first edition
1875
by Trollope, Anthony
1875. With Illustrations. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875. 4 pp preliminary undated ads plus 8 pp undated (but "summer") ads. Original terra-cotta cloth.
First American Edition of one of Trollope's six "social satire" novels, published a month after the London two-decker (and with many of the same illustrations -- which Sadleir ascribes to Luke Fildes, but which have subsequently been attributed to Lionel Fawkes). This is the tale of the rise and fall of Augustus Melmotte's financial empire -- and its effect on his daughter's options for marriage. Though Walpole praised this book up and down ("one of the most remarkable of all English novels published between 1860 and 1890"), Trollope himself thought little of it: The book has all the fault which is to be attributed to almost all satires... The accusations are exaggerated. The vices are coloured, so as to make effect rather than to represent truth. This copy is in terra-cotta morocco-grain cloth, one of several simultaneous options (including wrappers) offered by the publisher. It is in very good-plus condition (minor wear at the extremities). Smith 36; Sadleir (TROLLOPE) p. 147. (Inventory #: 15695)
First American Edition of one of Trollope's six "social satire" novels, published a month after the London two-decker (and with many of the same illustrations -- which Sadleir ascribes to Luke Fildes, but which have subsequently been attributed to Lionel Fawkes). This is the tale of the rise and fall of Augustus Melmotte's financial empire -- and its effect on his daughter's options for marriage. Though Walpole praised this book up and down ("one of the most remarkable of all English novels published between 1860 and 1890"), Trollope himself thought little of it: The book has all the fault which is to be attributed to almost all satires... The accusations are exaggerated. The vices are coloured, so as to make effect rather than to represent truth. This copy is in terra-cotta morocco-grain cloth, one of several simultaneous options (including wrappers) offered by the publisher. It is in very good-plus condition (minor wear at the extremities). Smith 36; Sadleir (TROLLOPE) p. 147. (Inventory #: 15695)
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