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He Knew He Was Right
by Trollope, Anthony
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Strahan and Company, Publishers, 1869 First edition. Late nineteenth/early twentieth century half red leather over marbled boards with brown morocco spine labels lettered and tooled in gilt. Marbled edges. . Two volumes, octavo. With thirty-two plates and thirty-two textual illustrations by Marcus Stone. Binding extremities lightly rubbed with a few minor chips to spine and boards. Spine slightly toned. Very minor foxing. A very good copy. Anthony Trollope's (1815-1882) He Knew He Was Right is a tragic work, which is about the failing marriage of an unreasonably jealousy husband and his stubborn, headstrong wife. Throughout the book, Trollope makes constant allusions to Othello. As is common in his fiction, there are several substantial subplots and secondary characters. Though he considered it a creative failure, He Knew He Was Right is one of Trollope's most well-known novels.
Synopsis
He Knew He Was Right is a 1869 novel written by Anthony Trollope which describes the failure of a marriage caused by the unreasonable jealousy of a husband exacerbated by the stubbornness of a willful wife. As is common with Trollope's works, there are also several substantial subplots. Trollope makes constant allusions to Shakespeare's Othello throughout the novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16340
- Title
- He Knew He Was Right
- Author
- Trollope, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Late nineteenth/early twentieth century half red leather over marbled boards with brown morocco spine labels lettered and tooled
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Strahan and Company, Publishers,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1869
- Pages
- iii-[xii], 384; iii-[xii], 384 pp.
- Size
- Two volumes, octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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