Trollope, Anthony. THE AMERICAN SENATOR. Craig and Taylor, Publishers, Detroit, 1877.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Octavo, royal blue cloth covers with gilt titles and decorations, rear cover stamped in blind with elaborate publisher's device. Brown endpapers. 420 pages. Former owner name and city (Chicago) and date (May 20. 80) on half-title page in ink. Rear hinge cracked. Wear at head and foot of spine, and scratch near center of spine. A little spotting on rear cover. Gilt on front cover is bright, spine is a little dull. The first American edition was published by Harper and Brothers in paper wrappers in 1877. According to Smith,( p. 214), The Belford Brothers published the first Canadian edition in hardcover, also in 1877, and provided sheets (and a new state of the title page) to the Craig and Taylor firm in Detroit. Thus, it may be that this is the first U.S. edition in hardcover.

Seller: Alkahest Books, Deerfield, IL, U.S.A.

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. THE AMERICAN SENATOR. DETROIT CRAIG AND TAYLOR, PUBLISHERS PUB 1877., 1877.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Description: NEAR VERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J. CANADIAN COPYRIGHT INFO WITH 1877 ON VERSO OF TITLE PAGE WITH PRINTER INDICATED AS "HUNTER, ROSE & CO / TORONTO GREEN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT TITLES TO THE SPINE AND FRONT COVER AND SPINE SHOWING "DETROIT / CRAIG & TAYLOR". OTHER THAN A SMALL GOUGE TO THE LOWER COVER, A SLIGHTLY DARKENED SPINE, HALF OF THE TOP EDGE OF REAR COVER SCALPED, AND SOME MODERATE WEAR WITH SLIGHT LOSS TO THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS A VERY NICE TIGHT AND CLEAN COPY WITH GILT ON UPPER COVER BRIGHT AND SPINE DULLER BUT WITH GOOD SHELF VISIBILITY. A VERY NICE COPY OF WHAT SEEMS A CANADIAN MADE BOOK FOR THE US MARKET. FIRST EDITION.

Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.