Lot 173
  • 173

Trollope, Anthony

Estimate
2,000 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • Trollope, Anthony
  • First editions of five later novels:
  • Paper
John Caldigate. London: Chapman & Hall, 1879, 3 volumes, first edition, half-titles, publisher's lilac-grey silk-grained cloth, covers blocked in blind and black, spines lettered in gilt, pale yellow endpapers, modern folding box, slight browning and spotting, some wear to hinges, covers very slightly rubbed, spines slightly chipped at head and foot; Doctor Wortle's School. London: Chapman & Hall, 1881, 2 volumes, publisher's greenish-grey silk-grained cloth blocked in gold and black, pale yellow end-papers, modern folding box, slightly browned, spine ends lightly bumped; Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices. London: Wm. Isbister, Ltd., 1882, publisher's bright blue sand-grained cloth, blocked in black, dark greyish-chocolate endpapers, occasional slight spotting, covers slightly scuffed; The Fixed Period. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882, 2 volumes, publisher's smooth dark red cloth, covers and spine blocked in gold, modern folding box, subscription library label pasted to front fixed endpaper, pencil signature on first page of text volume 1, hinges slightly weak, some wear to endpapers, covers slightly scuffed, spines bumped at head and foot; The Land Leaguers. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883, 3 volumes, half-titles, publisher's smooth dark green cloth, covers blocked in dull yellow, spines decorated in yellow and lettered in gold, white endpapers, modern folding box, small tear to upper margin of volume 3 p.15, occasional slight browning, covers scratched and scuffed in places, spines bumped at head and foot; 8vo, 11 volumes in all

Literature

Sadleir, Trollope, 55, 59, 61, 62, 68

Condition

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