Anthony Trollope — Linda Tressel

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1868 . First edition. Leather. Volume II only of the vanishingly scarce first edition of Anthony Trollope's cautionary tale, in a Sangorski & Sutcliffe signed binding. A vanishingly scarce first edition. Volume II only of the very scarce two volume first edition. Sadleir [29].Linda Tressel was the second of three novels Trollope intended to publish anonymously in the 1860s, along with Nina Balatka and The Golden Lion of Granpere.The plot revolves around the heroine, Linda Tressel, who is pressured by her religious zealot aunt to marry an unpleasant man she finds repulsive. It is a cautionary tale about the opposing pulls of fanaticism, love, stubbornness and greed for property.In a half crushed morocco signed binding from Sangorski & Sutcliffe.Retaining the original half title.Written by Anthony Trollope, an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. In a half crushed morocco signed binding, with cloth covered boards. Back strip age toned, otherwise externally excellent. Endpapers renewed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .