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London: Chapman and Hall, 1869. Collection of Works. London: [1869-77]. 90 octavo volume, 43 titles. All first editions. Handsomely bound for Southern by Riviere in an art noveu style binding. Half blue morocco over blue cloth. Elaborately gilt-stamped on spines. Top edge gilt. A few headcaps repaired and a few covers have been professionally re-attached. Overall, a very handsome set. Titles are as follows: 1857 Barchester Towers. 3 Vols. First ed Pub by Longman, Brown, Green. Longmans, & Roberts 1858 The Three Clerks. 3 Vols. First Ed Pub by Richard Bentley 1860 Castle Richmond. 3 Vols. First Ed. Pub by Chapman & Hall 1861 Framley Parsonage. 3 Vols. 6 Illus. by J.E. Millais Pub by Smith, Elder and Co. 1861 Tales of All Countries. Firs Ed. Pub by Chapman and Hall 1863 Tales of All Countries. Second Series. 1864 The Small House At Allington. 18 illus. by J.E. Millais 2 Vols. First Ed. Pub by Smith Elder and Co. 1865 Hunting Sketches. First ed. of reprint (reprinted from Pall Mall Gazette.) Pub… Read More

London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans; Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts; Chapman & Hall; Smith, Elder & Co, 1855-64. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5"; 7" by 4.5"; 8" by 5"; 9" by 6". J. E. Millais. A striking set of the first editions of four popular Barsetshire Chronicle novels by Anthony Trollope, beautifully presented here in a Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding. Four of the Chronicles of Barsetshire novels uniformly bound.The first editions of these works, 'The Small House at Allington' being the first edition in book form.Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.'The Chronicles of Barsetshire' is a series of novels set in the fictional county of Barsetshire, and its cathedral town, Barchester. The novels deal with the issues of the clergy and gentry, as well as the political and social problems of the day.This series is considered to be Trollope's finest works.'The Warden', published in 1855, complete in one volume. Bound without adverts.'Barchester Towers', published in… Read More

London: Smith, Elder and Co.; John Murray, 1933. Hardcover. Good. Magazine. 105 bound volumes and 98 individual issues in wrappers. Octavos. A long run from 1860-1933 of this famous Victorian literary magazine known for debuting the works of many important English writers. The set includes volumes 1-29 (January 1860-June 1874), 34-114 (July 1876-December 1916), and volumes 125-129 (January 1922-June 1924) bound in contemporary publisher's cloth or full linen boards. Also included are 98 monthly issues (numbers 337-450) in the original printed wrappers (July 1924-December 1933, lacking July 1930, and May, November, and December 1931). Among the many complete works included in this long run are the first appearances of *Framley Parsonage*, *The Claverings*, and two other novels by Trollope, as well as Thackeray's *The Adventures of Philip* and his complete column: "Roundabout Papers." Other works from the 1860s include *Romola* by George Eliot, *Wives and Daughters* by Elizabeth Gaskell, *Armadale* by… Read More

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. Rare first editions, first issue of one of Trollope's most important novels. Octavo, original cloth, blind stamped boards. Half-title present in Volume I, brick-red endpapers with advertisements. Sadleir 5. Bookplates of Oliver Brett on front free endpapers and of Duff Cooper on versos. In near fine condition. Each volume is housed in a three quarter calf clamshell box. Uncommon set in the original cloth of one of Trollope's most important novels.

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1867. 2 volumes. First edition and first printing other then when serialized in Cornhill Magazine. Illustrated with sixteen wood-engraved plates after M. Ellen Edwards, two of which are frontispieces. Tall 8vos, in the publisher's original handsome Victorian decorated cloth, this is scarcer of the two variants noted by Sadleir, with the decoration in gilt and black as opposed to gilt and blind. Sadleir notes, "I do not know which style is earlier, but would, on general principles, incline to favour that with the additional black-blocking..." The volumes are gilt and black decorated and elaborately lettered on the upper covers and spines in a stylized arabesque motif, the rear covers decorated in blind only, both volumes with original brown endpapers. The volumes now housed in two matching slipcases, each with a morocco labeled chemise gilt lettered. [ii], 313, [2 ads]; [ii], 309, [2 ads] pp. An exceptional set, very beautifully preserved, the paper fresh and… Read More

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1864. 2 volumes. First edition, with the first printing points "hobbledehoya" page. 33, line 1 and page 70 paginated as "0." in Volume I. With the provenance of William Marchbank with his armorial bookplate. With eighteen illustrations on plates by J. E. Millais, R.A. Tall 8vos, in the publisher's original textured green cloth, all boards handsomely embossed in blind in botanic motif, the upper covers with a large central gilt vignette featuring lettering and floral vines around caged birds, the spines beautifully gilt lettered and decorated in fine Victorian style in a country motif, with brown endpapers printed with ads in black. Now housed in a green cloth slipcase. iv, 312; iv, 316 pp. A very bright and attractive copy well preserved in original state, the text very fresh and clean, a little inconsequential evidence of age or mellowing at the prelims or endleaves, the cloth with a little expected rubbing or age evidence but still very bright with bright gilt,… Read More

1867. Edwards, M. Ellen. [fine and bright] With Sixteen Illustrations by M. Ellen Edwards. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1867. 2 pp undated ads in each volume. Original green cloth elaborately decorated in black and gilt, board edges beveled. First Edition of these adventures of Harry Clavering, beginning with Julia Brabazon jilting him in favor of a wealthy old debauchee. It is a novel of atmosphere, and the atmosphere is of that sort very dangerous for the English novelist...; the green-lighted, close-scented gambling rooms, the shabby adventures of half-deserted spas, the shelving beaches of foreign watering-places, concealed accents, stolen passports, impoverished counts and impertinent ladies' maids... [Walpole, quoted in Gerould] Trollope himself later recalled that "I consider the story as a whole to be good, though I am not aware that the public ever corroborated that verdict." There were no subsequent two-volume editions following this first one. Sadleir notes two very similar binding… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1879. Fine Binding. Near Fine. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A fine Bayntun-Riviere set of Anthony Trollope's noted series 'The Chronicles of Barsetshire'. With an illustrated frontispiece to  all volumes.Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist, with the Chronicles of Barsetshire being his best known works, as well as 'The Warden' and 'The Way We Live Now'. Set in the fictional county of Barsetshire, it comprises six novels published between 1855 and 1867. It remains popular with critics, with the realistic presentation of the county and its characters receiving praise.Comprising all eight volumes of this series issued by Chapman and Hall: The Last Chronicle of Barset (2 Vols), Doctor Thorne, The Small House at Allington (2vol), Framley Parsonage, The Warden and Barchester Towers (2vol). A truly wonderful set of this work, bound by Bayntun-Riviere, with their stamp to the verso of front endpaper. In half crushed morocco bindings. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1859. 3 volumes. First edition. 8vo, original publisher's brown cloth, the boards decorated in blind, the spines sometime very expertly rebacked but retaining the original blind-decorated and gilt lettered spine panels. Now housed in a very handsome custom clamshell box of marbled paper backed in dark brown morocco gilt lettered and banded. iv, 335; iv, 344; iv, 331pp. A very handsome set, the cloth especially well preserved with the restoration done being extremely discreet and unobtrusive, the text much nicer than is typically found, the paper clean and fresh with any spotting being only very occasion and extremely minor, everything tight and sound, a superior copy to set to any other we are aware of currently in commerce. A VERY SCARCE TROLLOPE FIRST EDITION, AND QUITE RARE INDEED. IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. One of the author's most elusive works, The Bertrams is an unusual novel of world travel, matrimony, money, social strata, and relationships. "...perhaps… Read More

TROLLOPE, Anthony. The Last Chronicle of Barset. Original pictorial wrappers, housed in custom cloth clamshell box. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1866-1867. 32 original parts. Sadleir 26. First edition in 32 weekly parts. Advertisements conform to Sadleir, lacking only three "non-compulsory" inserts. This is the only Barsetshire novel issued in parts. A very good unrestored set.

1876. TROLLOPE, Anthony. The Prime Minister. Original cloth, housed in two custom cloth clamshell boxes. London: Chapman & Hall, 1876. 4 Vols. First edition. Sadleir 45. Not in Wolff. Cloth lightly scuffed, light occasional foxing to Vol. One, else a very good or better set.

1879. [inscribed to Cardinal Manning] London: Macmillan and Co., 1879. 2 pp undated ads. Original red cloth decorated in black. First Edition, being the ninth volume in the "English Men of Letters" series edited by John Morley. This copy has the ad leaf in the earliest state, listing nine of the titles (including this one) as "Ready" and SPENSER as "In the Press." Condition is very good (moderate wear at the spine ends, front endpaper cracked). Sadleir (TROLLOPE) 54. This is an inscribed presentation copy from Trollope, with the following inscription in Trollope's hand at the top of the title page: "His Eminence Cardinal Manning | with the author's regards". On the title page there is an inkstamp, and on the front pastedown a bookplate, "Ex Oblatorum S Caroli... Bibliotheca" and bearing the word "humilitas." This was the Oblates of St. Charles, centered at St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Church in Bayswater (whose motto is "humilitas"). Quoting from the Manning papers at Emory University, Henry… Read More

, 8 uniform volumes, with original grey paper wrappers from the 8 monthly parts bound in at front and rear, volume 1 includes 8-page publisher's catalogue at front [dated October 1875], First state, Sadleir pg 153-154

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [3], iv, [1], 2-336, [1], 2-24 (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Brown publisher's cloth with decorations in blind and gold lettering on the spine. Coated yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Housed in a custom slipcase with marbled inner papers. Sadleir 16-17. Trollope Society, "The Warden". The publisher's catalog is dated September of 1854. Extraordinarily difficult to find in exceptional condition. The first of the Barset novels to be published, Trollope's Warden deals with zealous reformers pitted against the traditions of the Anglican Clergy. Trollope's favorite motifs of morality and tradition pitted against selfishness are explored, in a quiet, subtle Victorian setting. A bookplate on the front pastedown.

Oxford, Boston & New York: Basil Blackwell and Houghton Mifflin Co, 1928. The Shakespeare Head Edition. Leather Bound. Very good/Very good. Charles S. Olcott. Oxford, Boston & New York: Basil Blackwell and Houghton Mifflin Co., 1928. Charles S. Olcott. The Shakespeare Head Edition. Leather Bound. H: 9 1/4", D: 6 1/2", W: 1 1/2" 14 Volumes. Anthony Trollope, The.....

Oxford, Boston & New York: Basil Blackwell & Houghton Mifflin Co, 1929. Shakespeare Head edition. Volume one with clipped and mounted sheet with five lines of manuscript in Trollope's hand from an essay on International Copyright, "shall be ready enough to welcome as additional blessings justice for literature between those countries and our own, but with America! As regards literature, American and England" [are one]. Complete in 14 volumes. Frontispieces, some in color. Bound at the Riverside Press in three-quarter brown morocco and cloth, spines gilt, top edges gilt. Near Fine with spots of wear and rubbing to cloth, hint of sunning to spines, some leaves unopened. An attractive set.A desirable fine press edition of Trollope's novels, including his autobiography.

London, Strahan And Company, 1869. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound both in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with gilt cross-bands and titling. An uncommonly good example - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 0 pages; Description: 2 v. Illus. 22 cm. Subjects: Husbands--Fiction. Married people--Fiction. Form/Genre: Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. Sadleir, 31. Illustrations listed as appearing at p. 304 of vol. I and at p. 206 of vol. II, ordinarily used as frontispieces, are inserted at their respective pages. Sadleir notes only one copy in this state.

London: [printed by George E. Eyre & William Spottiswoode], 1857 [plus undated ephemera]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. [Varies by item included]. As noted above, this listing includes (i) a notable work of postal information on London and its Post Office Districts, (ii) an original commemorative Irish stamp featuring Anthony Trollope, and (iii) an ORIGINAL SURVEYOR'S CARD SIGNED BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE (who served as a Postal Surveyor in Ireland, the place where he first came to happiness after having a miserable youth during which he had thought about suicide). The book itself is quite uncommon to the market and the Surveyor card [to which someone later added "Novelist" in red ink] is QUITE SCARCE and is ABSOLUTELY RARE WHEN SIGNED BY TROLLOPE................London was first divided into postal districts in 1857-1858, to a plan devised by Sir Rowland Hill in 1856 – a circle of roughly twelve miles radius from the General Post Office in St. Martin’s-le-Grand being split into ten… Read More

Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1929. One of 525 sets, this being a DELUXE COPY, WITH A PAGE OF MANUSCRIPT. Illustrated throughout with photogravures of Barsetshire by Charles S. Olcott, the frontispiece of each volume in two states, one HANDCOLORED. 14 vols. 8vo. Original three quarter brown morocco and cloth, joints slightly rubbed, one head neatly repaired. One of 525 sets, this being a DELUXE COPY, WITH A PAGE OF MANUSCRIPT. Illustrated throughout with photogravures of Barsetshire by Charles S. Olcott, the frontispiece of each volume in two states, one HANDCOLORED. 14 vols. 8vo. With a Remarkable Page of Manuscript, Mentioning Tauchnitz. With a remarkable Autograph Manuscript fragment inlaid to size and bound in, reading: "name is a part of Prussia; - and that convention with Saxony has been especially valuable to English authors, for it has enabled them to deal on fair and reciprocal terms with that most energetic of publishers, Baron [Tauchnitz]". The reference to "that most… Read More

London: Ward, Lock & Co, 1881. The New Edition of the Works of Anthony Trollope. Octavo, 28 volumes bound into 14 in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red and brown morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Best known for his Chronicles of Barsetshire, Victorian era English novelist Anthony Trollope was a prolific writer, publishing dozens of novels addressing current political, social, and gender issues. Writers such as William Thackeray, George Eliot and Wilkie Collins admired and befriended Trollope, praising his understanding of the quotidian world of institutions, official life, and daily business.