Chart III—Variants Within the First Edition of
Vanity
Fair
This chart provides a means of identifying the printing and sometimes
the state within a printing of individual sheets in Vanity Fair.
The variants are grouped under part numbers and, within parts, under
signatures. The first two columns represent the first and second states of the
first printing of each sheet (a third state of signatures X and FF is
distinguishable as indicated in notes under these signatures in the chart).
Columns three and four represent the second and third printings of each
sheet. A fourth printing is distinguishable for signatures C, L, R, Y, Z, and
QQ (as indicated in notes under each of these signatures in the
chart).
The second printing is always distinguishable from the first, even
when no variants occur (as in signature B), because it was printed from
stereotyped plates. When the illustration in signature Y (336.2-3) was
removed, text was reset and moved up to fill the gap—moving in the
process some text from Z to Y, hence the jagged delimiter between these
signatures in the chart. The third and fourth printings of signatures Y and
Z are distinguishable even though there are no variants because pages
336-340, newly reset for the third printing, were printed from type whereas
in the fourth printing plates were used.
When a reading remains unchanged from one state or printing to the
next, it is represented in the next column by a dash. When for a given
signature a printing is identifiable only by a change from type to stereotype
as a means of printing, the column will contain no changed readings but
will be represented by dashes. If the state or printing represented by a
column is not distinguishable in any way for a given signature, the column
is left blank. For example, for signature B, only one state of the first
printing can be distinguished, hence column two is blank; on the other
hand, though no variants were introduced in the second printing, made from
stereotyped plates, the second-printing column is represented by
dashes.
Anyone discovering a copy of a signature in the book which contains
changes in a pattern not fully represented by any one column (or its
attending notes) will have discovered a hitherto unknown printing or state
for that signature.
Entries marked by an asterisk (*) record changes which machine
collation suggests may have been made in the type before stereotyping;
however, no copy of the book printed from type with altered readings has
been seen confirming the priority of asterisked readings (see text footnote
13).
|
First Print. (from type) |
Printings from Stereo Plates |
Page.Line |
First State |
Second State |
Second Print. |
Third Print. |
Part #1 |
Sig. B |
1.[Title] |
[Rustic Type] |
|
---------- |
[Roman Type] |
1.[Sub-Title] |
[Roman Type] |
|
---------- |
[Gothic Type] |
8.17 |
only fifty |
|
---------- |
five and fifty |
9.42 |
had |
|
---------- |
with |
10.11 |
and her father |
|
---------- |
her father, |
10.16 |
pupil, |
|
---------- |
pupil; |
10.17 |
seen, |
|
---------- |
seen; |
10.17 |
free; |
|
---------- |
free, |
13.[run-title] |
WITHOUT A |
|
---------- |
WITHOUTA |
13.24 |
that she |
|
---------- |
as she |
13.1up |
Horse |
|
---------- |
Life |
15.14 |
harm trying." |
|
---------- |
harm in trying." |
Sig. C |
18.2up |
measure; |
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
19.23 |
Stycorax |
---------- |
---------- |
Sicorax |
24.23 |
"and |
---------- |
·'and |
---------- |
24.6up |
26, |
---------- |
---------- |
96, |
24.3up |
roguish; |
---------- |
---------- |
roguish, |
24.3up |
Amelia, |
---------- |
---------- |
Amelia; |
26.10 |
dining-room, |
---------- |
---------- |
dining-room,-- |
26.12 |
society, |
---------- |
---------- |
society;-- |
26.21 |
Christmas; |
---------- |
---------- |
Christmas: |
26.22 |
remembered |
---------- |
---------- |
he remembered |
27.35 |
great sigh. |
great / sigh. |
---------- |
---------- |
28.8 |
howdah |
---------- |
---------- |
seat |
28.1up |
[printer's widow] |
[end of ¶] |
---------- |
---------- |
29 |
[19 lines] |
[20 lines] |
---------- |
---------- |
30.5 |
hearth |
---------- |
---------- |
roof |
31.2up |
Joseph: |
---------- |
---------- |
---------- |
[_]
NOTE: A fourth printing agrees with the third except at
18.2up measure,
and at 31.2up Joseph;
|
First Print. (from type) |
Printings from Stereo Plates |
Page.Line |
First State |
Second State |
Second Print. |
Third Print. |
Part #2 |
Sig. D |
34.1up |
other. |
|
---------- |
other |
40.10-11 |
face? And what can Alderman Dobbin have amongst
fourteen?" |
|
face? |
---------- |
43.1up |
gaberdine, |
|
gabardine, |
---------- |
45.4 |
Devonshire |
|
D----- |
---------- |
45.8 |
Cupids, |
|
Cupids |
---------- |
45.14 |
Trent emille
|
|
Trent emille
|
---------- |
45.19 |
Devonshire!" |
|
D-----! |
---------- |
Sig. E |
50.18 |
foolth!" |
|
fools!" |
50.11up |
this fat bacchanalian |
|
Mr. Jos Sedley |
52.34 |
Glauber |
|
Gollop |
53.19 |
Glauber |
|
Gollop |
54.14 |
ran:-- |
|
ran-- |
55.14 |
Pinner, they're neither one thing nor t'other. |
|
Pinner, she remarked to the maid. |
55.3up |
James." |
|
James.' |
*58.1-2 |
Crawley's son, the |
|
Crawley, son of the |
*58.42 |
Shiverly |
|
Gaunt |
*60.2 |
I be |
|
I'm |
*60.3 |
baynt. |
|
aynt. |
*60.17 |
Crawley, |
|
Tinker, |
*61.31 |
orphan, |
|
baronet, |
*62.9 |
noise |
|
nose |
63.12 |
hath |
|
has |
63.14 |
What |
|
Where |
Part #3 |
Sig. F |
*66.17 |
Mudbury |
|
Leakington |
*66.36 |
Leakington |
|
Mudbury |
*66.45 |
Leakington |
|
Mudbury |
74.10 |
about |
|
about, |
75.29 |
Muttondown's |
|
Southdown's |
77.25 |
fortune equally |
|
inheritance |
Sig. G |
83.11 |
as Cornet and |
|
in the Life |
|
Lieutenant Crawley. |
|
Guards Green. |
*88.6 |
Crawley |
|
Crawley's |
*92.4 |
Petty |
|
Rawdon |
94.30 |
Rincer, |
|
Bowls, |
Part #4 |
Sig. H |
97.24 |
gift |
|
knack |
99.6up |
it's |
|
it is |
99.6up |
There's |
|
There is |
101.1up |
that
|
|
that |
101.1up |
to Heaven |
|
Te Deum |
104.40 |
correspondence |
|
correspondent |
105.18 |
alwayth |
|
always |
105.18 |
nonthenth |
|
nonsense |
105.18 |
thcandal |
|
scandal |
105.19 |
Othborne |
|
Osborne |
105.19 |
ith |
|
is |
108.30 |
carpenter |
|
weaver |
109.35 |
Maria:" |
|
Jane:" |
110.18 |
Maria." |
|
Jane." |
Sig. I |
113.9 |
Hulker |
|
Hulker's |
116.32 |
Fisher |
|
Firkin |
122.2 |
chicken that day. |
|
chicken. |
128.6 |
vort. |
|
vor't. |
|
First Print. (from type) |
Printings from Stereo Plates |
Page.Line |
First State |
Second State |
Second Print. |
Third Print. |
Part #5 |
Sig. K |
129.1up |
siad |
said |
---------- |
144.25 |
use |
---------- |
used |
Sig.L |
145.sig |
L [centered] |
|
---------- |
---------- |
147.sig |
L2 |
|
2 |
---------- |
149.23 |
Young Cornet and Lieutenant |
|
And young Lieutenant |
---------- |
151.page |
[Chapter heading has normal top margin] |
|
---------- |
---------- |
152.8-9 |
this worthy |
|
the worthy |
---------- |
152.33 |
honest, kind |
|
trembling |
---------- |
152.36 |
kind |
|
sad |
---------- |
153.3 |
good mother |
|
old mother |
---------- |
153.25 |
good old |
|
old |
---------- |
154.1 |
good kindly |
|
humiliated |
---------- |
156.5 |
done; |
|
---------- |
done, |
*156.38 |
Miss A. |
|
Miss Ann |
---------- |
*156.1up |
improved |
|
uproused |
---------- |
[_]
NOTE: A fourth printing agrees with the third except at
145.sig L [is on the right]
and 147.sig L2 [is restored]
and 151.page [Chapter heading flush with top margin]
and
156.5 done
Part #6 |
Sig. M |
165.22 |
all the particulars she could |
|
sundry strange particulars |
---------- |
167.13 |
know |
|
know, |
---------- |
173.14 |
ready; |
|
ready |
ready; [restored in heavier type] |
175.1up |
three |
|
and three |
---------- |
Sig. N |
180.5 |
Mahogany Charmer |
|
mahogany charmer |
*188.26 |
Osborne |
|
Sedley |
*188.32 |
Osborne |
|
Sedley |
191.12 |
marriage. And |
|
marriage; and |
191.15 |
here |
|
there |
Part #7 |
Sig. O |
202.35 |
stately |
---------- |
---------- |
state |
203.17 |
commission: |
---------- |
---------- |
commissions: |
206.20 |
young, favourite |
young favourite, |
---------- |
---------- |
Sig. P |
223.15up |
are |
|
ar |
Part #8 |
Sig. Q |
227.16 |
mother |
|
---------- |
parents |
232.15 |
friends |
|
---------- |
friend |
236.25 |
Flanagan's |
|
---------- |
Flanahan's |
236.27 |
Major-General |
|
---------- |
Mejor-General |
Sig. R |
242.11 |
This |
---------- |
---------- |
The |
244.3up |
soldier |
---------- |
---------- |
orderly |
247.35 |
of |
---------- |
---------- |
with |
247.37 |
company |
---------- |
---------- |
society |
248.4 |
"Near [normal quote] |
---------- |
---------- |
"Near [first quote lower] |
252.1up |
get |
gain |
---------- |
---------- |
254.9 |
shall |
shawl |
---------- |
---------- |
[_]
NOTE: A fourth printing agrees with the third except at
248.4 'Near
|
First Print. (from type) |
Printings from Stereo Plates |
Page.Line |
First State |
Second State |
Second Print. |
Third Print. |
Part #9 |
Sig. S |
259.19 |
below |
|
---------- |
above |
266.9up |
Allée-Verté! |
|
---------- |
Allée-Verte! |
Sig. T |
280.32 |
in her |
|
---------- |
in their |
280.4up |
Crawley had |
|
Crawley's horses had |
---------- |
Part #10 |
Sig. U |
289.20 |
be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel |
|
---------- |
be Lieutenant-Colonel |
293.11 |
given up all |
|
---------- |
but faint |
293.19 |
report says was once |
|
---------- |
was secretly |
294.4up |
the Grand Duchess |
|
---------- |
the Duchess |
295.7 |
[Randall reports the word worldty on this line; I have
not seen it in any copy examined.] |
296.4up |
worldty |
|
---------- |
worldly |
Sig. X |
305.5 |
buzz. |
---------- |
---------- |
'buzz.' |
309.3 |
Osborne |
Sedley |
---------- |
---------- |
309.11 |
knicknacks, |
---------- |
knick-knacks, |
---------- |
310.13up |
of— |
---------- |
---------- |
of the |
312.1 |
fight |
---------- |
---------- |
fights |
313.1 |
chance |
---------- |
a chance |
---------- |
[_]
NOTE: A third state of the first printing agrees with the
second state except at 309.11 knick-knacks,
Part #11 |
Sig. Y |
328.29-34 |
[¶] After a stay at Brussels, where they lived in good fashion,
with carriages and horses, and giving pretty little dinners at their hotel, the
Colonel and his lady again quitted that city, from which slander pursued
them as it did from Paris, and where it is said they left a vast amount of
debt behind them. Indeed, this is the way in which gentlemen who live
upon nothing a-year, make both ends meet. [¶] From Brussels,
Colonel |
|
---------- |
[¶] And so, Colonel |
331.3up |
salon |
|
---------- |
salons |
333.28 |
St. |
|
---------- |
Ste. |
333.37 |
Susan's |
|
---------- |
Jane's |
334.13 |
Mr. |
|
Mr |
---------- |
334.14 |
orphan; |
|
orphan, |
---------- |
336.1-end of sig. |
[original typesetting] |
|
[plated] |
[reset and printed from type] |
336.1 |
silk; |
|
---------- |
silk: |
336.2-3 |
[woodcut illustration of Lord Steyne] |
|
---------- |
[omitted] |
336.18 |
too; he's |
|
---------- |
too: "he's |
|
First Print. (from type) |
Printings from Stereo Plates |
Page.Line |
First State |
Second State |
Second Print. |
Third Print. |
Sig. Z |
337-340 |
[original typesetting] |
|
---------- |
336-340 [reset and printed from type] |
337.10 |
"Yes, |
|
---------- |
336.30 "Yes," |
337.10 |
I |
|
---------- |
336.30 "I |
338.2 |
loud; |
|
---------- |
337.22 loud: |
338.15 |
Minor |
|
---------- |
337.35 minor |
338.19 |
Father |
|
---------- |
337.39 father |
338.31 |
patronizingly |
|
---------- |
338.2 patronisingly |
338.16up |
fragrance, |
|
---------- |
338.5 fragrance |
338.45 |
splendor |
|
---------- |
338.16 splendour |
338.46 |
pink, |
|
---------- |
338.17 pink |
339.8 |
Minor |
|
---------- |
338.28 minor |
339.36 |
literary, and that |
|
---------- |
339.7 literary and that, |
339.41 |
to night |
|
---------- |
339.12 to-night |
340.15 |
said, |
|
---------- |
339.34 said |
340.29 |
Minor |
|
---------- |
339.48 minor |
342.3 |
horse |
|
---------- |
horse, |
342.3 |
rode |
|
---------- |
rode, |
350.8up |
IOU |
|
---------- |
IOU's |
[_]
NOTE: A fourth printing of Signatures Y and Z agrees with the
third printing except that pages 336-340 are printed from stereotyped
plates.
Part #12 |
Sig. AA |
363.23 |
Mr. Glauber, the surgeon, |
|
The family surgeon |
Sig. BB |
371.11up |
in |
|
n |
373.3 |
upon |
|
that |
376.17 |
her. The |
|
her: &c: the |
Part #13 |
Sig. CC |
385.19 |
away |
|
and |
---------- |
386.14 |
and that if |
|
and, if |
---------- |
391.25 |
Dobbins |
|
Dobbin |
---------- |
391.30 |
"dearest William" |
|
dearest William |
---------- |
394.8 |
Briggs' |
|
Briggs |
---------- |
395.12-11up |
to to his |
|
---------- |
to his |
399.1up |
"It 's |
|
"It's |
---------- |
Sig. DD |
403.31 |
Cabine |
---------- |
---------- |
Cabinet |
405.18 |
sneaked |
---------- |
bolted |
---------- |
405.6-5up |
[¶] Hunters arrived, from time to time, in charge of boys of the
boy Jack species—the young |
---------- |
[¶] Many young |
---------- |
405.5up |
hacks |
---------- |
hacks, |
---------- |
406.13 |
Will |
---------- |
Tom |
---------- |
409.7up |
submission, and Dalilah |
---------- |
submission. Dalilah |
---------- |
414.8 |
restlessly, still |
---------- |
restlessly still, |
---------- |
414.30 |
dinners, |
dinners: |
---------- |
---------- |
Part #14 |
Sig. EE |
[No alterations] |
Sig. FF |
434.1up |
tired of |
tired o |
tired of [restored] |
[_]
NOTE: A third state of the first printing reads:
tired
Part #14 |
Sig. GG |
458.14-13up |
Agamemnon |
|
AGAMEMNON |
459.1 |
an d [#] |
|
an d a |
|
First Print. (from type) |
Printings from Stereo Plates |
Page.Line |
First State |
Second State |
Second Print. |
Third Print. |
Sig. HH |
[No alterations] |
Part #16 |
Sig. II |
481.1up |
read |
|
made |
---------- |
482.22 |
gentleman,— |
|
gentleman, |
---------- |
482.22 |
word, |
|
word,-- |
---------- |
482.36 |
tattoo |
|
tune |
---------- |
483.17up |
Jane |
|
Jane, |
---------- |
484.4-3up |
the the suburbs |
|
---------- |
the suburbs |
Sig. KK |
497.4 |
Behanged! these |
---------- |
Behanged to these |
499.10 |
a--fool |
---------- |
a d—fool |
500.35 |
Macbeth |
---------- |
Southdown |
502.3up |
in his pompous manner, |
---------- |
in pompous orations |
503.9up |
leaving |
---------- |
he left |
505.7 |
cost, as to his mother, saying he |
---------- |
cost, saying that he |
505.8 |
to her. |
---------- |
to his mother. |
510.1 |
thram |
thrum |
---------- |
510.19 |
miserable |
---------- |
faded |
Part #17 |
Sig. LL |
514.2 |
"it |
|
(it |
514.3 |
window." |
|
window.) |
514.5up |
wages. Sisters |
|
wages,—sisters |
517.27 |
youngster |
|
youngsters |
521.24 |
that perennially |
|
which perennially |
523.9 |
Ten |
|
Long |
Sig. MM |
536.3 |
an harsh |
|
a harsh |
---------- |
536.27 |
cot; Miss |
|
cot as Miss |
---------- |
536.41 |
time; |
|
time |
time, |
543.7 |
dandy |
|
dandies |
---------- |
Part #18 |
Sig. NN |
550.8up |
was affected |
|
was pleased |
555.3up |
Mr. |
|
Mrs. |
560.1up |
the German |
|
German |
Sig. OO |
561.1 |
Palatinate: in |
|
Palatinate. In |
571.6up |
the Elephant, |
|
the Pariser Hof, |
Part #19-20 |
Sig. PP |
579.7-8 |
certain debts and the insurance of his life; |
|
certain outstanding debts and liabilities, |
579.17 |
make |
|
take |
580.5up |
Hornby |
|
Horner |
585.3 |
à vipère
|
|
a vipère
|
587.5-4up |
and at his lordship's side was |
|
and near his lordship was |
588.18up |
Fenouil, |
|
Fiche, |
588.1oup |
Fenouil,— |
|
Fiche,— |
589.1 |
Fenouil's |
|
Fiche's |
589.21 |
in the cushions |
|
on the cushions |
589.29 |
Fenouil |
|
Fiche |
589.33 |
Fenouil |
|
Fiche |
589.35 |
Finelli |
|
Ficci |
590.2 |
Grey |
|
White |
590.20 |
Fenouil, |
|
Fiche, |
592.1 |
sonorous |
|
sournois
|
592.3up |
94, |
|
90, |
|
First Print. (from type) |
Printings from Stereo Plates |
Page.Line |
First State |
Second State |
Second Print. |
Third Print. |
Sig. QQ |
593.1 |
92, |
|
---------- |
92 |
593.7 |
Fitz |
|
Fritz |
---------- |
598.1-2 |
such as |
|
like |
---------- |
598.5up |
acceptances, |
|
acceptance, |
---------- |
601.7up |
seemed to be |
|
also was |
---------- |
601.6up |
might have |
|
certainly |
---------- |
602.4 |
William, he was |
|
William was |
---------- |
602.29 |
look, |
|
look; |
---------- |
602.29a |
and |
|
and, |
---------- |
602.30 |
place; |
|
place, |
---------- |
603.11up |
pure, |
|
pure,— |
---------- |
604.8 |
Jos eagerly |
|
Mr. Sedley |
---------- |
605.12up |
hearing—Tufto, |
|
hearing the tale. Tufto, |
---------- |
605.7up |
Mrs. Sedley |
|
Mr. Sedley |
---------- |
607.10 |
even |
|
---------- |
---------- |
607.12 |
Major |
|
---------- |
---------- |
[_]
NOTE: A fourth printing agrees with the third except at
607.10 eve
and at 607.12 Majo
Sig. RR |
617.21up |
Captain |
|
and Captain |
617.20up |
day at |
|
day on |
617.9up |
him |
|
him
|
621.15 |
scenes; |
|
scenes,— |
623.11up |
payment: invited |
|
payment. They invited |
623.10up |
examination: declared |
|
examination, they declared |
624.imprint |
[present] |
|
[omitted] |