Author: TROLLOPE ANTHONY
Title: The Claverings. With Sixteen Illustrations by M. Ellen Edwards. In Two Volumes
Description: London, Smith Elder & Co. 1867, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: M. Ellen Edwards. (excess shipping charge due to weight and value) ORIGINAL CLOTH Victorian double decker first British edition in book form (after Cornhill serialisation), scarce, tidy copies in green cloth with extra gilt decorative titling to spine and boards, spines have some black blocking, lower boards stamped in blind, original chocolate endpapers, VOL 1 = rubbed at spine ends, minor patch of white at tail, corners of bevelled boards starting to split, small patch soiling to upper board, (i-ii) 1- 313 (+1 printers imprint) +2pp adverts, VOL 2= lightly rubbed spine ends with minor fraying, two small holes rubbed into upper joint, corners rubbed but not yet frayed, (i-vi) (1-)309 + 2pp adverts, No half-titles called for, all sixteen engraved plates by H. Harral after M. Ellen Edwards (including frontispiece in each volume) with tissue guards intact, plate facing pp 225 of vol 1 has small water mark to top margin, faint sporadic foxing throughout both volumes, this is very minimal and infrequent but mentioned for completeness, all edges untrimmed, binders ticket "Bound by Burn. 37 & 38 Kirby St." on rear pastedown of vol 1, bank transfer as payment for this item please. Very Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: British First Edition in Book Form Double Decker Victorian Original Cloth Extra Gilt Cloth Fiction Literature M. Ellen Edwards


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