Trilby

London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1895. One of 250 Large Paper copies, signed by the author. Frontispiece of Trilby, six plates in facsimile of the author's pencil drawings, 121 illustrations by the author in text. xi, 447pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Vellum spine and buckram, t.e.g. Some soiling to spine. Near fine. Bookplate of H.R. Bishop. One of 250 Large Paper copies, signed by the author. Frontispiece of Trilby, six plates in facsimile of the author's pencil drawings, 121 illustrations by the author in text. xi, 447pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Already famous as an artist for Punch, George du Maurier in 1891, "after discussing his chances with his loyal friend Henry James, accepted a proposal to write a story for Messrs. Harper, the well-known firm of American publishers. The result was Peter Ibbetson, partly based upon recollections of his own early life, blended with a plot turning on a fantastic theory of the sympathetic relationship of dreams... The ample illustrations by the writer, in his most attractive style, contributed greatly to [the book's] success, which was sufficient to induce the publishers to commission a second story, to be published in monthly installments in the pages of Harper's. The first chapters of Trilby appeared in January 1894."
Trilby is best remembered for the sinister hypnotist Svengali.
An attractive example of the signed large paper copy, with additional illustrations. Wolff 1952f