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Price: US$51.33 + shipping
Description: , xix, 182 pages, preface by Michael Sadleir Limited Edition of 500 copies , top section of rear cover and small section of front have colour faded, spine a little faded, internally clean, some pages unopened at fore-edge, in good+ condition , original red blindstamped cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt Octavo Hardback ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1923. First edition. xix, [iii], 182pp. Top edge gilt. Although Anthony Trollope is besat known as a novelist, he also wrote two plays. The Noble Jilt was written in 1850 but not published until 1923, and is the basis for one of his best known novels - 'Can You Forgive Her.' The book is bound in the original red cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine and an embossed design on both boards. The case of the book is in very good condition with light shelf wear on the boards and bumping to the bottom of the spine. The contents are tight and clean with some foxing on the back of the free endpapers and the half-title page and some light foxing marks on the title page. There is a small private ex-libris label on the front fixed endpaper but no inscription.
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Trollope, Anthony. The Noble Jilt. Published by Constable & Company, London, 1923.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Description: , xvii 1-181 pages, limited to 500 copies, missing the wrapper Limited Edition , corners rubbed, spine sunned, textblock untrimmed, very good condition , red cloth with blindstamped design and gilt title on the spine , octavo, 23 x 15.5 cm Hardback ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Trollope, Anthony. Noble Jilt. Constable, London, 1923.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good original red cloth, blind stamped boards, gilt lettering and gilt top text block, very lightly rubbed edges and corners, previous owner's book plate on front paste down & 1" rub spot on upper left corner, small ink spot rear cover. Pages bright & clean. Limited edition. 500 copies.
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, printed from the manuscript. One of 500 copies. xix, 182 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This is one of only two plays that Trollope wrote. It was composed early in his career, in 1850, and was later used as the idea for his novel, "Can You Forgive Her?" Printed from the manuscript which was in Sadleir's possession. Sadleir, Trollope 70 Original red cloth in facsimile of the 1864 binding for "Can You Forgive Her?" Fine copy, unopenned First edition, printed from the manuscript. One of 500 copies.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Trollope, Anthony. The Noble Jilt. A Comedy. Constable & Company Ltd, London, 1923.
Price: US$112.74 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. Red cloth, gilt spine lettering, yellow endpapers, light bumps to board corners, light foxing to the half-title and very faint fade to the spine. Near fine.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$137.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Publisher's red cloth, blocked in gilt and blind; top edge gilt; edges untrimmed; 182pp. The first published edition, from an original manuscript by Trollope; limited to 500 copies. Slight rubbing to bottom board edges; gilt on spine and top edge a bit dulled; still a tight, Very Good or better copy. Two small ink ownership notations to endpapers; with armorial bookplate of Beryl, Viscomtesse Cawdrey to front pastedown (daughter of Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill); and another engraved armorial bookplate to front free endpaper, of Trollope collector Roger Dow.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Trollope, Anthony. The Noble Jilt. Constable & Company, 1923.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Red cloth titled and decoratively stamped in gilt and blind. A few faint spots to first and last few leaves, front board very slightly bowed, still near fine and bright with hinges and joints tight. In custom made mylar cover.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$169.39 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Half title. Untrimmed in orig. red patterned cloth, elaborately blocked in blind, spine dec. & lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded, crease in lower outer corner of following board. t.e.g. Trollope Society Catalogue 84; Sadleir 70. Limited to 500 copies. Printed for the first time from the original manuscript, 1850, this play formed the basis of one of Trollope's best-known novels, Can You Forgive Her?
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing, one of 500 copies (unnumbered), octavo size, 205 pp. Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) has delighted generations with his depictions of 19th-century British life; no one can describe his characters with such precision, allowing us to not only visualize the physical attributes of the various characters but also giving us glimpses of their thoughts, desires, fears, and ambitions. Many of us met Trollope through his "Chronicles of Barsetshire", a "series of books set in the imaginary English county of Barsetshire [which] remains his best loved and most famous work, but he also wrote convincing novels of political life as well as studies that show great psychological penetration. One of his greatest strengths was a steady, consistent vision of the social structures of Victorian England, which he re-created in his books with unusual solidity" (n.b., from the website of Britannica). This work, "The Noble Jilt", is the last of Trollope's works to be published, although it was written in 1850 (fairly early in his career). It is one of only two plays Trollope produced, and although the play itself was not published until 1923, "Trollope adapted 'The Noble Jilt' as a novel entitled, 'Can You Forgive Her?' which explored the success of traditional Victorian marriages, and questioned the importance of the sexual aspect of marriage, something which would have been a relatively dangerous thing to do with his Victorian audience" (n.b., from an online article by Kara E. Flynn posted on April 23, 2015, on the web site of the University of Puget Sound). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full red cloth over boards, both boards intricately decorated with embossed patterns, gilt lettering on the spine, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges uncut, yellow coated endpapers, limitation statement on the verso of the title page, with a lengthy preface by Michael Sadleir (1888-1957, a well-known and respected author and literary historian specializing in Trollope); octavo size (9" by 6"), pagination: [i-iv] v-xix [xx-xxiii], [1-2] 3-182. ___CONDITION: Near fine, with clean boards, straight corners with a hint of wear to the cloth but not rubbed through, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the yellow endpapers clean and bright, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; the head of the spine gently bumped and the gilt top edge slightly dulled; overall a wonderful example. ___CITATION: Irwin p. 49. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: ".The Noble Jilt is the germ of one of his best known novels Can You Forgive Her?.In his preface, Sadleir writes, ".The Noble Jilt is the germ of one of his best known novels Can You Forgive Her?.The resemblance between [the] play and [the] novel would be striking enough if it were confined to [the] perpetuation of individual types. But the similarity goes further. Personal motives; actual incidents; occasionally actual phases reappear in the later, more elaborate work. Thus the two heroines jilt their respectable lovers, not because they have ceased to love them nor with any intention of renewing relations with earlier, less eligible admirers, but from satiety with too-evident perfections and from revolt against the uneventful comfort to which suitable marriages would condemn them. Again, the gradual revival of the old talk of union between Margaret and Steinmark in the play.is due, first to the unscrupulous intriguing of a devoted sister, then to the despairing self-deception of the heroines themselves, who suddenly conceive the theory that love is of no account in matrimony; that love at anytime is a delusion and a feebleness; that woman's duty is to partner a man, with him to help some cause and champion some ideal" (Sadleir Trollope, p. vii-xii) Octavo. xix, [1,blank], [4], 182 pp. Tipped in introductory leaf printed in gray and red. Original red cloth stamped decoratively and ruled in blind with a gilt-lettered spine. Binding extremities lightly rubbed with minor soiling and fading to cloth and spine. Minor offsetting from introductory leaf. Small hole in gutter margin between terminal blank and rear board. A very good copy, bright and clean. One of 500 copies printed by Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd., The University Press, Glasgow. Sadleir, Trollope, #70.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Trollope, Anthony. THE NOBLE JILT. A Comedy. , 1923.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Edited with a Preface by Michael Sadleir. London: Constable & Company, 1923. Original blind-stamped deep red cloth with gilt-decorated spine. First Edition, which consisted of only 500 copies. This is one of only two plays that Trollope ever wrote, as "the genre was uncomfortable to him." He wrote it early in his career, in 1850, at about the same time as his third novel (LA VENDÉE). He later used the germ of THE NOBLE JILT to create "one of his best known novels; to it is due the existence of CAN YOU FORGIVE HER?" (Sadleir, the editor who had this book published from the original manuscript -- and from whom these quotes are drawn -- gives a character-by-character comparison between this play and that novel in his preface.) The binding is an exact facsimile of that used in 1864 for CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? This is a near-fine copy, without wear but with the spine slightly faded (as usual with this color cloth). Sadleir (Trollope) 70.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Trollope, Anthony. The Noble Jilt. Constable, London, 1923.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: (Michael Sadleir, edit.) Limited to 500 copies. The first publication of a Trollope play, from the original manuscript. 8vo, xviii, 182pp. Orig. red blind & gilt stamped cloth, orig. yellow endpapers. Very nice copy, w/ 2 tiny pale spots on front board. Bound in the 19th century style to match Trollope's vast body of work.
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
trollope, Anthony. The Noble Jilt, A Comedy. Constable & Company, London, 1923.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First and only edition, one of 500 copies. Bound in original red cloth (in 19th century style); 182 pages. In the scarce original dust jacket. Edited and with a preface by Michael Sadleir. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket, with small loss at head of spine and a little darkening at spine.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.