"The Virginians" by W.M. Thackeray, with illustrations on steel adn wood by author - Bradbury & Evans, London - 1858 first UK edition ( First issue, with 'actresses' for 'ancestresses' to page 207 and chapters 47 and 48 misnumbered. Illustrated throughout, with a frontispiece and twenty two plates to each volume) - 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, in half leather binding with some rubbing, owner's stamp to ffep, all plates present, page foxing. 'The Virginians' is an historical novel by Thackeray and forms a sequel to his novel 'Henry Esmond.' The work is set during the American War of Independence and follows Esmond's twin grandsons, George and Henry Warrington. The work has become a standard novel of nineteenth century fiction.