Trollope, Anthony | The Way We Live Now, the first edition

Property from an Important American Collection

Trollope, Anthony 

The Way We Live Now. London: Chapman and Hall, 1875

2 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles, 40 illustrations by Luke Fides; occasional light spotting, particularly to the plates. Publisher's green cloth by Sharp & Hale, blocked in black to covers, spine black and gilt; only the slightest wear to joints. Collector's quarter morocco clamshell box.

First edition, one of Trollope's lengthiest works.

The first edition The Way We Live Now was created using unsold leaves from the serial, also printed by Chapman and Hall. The work explores greed and financial trickery in light of the financial crisis known as the Panic of 1873.

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