Anthony Trollope — Orley Farm

London, Chapman and Hall, 1866. First edition. Cloth. The first remainder edition of this realist novel by Anthony Trollope, with illustrations by John Everett Millais. A first edition, later issue, made up in 1866 from remaindered sheets of the first 1862 edition with a new title-page. Two volumes bound in one, without new title page for vol. II as called for and without half-title.Originally published in monthly shilling parts between 1861 and 1862, this novel by Anthony Trollope became the author's own favourite, though it undersold upon publication. Author George Orwell stated the book contains "one of the most brilliant descriptions of a lawsuit in English fiction."A realist novel concerning themes of human character and relationship, exploring guilt, revenge, suffering, and love and hate. Illustrated by Pre-Raphaelite artist and child prodigy John Everett Millais, with frontispieces to each part and thirty-eight full page plates. Collated, complete with last plate 'Farewell' misbound to face p. 311 instead of 314 of vol. II. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. With shelf wear and bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, head and tail of spine chipped with minor loss to head, cracking along the front joint, boards soiled and lightly marked, backstrip now laid down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally very clean. Illustrated with frontispieces to each part and thirty-eight full page plates. Collated, complete, with last plate 'Farewell' misbound to face p. 311 instead of 314 of vol. II. Good . Ill.: J. E. Millais. Good .