The Four Georges. Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court, and Town Life.

THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863).

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1861. [Court Satire] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[4] 226 [18]. Catalogue at rear dated December 1861. With an engraved frontispiece, and occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's blind-decorated green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown, with ink and pencil ownerships, and a later black ink ownership to the fly-leaf. Repairs to hinges. Corners bumped, with rubbing to head and tail caps and a little toning to spine. Very good. Item #59808

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