Doctor Birch and His Young Friends by Thackeray, William Makepeace - 1857

D. Appleton and Co., 1857. Hardcover. Very Good. Faded Brown cloth covered boards w/ embossed decor. Gold embossed pictorial scene & title. Corners worn through. Several pencil names & inscript on free endpaers Mild foxing scattered throughout. Much illustration ( pen & ink ?) 49 pages. 10 pp ads at rear. 6" x 7 3/4"

D. Appleton and Company, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A good+ copy in cloth (large chip to top of spine; wear to spine head; slight rubbing to covers; previous owner's bookplate). small 8vo [4],49pp+ Includes engraved frontis and title (with pseudonym 'M.A. Titmarsh'); 10pp publisher's catalogue at rear (undated).16 b/w Illustrations.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, 2004-06. Paperback. Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, 2004-06-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

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New York, New York: D. Appleton & Co. , 1853. Edge and corner wear; no dj; corners are bumped and rubbed; front board is detached from the spine; foxing; lightly scuffed and scratched; some shelf wear; former owner's library label is affixed to the inner front cover; part of the title portion of the head of the spine has frayed away; overall still a very very rare and collectible used FIRST AMERICAN EDITION! Decorative green boards with gilt lettering on the spine and gilt lettering and illustration on the front board! 49 unmarked and uncreased magical and historical pages of text and 14 wonderful pages of historic black and white illustrations! "There is no need to say why I became Assistant Master and Professor of the English and French language, flower-painting, and the German flute, in Doctor Birch's Academy, at Rodwell Regis. Good folks may depend on this that there was good reason for my leaving lodgings near London, and a genteel society, for an under-master's desk in that… Read More

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1853. 12mo. [4], 49, [1] pp., plus 10 pp. publ. ads. Engraved frontisp., illustrated title, 14 plates. Three-quarter blue polished calf, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., raised bands, gilt & red morocco spine labels (slight sunning to spine, very minor shelfwear), VG copy, w/ former owner’s card laid-in. First edition, early printing of this nicely bound copy of Thackeray’s 3rd Christmas work.