first edition
1923 · London
by TROLLOPE, Anthony
London: Constable, 1923. First, Limited Edition. 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. (Inventory #: 31020)