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TROLLOPE, Anthony (1815-1882). The Golden Lion of Granpere. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1872.
Price: US$274.00 + shipping
Description: Scarce First American (and first illustrated) Edition of Trollope's "very best shorter book." (Walpole) Royal 8vo (231 x 142mm): 124,[4]pp, with tissue-guarded frontispiece and twenty-three further wood-engraved illustrations by Dalziel after Francis Authur Fraser (eight full-page, eight half-page, and eight vignettes). Publisher's moderate reddish-brown diagonal dot-and-line grain cloth (Smith's variant binding A; also offered in pictorial wrappers), front cover paneled in blind and stamped in gilt, spine lettered and decorated with floral serifs in gilt, coated reddish-brown end papers. Book plate of Masonic Library, Frederick, Maryland, to front paste-down. Slight fraying to foot of spine, minor soiling to boards, else a collectible example, tightly bound and clean throughout. Gerould, p. 96-97. Sadleir (Trollope) 38. Smith 31. First published serially, in Good Words and in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, in 1872, both with Fraser's illustrations (Blackwood's declined to publish the book, in 1867). The London edition was brought out by Tinsley Brothers, in May, 1872. According to Walpole, "not only Trollope's very best shorter book, but one of the most charming idylls in English literature." (quoted in Gerould) Sadleir says the book did not sell well, although some critics considered it one of Trollope's better shorter novels. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Anthony Trollope. The Golden Lion of Granpere. Tinsley Brothers, 1872.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "The Golden Lion of Granpere" by Anthony Trollope. Tinsley Brothers, London. 1872 first UK edition, first issue. Book in good condition, in original publisher's binding, some rubbing to boards, top of spine chipped, bookplate to ffep, ads in rear. The Golden Lion of Granpere is one of Trollope's shorter books and concerns the Lion d'Or, the only hotel in a small town in Lorraine
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Anthony Trollope. The Golden Lion of Granpere. Tinsley Brothers, London, 1872.
Price: US$577.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition of this novel by Anthony Trollope, set in an inn in the northeast region of France. The Golden Lion of Grandperetells the story of a inn owner, Michel Voss, who lives in Lorraine, France with his son, second wife, and her niece Marie Bromar. Soon after, his son George, and Marie Bromar fall in love, but Michel does not consent to the match because he believes both of them can make more advantageous marriages.Written by Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), 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.The first edition of this work.Including an illustrated frontispiece. Collated and complete.Rebacked in the publisher's original cloth, with the half title .Containing the bookplate of 'Moncure Biddle' to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Rebacked, with the original cloth laid down to the boards and spine. Externally, shelf wear to the boards and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Some scuffing to the rear board. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. A few spots and handling marks to the pages, which are otherwise bright and clean throughout. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Anthony Trollope. The Golden Lion of Grandpere. Tinsley Brothers, London, 1872.
Price: US$705.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition of Anthony Trollope's shorter and charming novel The Golden Lion of Granpere. Anthony Trollope was on of the most prolific authors of the 19th Century whose depictions of ordinary life garnered him popularity. He wrote forty-seven novels and his first success came with The Warden in 1855.The Golden Lion of Granpere is one of Trollope's shorter books and concerns the Lion d'Or, the only hotel in a small town in Lorraine.With sixteen pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Rebacked with the original cloth boards and spine. There is some bumping to the extremities and the spine is worn and discoloured. There is previous owner ink to the front free endpaper. There is a small enclosed tear to the half title page and title page. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. The occasional scattered spot, mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
TROLLOPE, Anthony. The Golden Lion of Granpere. Tinsley Brothers, London, 1872.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Octavo. 353pp. Rebound into three-quarter forest green morocco and marbled papercovered boards, new blanks, half-title present but lacking ads, with ribbon marker and topedge gilt. Contemporary engraved bookplate by Spenceley on front pastedown. Spine evenly sunned to brown, moderate edgewear and top corners worn through, tiny nick on front cover, very good and sound. According to Walpole, ". not only Trollope's very best shorter book, but one of the most charming idylls in English literature." Sadleir (Trollope) 38; cf. Irwin p.22. The bookplate is that of Gustavia H. Senff, widow of sugar manufacturer and art collector Charles H. Senff. When Gustavia Senff died in 1927, her estate was estimated to be worth $2 million.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Trollope, Anthony. The Golden Lion of Granpere. Tinsley, London, 1872.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Scarce first edition of this Trollope classic, his only novel to be published by Tinsley. 353pp text + 16pp catalogue dated May 1872. Trollope #38, the primary issue in red-brown patterned cloth, lettered in gilt and ruled in black. Signs of label removal from front cover and neat internal repairs to snags at head and tail of spine. Inner hinges split but neatly reglued. A good, sound copy, very clean internally.
Seller: Dr Jeremy Parrott, London, United Kingdom
TROLLOPE, Anthony.. The Golden Lion of Granpere.. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872, 1872.
Price: US$988.11 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form, in a variant publisher's binding that does not conform exactly to Sadleir's description of the primary and secondary bindings. The frame device stamped on the covers is in blind, not black, and the spine is not ruled. The Golden Lion of Granpere is "not only Trollope's best shorter book, but one of the most charming idylls in English literature" (Walpole in Gerould). Winifred Gregory Gerould, Guide to Trollope, 1948, p. 96; Sadleir, Trollope 38. Octavo. Original brown pebble-grain cloth, titles in gilt to spine, decorative borders in blind to boards, pale yellow endpapers. Faint W.H. Smith circulating library embossed stamp to front free endpaper. A hint of wear to extremities, pp. 31 and 159 carelessly opened with marginal loss, internally fresh; a near-fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom