London, England, UK: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1899. First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. This collection includes nearly every major work by English novelist and illustrator William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863). Thackeray was a satirist, parodist, & humorist born in British India, and he arrived in England at the age of 4 after his father died, leaving his mother in India. Thackeray squandered his inheritance on gambling and unsuccessful newspapers endeavors, but once..... More