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Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: Finely bound collection of Trollope's Mr. Scarborough's Family and An Old Man's Love. Octavo, five volumes uniformly bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine. In good condition. Bookplates. 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.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Trollope, Anthony. MR. SCARBOROUGH'S FAMILY. In Three Volumes. , 1883.
Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Description: London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. 32 pp Vol I ads dated March 1883. Original blue-green cloth decorated in reddish-brown. First Edition of this novel about a man who valued his estate above his honor, and who accordingly tried to have his cake and eat it too. "He was luxurious and self-indulgent, and altogether indifferent to the opinion of those around him" (from the novel). John Scarborough, owner of a large landed property in Hertfordshire, resented the restrictions of the law of entail [predetermined succession of estate]. He accordingly devised a scheme whereby he was able by a double marriage, one before and one after the birth of his eldest son, to declare him illegitimate or not, as the future might make desirable. [Gerould] It is not hard to imagine the subterfuge and treachery this scheme creates between father, elder son and younger son. MR. SCARBOROUGH'S FAMILY first appeared serially in "All The Year Round," running weekly from May 1882 to June 1883, during which span (December 1882) Trollope died; this three-decker was published posthumously in May 1883. As with most Victorian three-decker novels, it was priced at 31s. 6d. but was offered at a steep discount to the lending libraries, so that most people could not afford to buy it but would rather have to rent it. This is a bright, near-fine set. There is, on the lower front cover of each volume, very faint evidence of the prior presence of library labels (like most copies). Otherwise the only flaws of note are a small scar on the Vol I spine, and the presence throughout the text of numerous ink-stamps of a Harrogate bookseller (most likely the original "lending library"). That said, the bindings are clean, the gilt is bright, and the volumes are quite free of wear -- the volumes have NOT been re-cased or re-backed, and the original endpapers remain intact. In all, rather remarkable condition for a novel that was produced for lending libraries to be rented out fortnightly and "read to death." Sadleir (Trollope) 66; Wolff did not have a copy.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Trollope, Anthony. Mr. Scarborough's Family. Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, London, 1883.
Price: US$2056.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In 3 vols.; Victorian three decker novel; publisher's original smooth green-blue cloth; blocked on front with design in brown; and on back with Publisher's monogram; lettering in gilt on spines; gilt is bright; top edges uncut; [308] pages plus 32 pages of publisher's ads in Vol. 1; ads are dated March 1883; half titles in all volumes; [328] and [328]; slightest of shelf rubbing; light age toning on prelims; no previous owner's signatures or inscriptions; light scuff mark on front of vol.2 and 3; inner joints professionally strengthened; there are no traces of lending library labels ever being attached; printer's imprint Charles Dickens And Evans, Crystal Palace at bottom of last page of text in each volume; a very good set. Sadleir ( Trollope ) 66.
Seller: Reeve & Clarke Books (ABAC / ILAB), South River, ON, Canada
Trollope, Anthony. Mr. Scarborough's Family. Chatto & Windus, London, 1883.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Issue of each book in this three volume set. The books are in great shape with light wear to the boards. The pages are clean with minor discoloration and matching old bookplates in each book. There is NO writing or marks in the books. A lovely (3) volume set in the publisher's original cloth.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Trollope, Anthony. Mr. Scarborough's Family. Chatto & Windus, London, 1883.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's blue/green cloth. A beautiful (3) Volume set that is complete. Each book is a First Edition with matching decorative cloth from the publisher. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the books. A wonderful set with the 32 page of publisher's ads in Vol. 1 dated March 1883.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.