Trollope, Anthony

The Chronicles of Barsetshire [The Warden, Barchester Towers, Doctor Thorne, Framley Parsonage, The Small House at Allington, and The Last Chronicle of Barset with a NOTABLE OWNERSHIP]

London: Chapman and Hall, 1889 [first published by Chapman and Hall in 1878]. Later Edition(s) but first edition of this set. Hardcover. A Very Good set of the 1889 issue / printing of Anthony Trollope's famed group of novels known as "The Barsetshire Chronicles" published in 1889 [with their respective years of initial individual first publication here set forth in parenthetically -- earlier issue of this set was published in 1879], consisting of The Warden (1855), Barchester Towers (1857), Doctor Thorne (1858), Framley Parsonage (1861), The Small House at Allington (1864), and The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867)... // Per Sadlier: "The history of the edition is not without interest. Trollope himself was very anxious that his Barsetshire novels should be brought together in a uniform series. Originally the venture was to comprise only six volumes, for he did not himself regard The Small House at Allington as one of the Barsetshire set; but he consented to its inclusion at the urgent request of Chapman & Hall." In this HIGHLY NOTABLE SET, each volume's front pastedown wears the -- presumed original owner's bookplate [that of Howard Robinson which shows an image of Erasmus]. Per Wikipedia: "Howard Robinson is a British philosopher, specializing in various areas of philosophy of mind and metaphysics, best known for his work in the philosophy of perception. His contributions to philosophy include a defense of sense-datum theories of perception and a variety of arguments against physicalism about the mind." The right edge of the rear hinge in the second volume of "The Small House at Allington" is cracked and the volume shows general handling soil and general wear. Each volume in the set is somewhat askew, shows wear, and the leaves are lightly toned and show some scattered foxing but remain in nice condition, all making this a QUITE SCARCE SET WITH A NOTABLE PROVENANCE.
[NOTE: In his Bibliography of Trollope's works, Sadlier describes this Set as a "...partial Collected Edition...including at least a page or two of matter not elsewhere published, and containing illustrations specially designed - which merits record in a complete bibliography of Trollope's first editions.

A number of hinges (8 of the 26 hinges in the set) are cracked/broken open, and all of these are shown in the images posted with this set's listing on this seller's own Allington Books site. Each volume has a tissue-guarded frontispiece lettered in red and declaring the illustration shown. [The Volumes are otherwise unillustrated.] Examples of this set, which precedes the Shakespeare Head editions of these" Barsetshire Chronicles [published in fourteen (14) volumes -- due to the inclusion of Trollope's Autobiography -- in 1929] and is of an edition more limited than that of the Shakespeare head editions, are, in our experience, QUITE SCARCE. Complete sets are increasingly difficult to find and complete sets of all the volumes with common ownership [as opposed to sets of later compilation] are now INDEED QUITE DIFFICULT TO FIND on the market. NOTABLY, WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER SET OF THE EITHER OF THE CHAPMAN & HALL PRINTINGS IN COMMON OWNERSHIP.

[PLEASE NOTE: This is a large and heavy set and the Buyer's postage cost will exceed that quoted by this site.]. Very good. Item #3821

Price: $725.00