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TROLLOPE, Anthony. John Caldigate (in 3 volumes bound as one). Chapman and Hall, 1879.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Description: 1879 3 volumes combined as one volume, released same year as 1st edition; binding tight but slightly fragile; bound in slightly discoloured dark red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and black designs to front; blind-stamped border to back panel; corners and spine edges frayed; tiny tear on spine through 'p' in Trollope; hinges worn - front hinge torn at top; fore-edge of front panel has a small, semi-circular piece taken out of it. Page fore-edges darkened with light foxing to bottom page fore-edge. Internally, light foxing and discolouration spots scattered throughout but text clear and readable. An interesting old book. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
TROLLOPE, Anthony.. John Caldigate.. Chapman & Hall. 1879, 1879.
Price: US$352.90 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Half title in vol. I only. Three volumes in one in orig. brown publisher's cloth, blocked in black, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. creased. Ownership inscription of Ernest M. Shepherd in ink on leading f.e.p. & title. Trollope Society Catalogue 62; Sadleir 55. First appeared serially in Blackwood's Magazine April 1878 - June 1879. The three-in-one remainder was issued in the same year as the first edition. Sadleir mentions a scarlet and green secondary binding; we have also seen copies in blue. The novel follows the fortunes of John Caldigate, who, upon losing his fortune through riotous living in the UK, attempts to restore his riches in the mining industry in New South Wales.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
TROLLOPE, Anthony.. John Caldigate.. Chapman & Hall. 1879, 1879.
Price: US$395.25 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Half title in vol. I only. 3 vols in 1 in orig. brown publisher's cloth, blocked in black, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. creased. Trollope Society Catalogue 62; Sadleir 55. First appeared serially in Blackwood's Magazine April 1878 - June 1879. The three-in-one remainder was issued in the same year as the first edition. Sadleir mentions a scarlet and green secondary binding; we have also seen copies in blue. The novel follows the fortunes of John Caldigate, who, upon losing his fortune through riotous living in the UK, attempts to restore his riches in the mining industry in New South Wales.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
TROLLOPE, Anthony.. John Caldigate.. Chapman & Hall. 1879, 1879.
Price: US$395.25 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Half title in vol. I only. 3 vols in 1 in orig. brown publisher's cloth, blocked in black, spine lettered in gilt; one or two small marks, spine sl. creased. Trollope Society Catalogue 62; Sadleir 55. First appeared serially in Blackwood's Magazine April 1878 - June 1879. The three-in-one remainder was issued in the same year as the first edition. Sadleir mentions a scarlet and green secondary binding; we have also seen copies in blue. The novel follows the fortunes of John Caldigate, who, upon losing his fortune through riotous living in the UK, attempts to restore his riches in the mining industry in New South Wales.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
TROLLOPE Anthony. John Caldigate. Chapman & Hall 1879, 1879.
Price: US$615.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: three volumes, contemporary half-leather over marbled boards, raised bands, decorated in gilt, leather labels, minor rubbing, scattered spotting and marginal soiling, bookplate front free endpapers, a nice set. first edition; 290, 296 and 302 pages
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Trollope, Anthony. JOHN CALDIGATE. In Three Volumes [in one]. , 1879.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Description: London: Chapman & Hall, 1879. Original scarlet cloth decorated in black. First Edition, third binding state (three-volumes-in-one), of this adventurous tale. "The plot is one of his most interesting, ingenious, elaborate, and unexpected" [Walpole]. John Caldigate goes to Australia to seek his fortune in the gold mines, and winds up living with one Euphemia Smith; after his return to England and his subsequent marriage, Euphemia tracks him down to blackmail him, saying he was already married to her. A postal clerk, of all people, carries the day by proving that an envelope addressed by Caldigate to Euphemia as "Mrs. Caldigate" is a forgery. In all, one of Trollope's better yarns -- featuring, in a way, himself! (Trollope began as a postal clerk at age 19 (in 1834), and continued rising in the organization until 1866; he is credited as being an originator of the British circular red postal box, after the postal service sent him to the Channel Islands to come up with a better way for residents to mail their letters; he adapted what he had seen in Paris.) The primary binding was three volumes in lilac-grey cloth decorated in black; there was subsequently a secondary binding of three volumes in dark green cloth; this was in turn followed by this binding of three-volumes-in-one in scarlet cloth. These various binding states indicate that the book did not sell well; there was only this one printing of the first edition. The volume has 888 pages of text (290+296+302); all three title and Contents pages are included, but there is only one half-title at the beginning (as is proper for this binding). It is in very good-plus condition, with remarkably little wear for such a hefty volume. The spine is faded, as usual for bright red cloth, and there is a crease down the middle of it -- again, a frequent trait of three-in-one bindings; the original pale-yellow endpapers are glued at the gutter so the volume remains tight. Sadleir (TROLLOPE) 55: he ranks JOHN CALDIGATE in the highest of four levels of scarcity among Trollope's works -- specifically, twelfth of the 53 titles. So -- this is a scarce original binding state of a scarce Trollope title.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Trollope, Anthony. JOHN CALDIGATE. In Three Volumes. Chapman & Hall, London, 1879.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, triple-decker. Vol. 1. 290 pp. [vi]; Vol 2. 296 pp. [vi]; Vol. 3 [vi]. 3 vols. 8vo. FIRST EDITION OF "JOHN CALDIGATE" (TRIPLE-DECKER). Marble boards in green half leather, gilt titles on banded spine, and GTE. Owner's contemporary ink name on half-title page of each volume, spines are evenly browned (green leather has age-toned to a uniform brown), few light scuff marks at extremities of bindings, first and last four leaves of volume 2 (only) have early, light dampstaining at fore-edge margins, else a very good set, with the bindings bright, and text of all three volumes otherwise very fresh and clean Vol. 1. 290 pp. [vi]; Vol 2. 296 pp. [vi]; Vol. 3 [vi]. 3 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
TROLLOPE, Anthony.. John Caldigate.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1879.
Price: US$1503.14 + shipping
Description: Three volumes bound in one. First edition, remainder issue. 8vo., orig. green cloth stamped in black and gilt, vi, 290; vi, 296; vi, 302pp. With the half title in volume one only. Some light rubbing o/w near fine. Sadleir A55, notes.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Anthony Trollope. John Caldigate. Chapman and Hall, London, 1879.
Price: US$1732.41 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition of Anthony Trollope's three volume novel about a man accused of bigamy by his former mistress. A novel published in the latter part of Trollope's career, this work tells the tale of the titular character, who stands trial on the charge of bigamy on the testimony of his former mistress.The first edition of this work.Complete in three volumes, in the publisher's original cloth, retaining the original half titles.First serialized in Blackwood's magazine between April 1878 and June 1879, Sadleir notes that this work 'was never reprinted in its original three-volume form' after the first edition.Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was a Victorian writer, most famous for his series 'The Chronicles of Barsetshire', which made acute observations of Victorian life. He wrote on political, social, gender, and other topical themes.Containing a previous owner's light ink signature to the half title page in each volume, undated. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, shelf wear to the boards and bumping to the heads and tails of the spines and extremities. Some fading to the cloth binding. A previous owner's ink signature to the half title page of each volume. Internally, binding is generally firm. A few handling marks to the pages, which are otherwise bright and clean. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
TROLLOPE, Anthony.. John Caldigate. In Three Volumes.. London: Chapman & Hall, 1879, 1879.
Price: US$1924.90 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form of this novel drawing on Trollope's travels in Australia. First serialized in Blackwood's Magazine from April 1878 to June 1879, it was issued in book form simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic, with a single-volume edition for the US. Sadleir notes that "John Caldigate was never reprinted in its original three-volume form", and that "this novel ranks. in the tally of Trollope scarcities" (p. 309). Sadleir, Trollope 55. 3 volumes, octavo. Original purple-grey cloth, titles in gilt to spines, variant designs blocked in black to front boards and in blind to rear, pale yellow endpapers. Pictorial bookplate of Reginald Vaughan Esq. of Glen Trothy to front pastedowns, and with his neat ink ownership inscription dated 1881 to front free endpapers. A hint of wear, the bindings otherwise bright, hinges of vol. 1 cracked but firm, slightly shaken, internally clean; a very good set.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom