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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).

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	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:	----------	----------	----------

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NOTE: A fourth printing agrees with the third except at 18.2up measure, and at 31.2up Joseph;

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	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

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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.

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	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	----------

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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	----------

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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	----------	----------

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NOTE: A fourth printing agrees with the third except at 248.4 'Near

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	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	----------

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NOTE: A third state of the first printing agrees with the second state except at 309.11 knick-knacks,

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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

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	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

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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

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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]

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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

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	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

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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,

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	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		----------	----------

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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]