TROLLOPE, ANTHONY: HOW THE "MASTIFFS" WENT TO ICELAND
London, Virtue & Co, 1878
FIRST EDITION, issued privately. Frontispiece colour map, 14 lithographs by Mrs Hugh Blackburn, 2 mounted photographic plates. 4to., original blue cloth decorated in gilt and blind, all edges gilt, with the RARE DUST JACKET, not mentioned by Sadleir. Occasional spotting to plates, jacket with some soiling and slight chipping, a mark to upper cover and a small tear to bottom of upper fold.
| Estimate: |
£5,000 - £8,000
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Hammer price:
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£5,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
The Mastiff was a
yacht belonging to John Burns, later Lord Inverclyde, in which Trollope sailed
to Iceland. Burns paid for this private publication which was never issued for
sale. Dust jackets on this work are very rare.
Reference: Sadleir,
Trollope, 51
