He knew he was right by TROLLOPE, Anthony - 1869

London: Strahan and Company 1869, 1869. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. (220x140mm). pp. xii, 384; xii, 384. Sixty four Illustrations by Marcus Stone. Half-titles present in both volumes. Original publisher's green cloth decorated in blind to the upper and lower covers with an "X" pattern on which the title and author is stamped in blind. Title and author in gilt to spine. The binding is in generally quite poor condition with cracking to the hinges, wear to the corners and edges and chipping and wear to the head and foot of the spines. It is, however, rare to find this book in its original cloth. The contents are in very good condition with only modest marking. He knew he was right is one of Trollope's darkest and most interesting novels. A study of intense and insane jealousy, it was based on Othello and won the praise of Henry James who described it as an "impressive completeness of misery".