Anthony Trollope

New York: Alfred a Knopf, Inc, 1993. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First published in Great Britain as 'Trollope' by Hutchinson, London, in 1992. Copyright 1992. Stated First American Edition, Date 1993 on Title Page. Hard cover in very good condition with deep beige boards, light beige spine cloth, silver gilt spine lettering and on front board silver gilt author's initials in silver edged embossed shield design. Interior text block clean & tight but for former owner's name written in large script on front free endpaper. 551 numbered pages. Dust jacket very good: overall light age toning, mild shelf and edge wear; no tears or chips; no price on front flap. Front flap has long narrow crease. Contains three sections of 4 leaves/8 pages each with glossy black & white photographs which are enumerated in list of the 50 plates. Also facsimiles of several letters, etc., and a detailed family tree. Concludes with section of Notes & Sources, a section listing all Anthony Trollope's Works (consisting of 47 novels and 5 volumes of short stories) and an extensive Index. * From the book flap, "" . . .lively, affectionate, and compellingly readable biography. . . gives us for the first time a woman's intuitive view of Anthony Trollope . . .a fresh emphasis on family, . . .his formidable mother. . .bullying older brother . . .tubercular sisters. . . But it is Anthony as husband and lover that intrigues her most . . . and Rose, his wife. . . . [is] viewed here as central to his life. . .""