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TROLLOPE, Anthony.. An Old Man's Love.. William Blackwood & Sons. 1884, 1884.
Price: US$317.65 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Half titles, 4pp ads vol. II. Untrimmed in orig. smooth plum cloth, at some point rebacked retaining orig. faded spine strips; a little dulled & rubbed. Labels removed from front boards. Trollope Society Catalogue 82; Sadleir 69. Trollope's last completed novel, An Old Man's Love is very much the product of its author's advancing years. At the centre of the work is William Whittlestaff, a character of advancing years and no little fortune. He forms an attachment with a much younger lady, but is compelled to reconsider the match when faced with the reality that her affections lie elsewhere.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
TROLLOPE, Anthony.. An Old Man's Love.. William Blackwood & Sons. 1884, 1884.
Price: US$317.65 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Half titles, 4pp ads vol. II. Untrimmed in orig. smooth plum cloth, at some point expertly rebacked retaining orig. darkened spine strips; a little dulled & rubbed. Rice's Library round labels on front boards, partially removed on vol. II. Trollope Society Catalogue 82; Sadleir 69.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Trollope,Anthony.. An Old Man's Love, Vol 1.. William Blackwood & Sons. Edin.& London 1884., 1884.
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Description: First Edition,First volume of Trollope's last novel,Red publishers cloth,first issue with small gold decoration on the front,gold titles.225pp.Spine rather faded although the title is still legible.A bit age soiled and end papers cracking along hinges.o/w quite good.
Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United Kingdom
Anthony Trollope. An Old Man's Love. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1884.
Price: US$634.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition of Anthony Trollope's touching and restrained posthumously published final novel. The two volume first edition of Anthony Trollope's posthumously published final novel.A lesser known work from this prominent Victorian era author, Trollope tells the tail of the titular 'old man' who becomes guardian to the penniless daughter of an old friend, and finds himself falling in love with her. She promises to marry him, but on the day of her engagement her long-lost suitor - the man she loves - returns.Retaining the original half titles. Bound without the four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of volume II.With the illustrated bookplate of Frank T. Paul to the front pastedown of each volume.A smart first edition of this tender tale of love and morality from Anthony Trollope. In half calf bindings with cloth covered boards. Fading to back strips, with rubbing to back strip heads and tails and joints, and board perimeters, resulting in losses to the leather. Boards bright. Illustrated book plate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. pages clean and bright. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$649.95 + shipping
Description: 2 vols: viii + 226 + vi + 219pp. + 4 page booklist small 8vo Red cloth, dark brown coated endpapers. 1st edition, 1st issue: 1/2 title in each vol. Gold-stamped diamond-shaped front cover ornament. Spines are lettered, in gold, "An/ Old Man's/ Love [line] Trollope" inside of a box, the volume #, and "W. Blackwood & Sons/ EdinB & London". Wolff 6788 Spines sunned, covers partially sunned & lightly soiled, front hinge Vol I very slightly cracked, Vol II binding cracked, but not broken at page 113; spine top of volume 2 lacks 1/2" x 5/16" piece, texts clean: Good+ to VG-.
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.