TROLLOPE, ANTHONY: THE CLAVERINGS

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY: THE CLAVERINGS London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1867FIRST 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. 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 BrettReference: Sadleir, Trollope 27