TROLLOPE, Anthony.
Marion Fay.
London: Chapman & Hall, Limited, 1882.
$1,500.00
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Item Number: RRB-152346
First Edition of Anthony Trollope's Marion Fay; Finely Bound by Bayntun
First edition of one of Anthony Trollope’s late novels, among his most detailed scrutinies of the English class system. Octavo, three volumes, bound in full polished calf by Bayntun with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles and inner panels, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. A handsomely bound set.
Marion Fay, first published in 1882, is one of Anthony Trollope’s late novels and among his most detailed examinations of the English class system. The story contrasts two love affairs that each cross the boundaries of rank: Lord Hampstead, son of the Marquis of Kingsbury, falls in love with Marion Fay, the daughter of a Quaker clerk in the City, while his sister, Lady Frances Trafford, is determined to marry George Roden, a Post Office clerk. By turns tragic and comic, the novel reflects Trollope’s own long career in the Post Office and his abiding interest in the tension between social position and personal worth. It was first serialized in The Graphic between 1881 and 1882 before appearing in three volumes from Chapman & Hall.
Marion Fay.
$1,500.00
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