A good long run of the dominant magazine of the Victorian Era in good condition. ‘Vanity Fair’ was an English magazine published weekly in London between 1868 and 1914 and considered to be the literary and social voice of Victorian and Edwardian Britain. From 1869 to 1914, each issue featured a noteworthy national or international personality as a caricature, which was accompanied by a witty and sometimes biting biographical sketch. Famous artists who contributed are Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), who studied at Eton and then the Royal Academy and published under the pen name Spy, for who Vanity Fair will remain synonymous. He also contributed to the ‘World Magazine’ 1910-11. Others include Carlo Pellegrini (1839-89), Max Beerbohm (1872-1956), James Tissot (1836-1902) and the American Thomas Nast (1840-1902). Provenance: with the bookplate of James O’Byrne. Arlott (1952); Matthews & Mellini (1982); Naylor (1965); Savory (1979); Ward (1915).