Excursions in Victorian Bibliography

THE WAY WE LIVE NOW. By Anthony Trollope. With forty illustrations. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1875. 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8½).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 320.

Vol. II. pp. (viii) + 319 + (1).

Each volume contains twenty illustrations printed separately. Bright green cloth, blocked in gold and black. Dark brown end-papers.

This story originally appeared in twenty one-shilling demy 8vo parts, dated February, 1874, to September, 1875, bound in greenish-blue wrappers printed in black and containing the illustrations afterwards included in the two-volume edition. Each part contains two full-page illustrations.

Note—The novel appeared in book form in July, 1875.

The following advertisement pages, etc., should be found in a complete set. The advertisements at the front of each number are headed: “The Way We Live Now Advertiser.” All wrappers, except front covers, are printed with advertisements.

Part I: Front—8 pp. Back—16 pp., paged in fours, of which the last eight publishers' lists.

Parts II to VIII: Front—4 pp. Back—Nil.

Part IX: Front—4 pp. Back—4 pp.

Parts X to XV: Front—4 pp. Back—Nil.

Part XVI: Front—4 pp. Back—Publishers' catalogue, 20 pp., dated April 10, 1875.

Parts XVII to XIX: Front—4 pp. Back—Nil.

Part XX: Front—4 pp. Back—Nil. [Note—This part contains half-titles, titles, contents and lists of illustrations (in all 16 pp.) to both volumes of the novel.]

1876

THE PRIME MINISTER. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1876. 4 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) [paged as vi] + 337 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. iv + 342.

Vol. III. pp. (iv) [paged as vi] + 346.

Vol. IV. pp. (iv) [paged as vi] + 347 + (1).

No half-titles. Red-brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Cream end-papers.

This story originally appeared in eight cr. 8vo five-shilling parts, dated 1876 (no title-pages in Parts I., III., V., and VII.), bound in grey paper wrappers, printed in black. Part I. appeared in November, 1875, and subsequent numbers at intervals of one month.

Notes—(i) The novel was published in volume form in May, 1876.

(ii) Sets of the parts are sometimes met with, bound separately in red-brown cloth and lettered on spine only with the title of the book and the number of the part. I cannot establish the relative dates of the regular four-volume cloth issue and of the eight clothbound parts.

Apart from that printed on the wrappers, no advertisement material was included with the parts of this novel, save that at front of Part VI was inserted a 4 pp. leaflet (4 × 6⅜) of Chapman and Hall's Popular Two Shilling novels. Note should, however, be taken of the incidence of preliminary matter.

Part I: (iv) + 1-162. The preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title, reading: PART I., Vol. I. Verso blank. Title, reading: The Prime Minister. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. 1876. Verso blank. No list of contents.

Part II: (ii) + 163-337 + (1). Preliminary matter: Section half-title: PART II., Vol. I. Verso blank.

Part III: (vi) [paged as iv] + 1-170. Preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title, reading: PART III., Vol. II. Verso blank. Title, as in Part I. Verso blank. Contents of Vol. II. (2 pp.).

Part IV: (iv) + 171-342. Preliminary matter: 2 pp. blank. Section half-title: PART IV., Vol. II. Verso blank.

Part V: vi + 1-174. Preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title, reading: PART V., Vol. III. Verso blank. Title, as in Parts I. and III. Verso blank. Contents of Vol. III. (2 pp.).

Part VI: (iv) + 175-346. Preliminary matter: 2 pp. blank. Section half-title: PART VI. Verso blank.

Part VII: vi + 1-168. Preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title reading: PART VII., Vol. IV. Verso blank. Title, as in Parts I., III., and V. Verso blank. Contents of Vol. IV. (2 pp.).

Part VIII: (ii) + 169-347 + (1). Preliminary matter. Section half-title: PART VIII. Verso blank.

It is evident, from a comparison between the foregoing details and the collation of the four-volume edition previously described, that the publishers were compelled, to complete the latter, to print a contents list to Vol. 1. and to add the words “In four volumes, Vol. 1.,” etc., to the title-pages. It will be seen that they had so mismanaged the pagination of the preliminary matter during part issue, that only one of the four final volumes was correctly paged throughout.

1877

THE AMERICAN SENATOR. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1877. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7⅜).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 293 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. viii + 293 + (1).

Vol. III. pp. viii + 284.

Yellow-ochre cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Yellow end-papers.

Notes—(i) This book was published in July, 1877. The story appeared serially in the “Temple Bar Magazine.”

(ii) There is a remainder binding for this book, but the blocking is lighter and the sheets are cut to a smaller size.

1878

SOUTH AFRICA. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1878. 2 vols. Sq. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5¼ × 7⅞).

Vol. I. pp. vii + (1) + 352.

Vol. II. pp. vii + (1) + 352.

Folding map in colours faces p. 1 of Vol. I. Red cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Black end-papers.

Note—This book was published in March, 1878.

1878

IS HE POPENJOY?: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1878. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. vii + (i) + 301 + (3). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (303) and (304).

Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 297 + (3). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (299) and (300).

Vol. III. pp. vii + (i) + 319 + (1).

Red-brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Yellow end-papers.

Note—This book was published in April, 1878. The story appeared serially in “All the Year Round.”

1878

HOW THE 'MASTIFFS' WENT TO ICELAND. By Anthony Trollope. With illustrations by Mrs. Hugh Blackburn. London: Virtue and Co. Limited. 1878. 1 vol. Demy 4to (8⅝ × 11⅛). Pp. (vi) + 46. Bright blue cloth, blocked in gold. Dark grey end-papers. Coloured map as frontispiece in lithography; fourteen pencil drawings in lithography, and two silver print photographs, mounted, throughout the text. All illustrations printed separately.

1879

AN EYE FOR AN EYE. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1879. 2 vols. Small Cr. 8vo (4⅝ × 7⅛).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) [paged as vi] + 215 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated December, 1878, printed on text paper, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. (viii) [paged as vi] + 288.

Greenish-ochre cloth, blocked in gold and black. Yellow end-papers.

Note—This book was published in January, 1879. It was, however, written in 1871.

1879

THACKERAY. By Anthony Trollope. London: Macmillan and Co. 1879. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. vi + (ii) + 210 + (2). List of volumes in the “English Men of Letters” Series occupies pp. (211) and (212). A volume in the “English Men of Letters” Series edited by John Morley. Buff cloth, paper label. White end-papers.

Notes—(i) This book was published in May, 1879.

(ii) The first issue was bound as described above. Later issues of the first edition sheets were bound in scarlet or in yellow-ochre cloth, blocked in black with the Series design, and had black end-papers. These later copies were slightly cut, the pages measuring 4⅞ × 7⅛.

1879

JOHN CALDIGATE. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall. 193 Piccadilly. 1879. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7⅜).

Vol. I. pp. vi + 290.

Vol. II. pp. vi + 296.

Vol. III. pp. vi + 302 + (2).

Grey cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Yellow end-papers.

Notes—(i) This book was published in June, 1879. The story appeared serially in “Blackwood's Magazine.”

(ii) There are two varieties in the lettering and blocking of the volumes of this novel. In one the words “Vol. I.,” “Vol. II.,” “Vol. III.” on the spines of the volumes are in thicker roman capitals than in the other. There are also slight differences of decorative blocking. Which style is the earlier I do not know.

1879

COUSIN HENRY: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1879. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅝ × 7⅛).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 219 + (5). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (221) to (223).

Vol. II. pp. viii + 222 + (2).

Light blue cloth, blocked uniform with “An Eye for An Eye” in black and gold. Pale yellow end-papers.

Note—This book was published in November, 1879.

THE DUKE'S CHILDREN: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, Limited 193 Piccadilly. 1880. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 320.

Vol. II. pp. viii + 327 + (1).

Vol. III. pp. viii + 312.

Publishers' catalogue, 24 pp., undated but paged, bound in at end. Dark blue-green cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Pink-cream end-papers.

Note—This book was published in May, 1880.

1880

THE LIFE OF CICERO. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall Limited 193 Piccadilly. 1880. 2 vols. Sq. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5⅛ × 7⅞).

Vol. I. pp. vii + (i) + 419 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 424 + (1).

Dark red cloth, gilt. Black end-papers.

1881

DOCTOR WORTLE'S SCHOOL: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall Limited, 193 Piccadilly. 1881. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¼).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) [paged as vi] + 237 + (3).

Vol. II. pp. (viii) + 246 + (2).

Publishers' catalogue, 28 pp., dated November, 1880, printed on text paper, bound in at end. Grey cloth, blocked in gold and black. Pale yellow end-papers.

Note—This novel was published in February, 1881.

AYALA'S ANGEL. By Anthony Trollope, author of Doctor Thorne, The Prime Minister, Orley Farm etc. etc. London: Chapman and Hall (Limited) 11 Henrietta Street Covent Garden. 1881. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜).

Vol. I. pp. iv + 280.

Vol. II. pp. iv + 272.

Vol. III. pp. iv + 277 + (3).

No half-titles. Orange cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Blue-black end-papers.

Note—This novel was published in June, 1881.

1882

WHY FRAU FROHMANN RAISED HER PRICES: AND OTHER STORIES. By Anthony Trollope, author of Framley Parsonage, The Small House at Allington etc. etc. London: William Isbister Limited 56 Ludgate Hill. 1882. 1 vol. Large Cr. 8vo (5¼ × 7¾). Pp. vi + (ii) + 416. Pale olive-green cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Dark chocolate end-papers.

Contents: Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices—The Lady of Launay—Christmas at Thompson Hall—The Telegraph Girl—Alice Dugdale.

Notes—(i) Copies of this book were also issued in two volumes, but with the same pagination and composed of the same sheets as the more usual one-volume issue. A new edition, with a frontispiece, was issued in November, 1882.

(ii) In 1885, under the title Thompson Hall, the third story in this volume was issued separately by Messrs. Sampson Low. In some quarters the little book is regarded as a first edition and highly valued accordingly, but in truth it is not bibliographically an item of any importance, being a textual reprint of Christmas at Thompson Hall, under a slightly different title and with the addition of a few second-rate illustrations. For the benefit of those interested, the description and collation of the book is as follows:

THOMPSON HALL. By Anthony Trollope, author of The Prime Minister, Orley Farm etc. etc. With illustrations. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. Crown Buildings, 188 Fleet Street. 1885. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7). Pp. 127 + (1). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (iv) and (128). Eight line-engraved illustrations printed on text paper. Grey paper boards, printed in dark blue and brown. White end-papers.

1882

LORD PALMERSTON (English Political Leaders). By Anthony Trollope. London: Wm. Isbister Limited 56 Ludgate Hill, 1882. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¼). Pp. (iv) + 220. No half-title. Smooth red-brown cloth, lettered in black. Black end-papers.

Note—This book was reissued the following year with title-page dated 1883 but without any indication of there having been a previous edition. The later issue is bound in grained cloth of the same colour as that originally used and has white end-papers.

1882

KEPT IN THE DARK: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope. With a frontispiece by J. E. Millais R.A. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1882. 2 vols. Short Cr. 8vo (5 × 7).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 253 + (3).

Vol. II. pp. (viii) + 239 + (1).

Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated July, 1882, bound in at end. Grey-green cloth, gilt, blocked in black and red-brown. Blue and white decorated end-papers. Line-engraved frontispiece to Vol. I. printed separately.

Note—This book was published in October, 1882.

1882

MARION FAY: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope, author of Framley Parsonage, Orley Farm, The Way We Live Now etc. etc. London: Chapman and Hall Limited, 11 Henrietta Street. 1882. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 303 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. viii + 282 + (2).

Vol. III. pp. viii + 271 + (1).

Yellow-ochre cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Dark brown or yellow end-papers.

1882

THE FIXED PERIOD: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope. Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, MDCCCLXXXII. 2 vols. Small Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7).

Vol. I. pp. (vi) + 200.

Vol. II. pp. (vi) + 203 + (1).

The words “Originally published in 'Blackwood's Magazine'” occupy verso of half-title in each volume. Dark red cloth, gilt. Dark green end-papers.

1883

MR. SCARBOROUGH'S FAMILY. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1883. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¼).

Vol. I. pp. vii + (i) + 308. Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated March, 1883, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 326 + (2).

Vol. III. pp. vii + (i) + 325 + (3).

Greenish-blue cloth, gilt, blocked in red-brown. White end-papers.

Note—This novel was published in May, 1883. The story appeared serially in “All the Year Round.”

1883

THE LANDLEAGUERS. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1883. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¼).

Vol. I. pp. vii + (iii) + 280. Note by Henry M. Trollope occupies p. (ix).

Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 296.

Vol. III. pp. vii + (i) + 291 + (1).

Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated October, 1883, bound in at end. Dark green cloth, gilt, blocked in yellow. White end-papers.

Note—This book was published in October, 1883.

1883

AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. By Anthony Trollope. Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXXXIII. 2 vols. Sq. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5⅛ × 7⅝).

Vol. I. pp. xi + (iii) + 259 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. vi + 227 + (5). Publishers' advertisements paged 1 to 4 occupy pp. (229) to (232).

Publishers' catalogue, 24 pp., undated but paged and printed on text paper, bound in at end. Portrait in photogravure as frontispiece to Vol. I. Dark red cloth, gilt, blocked and lettered on side in black. Dark green end-papers.

Note—This book was published in November, 1883.

1884

AN OLD MAN'S LOVE. By Anthony Trollope. Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXXXIV. 2 vols. Sm. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 226.

Vol. II. pp. (vi) + 219 + (1).

Publishers' advertisements, 4 pp., numbered 1-4, and printed on text paper, bound in at end. Red cloth, gilt, uniform with The Fixed Period. Dark brown end-papers.

1861

THE VICTORIA REGIA: A Volume of Original Contributions in Poetry and Prose. Edited by Adelaide A. Procter. London: Printed and Published by Emily Faithfull and Co., Victoria Press (for the Employment of Women), Great Coram Street, W.C. 1861. 1 vol. Royal 8vo (6¼ × 9⅜). Pp. x + 349 + (1). No half-title. Red-brown embossed cloth, all edges gilt, blocked in gold and blind. Red chocolate end-papers.

1863

A WELCOME: Original Contributions in Poetry and Prose. London: Emily Faithfull, Printer and Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, Princes Street, Hanover Square, and 183A Farringdon Street. 1863. 1 vol. Imp. 16mo (5½ × 7¾). Pp. vi + (ii) + 291 + (1). Green cloth, full gilt, blocked in gold. Pale pink end-papers. A story by Anthony Trollope entitled Miss Ophelia Gledd occupies pp. 239 to 283. This is the first appearance of a story later included in Lotta Schmidt and other Stories.

NOTE.--Pp. 187 to 214 are occupied by a story by Anthony Trollope entitled The Journey to Panama. This is the first appearance in book form of a tale afterwards published in Lotta Schmidt and other Stories.

1868

BRITISH SPORTS AND PASTIMES 1868. Edited by Anthony Trollope. London: Virtue and Co., 26 Ivy Lane. New York: Virtue and Yorston. 1868. 1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾). Pp. (vi) + 322. Bright green embossed cloth, gilt, with title printed both on spine and side. Pale yellow end-papers.

Contents: On Horse-Racing—On Hunting—On Shooting—On Fishing—On Yachting—On Rowing—On Alpine Climbing—On Cricket. Trollope was responsible for the preface (pp. 1-7) and the Essay “On Hunting” (pp. 70-129).

Notes—(i) This book was published in November, 1868. The contents had appeared in “St. Paul's Magazine.”

(ii) The sheets of the first edition were later issued without change of date in a slightly different green binding, without the title in gold on the side, and bearing as imprint on spine, Daldy, Isbister and Co. The reissue was cut down to cr. 8vo, and the end-papers were chocolate instead of yellow.

(iii) A still later issue of the book in its reduced format was bound in bright blue cloth, blocked in gold and black. This binding bears no imprint on spine, and was probably carried out by W. H. Smith and Son for a balance of edition purchased by them. George Eliot's novel Felix Holt was treated in this way by Smiths some twelve years after publication, and the binding is very similar to that now under consideration.

NOTE

It is stated by Margaret Lavington in her appendix to Escott's book that Trollope “printed but never published” several of his lectures. I have been unable to trace any privately printed lectures, but feel sure that Trollope's first bibliographer would not speak of them as she does without certain knowledge of their existence. The titles mentioned are:

No dates or other details are given.

From the same source I borrow a statement that a study of Thackeray by Trollope, originally printed in the “Cornhill,” was republished as part of Theodore Taylor's book Thackeray: The Humourist and Man of Letters, which was issued in 1864. It is noticeable that Margaret Lavington speaks of the publisher of this book as Appleton of New York. A book of the same title by the same author was issued in the same year by Hotten of Piccadilly, and it is a fair presumption that the volumes are identical, but, although I have been carefully through the volume issued by Hotten, I cannot identify any section as contributed by Trollope.