Anthony Trollope — Orley Farm

London, Chapman and Hall, 1862 . First edition. Cloth. The two volume first edition in book form, Sadleir's fourth issue, of Anthony Trollope's favourite novel amongst his own works. The fourth issues of the first edition in book form of this Anthony Trollope novel. Orley Farm was initially published in 20 shilling parts, with the subsequent two volumes of the book issue appearing over an interval of nearly ten months. Sadleir identifies four issues of the first edition, distinguished by variations in printer's imprint, illustration captions, and binding.Sadleir's fourth issue of both volumes. With the cloth running vertically to both volumes.Volume I in the fourth issue with plates 'And then they all marched [etc]' plate facing page 73 and 'Mr Furnivall's Welsome Home' facing page 87 to volume I, and comma restored to plate caption facing page 73.Volume II in the fourth issue with plate titled 'Sir Peregrine Orme's great love' facing page 311, and 'Farewell' facing page 305.Illustrated with forty wood-engraved plates by John Everett Millais, twenty to each volume. Collated, complete.Retaining the original half titles.A smart first edition of this celebrated work of realist fiction from Trollope, praised by George Orwell as containing 'one of the most brilliant descriptions of a lawsuit in English fiction&apos. Rebacked, in the publisher's original cloth binding with back strips laid down and boards restored. Endpapers renewed. Discolouration to back strips, with bumping to board perimeters. Internally, volume II firmly bound, but with volume I strained in places, with three gatherings detached but present. Scattered light spotting and handling marks throughout, most concentrated to plates and pages surrounding them. Good . Ill.: J. E. Millais. Good .