Can You Forgive Her?
London: Chapman and Hall, 1864; 1865. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [9], 2-320, [4]; [5], vi, [3], 2-320, [4] pp. Contemporary artificially-grained sheep dyed blue, a gold border on each board, spines in six compartments with gold tooling and lettering, edges of boards and the turn-ins are tooled and decorated in gold; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Bound by Hayday & Co. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece and with nineteen additional plates; volume two with a frontispiece and nineteen additional plates. With the half-titles. Volume one illustrated with etchings by the famous Dickensian artist "Phiz" (Hablot K. Browne), volume two illustrated by Miss Taylor (these illustrations are wood-engraved). Sadleir 56. A beautiful copy of Trollope's comedic romance, a classic work of nineteenth-century literature. Near Fine. Item #00008998
A Near Fine set with a touch of rubbing to the extremities, leaves and plates remarkably clean except for the rear endleaves of volume two showing a bit of spotting.
Price: $450.00