first edition Hardcover
1869 · London
by Trollope, Anthony
London: Virtue & Co, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary navy calf and cloth, all edges marbled. Very good. 2 vols. 320, 328. pages. 21.4 x 14 cm. Twenty black and white illustrations by J.E. Millais. Trollope traveled throughout Ireland when he served as a Civil Servant as a postal inspector His time there were happy and he became a champion of Ireland. "...he never produced anything that was not a faithful and sometimes a very amusing transcript of the sayings and doings of possible men and women." [see: BRITANNICA 11th Edition]. This, a tale of politics and social climbing. Small, neat owner inscription Vol. I free endpaper, interior contents fresh and clean, modest surface wear, raised bands, spine panels in maroon lettered in gilt. (Inventory #: 22544)