The Kickleburys On the Rhine

London: Smith Elder & Co, 1850. First edition. leather_bound. Full black morocco. Teg. Fine. [iv], 87, [1], [2 ad] pages. 18 x 14 cm. Hand-colored illustrated title page, frontispiece and 13 full-page plates. One of Thackeray's very popular Christmas books. Six titles were eventually published, between 1847-1855. This work satirizes the aristocracy of England and their frivolous way. Bound by Zahensdorf, raised bands, spine lettered with gilt arabesques and inner dentelles.