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Orley Farm
by Anthony Trollope
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$527.82NZ$475.04
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1862. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". John Everett Millais. The two volume first edition in book form, Sadleir's fourth and second issue, of Anthony Trollope's favourite novel amongst his own works. Two smart early issues of the first edition in book form of this Anthony Trollope novel. Orley Farm was initially published in 20 shilling parts, with the subsequent two volumes of the book issue appearing over an interval of nearly ten months. Sadleir identifies four issues of the first edition, distinguished by variations in printer's imprint, illustration captions, and binding.Volume II in the fourth issue with plates 'And then they all marched [etc]' plate facing page 73 and 'Mr Furnivall's Welsome Home' facing page 87 to volume I, and comma restored to plate caption facing page 73.Volume II in the second issue, with final two plates both titled 'Farewell', and facing pages 305 and 314.These are early issues of the first edition in book form; first issue refers only to copies bound from original parts.Illustrated with forty wood-engraved plates by John Everett Millais, twenty to each volume. Collated, complete.Retaining the original half titles.A smart first edition of this celebrated work of realist fiction from Trollope, praised by George Orwell as containing 'one of the most brilliant descriptions of a lawsuit in English fiction'. In half calf bindings, with marbled paper covered boards. Rubbing to back strip heads and tails and joints, with minor losses to the leather in these regions. Bumps to back strip of volume II at title label. Tail of front joint of volume II starting, with board holding firm. Hinges all starting, with boards holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Stab holes to gutters throughout each volume. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd area of concentrated spotting. Very Good
Synopsis
When Joseph Mason of Groby Park, Yorkshire, died, he left his estate to his family. A codicil to his will, however, left Orley Farm (near London) to his much younger second wife and infant son. The will and the codicil were in her handwriting, and there were three witnesses, one of whom was no longer alive. A bitterly fought court case confirmed the codicil. Twenty years pass. Lady Mason lives at Orley farm with her adult son, Lucius. Samuel Dockwrath, a tenant, is asked to leave by Lucius, who wants to try new intensive farming methods. Aggrieved, and knowing of the original case (John Kenneby, one of the codicil witnesses, had been an unsuccessful suitor of his wife Miriam Usbech), Dockwrath investigates and finds a second deed signed by the same witnesses on the same date, though they can remember signing only one. He travels to Groby Park in Yorkshire, where Joseph Mason the younger lives with his comically parsimonious wife, and persuades Mason to have Lady Mason prosecuted for forgery. The prosecution fails, but Lady Mason later confesses privately that she committed the forgery, and is prompted by conscience to give up the estate. There are various subplots. The main one deals with a slowly unfolding romance between Felix Graham (a young and relatively poor barrister without family) and Madeline Staveley, daughter of Judge Stavely of Noningsby. Graham has a long-standing engagement to the penniless Mary Snow, whom he supports and educates while she is being “moulded” to be his wife. Between the Staveleys at Alston and Orley Farm at Hamworth lies the Cleve, where Sir Peregrine Orme lives with his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Orme, and grandson, Peregrine. Sir Peregrine falls in love with Lady Mason and is briefly engaged to her, but she calls off the match when she realises the seriousness of the court case. Meanwhile, Mr. Furnival, another barrister, befriends Lady Mason, arousing the jealousy of his wife. His daughter, Sophia, has a brief relationship with Augustus Stavely and a brief engagement to Lucius Mason. Eventually Furnival and his wife are reconciled, and Sophia's engagement is dropped. Sophia is portrayed as an intelligent woman who writes comically skillful letters.
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 835F7
- Title
- Orley Farm
- Author
- Anthony Trollope
- Illustrator
- John Everett Millais
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1862
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- orley farm trollope barsetshire j e millais trollope
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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