TROLLOPE, ANTHONY: THE CLAVERINGS
London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1867
FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 16 wood engravings. 2pp. publisher’s catalogue at end of each volume. 8vo., original bright green cloth blocked in blind and gilt with additional black-blocking on spines, in a later quarter green morocco fleece-lined drop-back box. Some spotting to plates and adjacent pages, otherwise exceptionally bright copies.
| Estimate: |
£4,000 - £6,000
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Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
Sadleir states that he
is inclined to assume that this variant of the binding with the black-blocking
on the spine is the earliest binding style (a variant style with the same
design is blocked in blind)
Provenance: Bookplates
of Duff Cooper and Oliver Brett
Reference: Sadleir,
Trollope 27
