Anthony Trollope — Orley Farm

London, Chapman and Hall, 1862. First edition. Leather. A first edition, first issue, of Anthony Trollope's novel 'Orley Farm', illustrated here by the Pre-Raphaelite John Millais. The first edition, both volumes are first issues, bound from the parts. Volume I: the plate 'and then they all marched' here facing page 80, as opposed to page 72, where it was in later issues, and no page number for that plate to the list of illustrations. Volume II: plates facing pages 305 and 314 are both captioned "farwell". Issue points from Michael Sadleir's 'Trollope a Bibliography&apos.Complete in two volumes. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen plates.Collated, bound without the adverts, and the half-title to Volume I. All plates are present.'Orley Farm' is Anthony Trollope's realist novel, following an intense legal battle over a farm near London, name Orley Farm. The novel features themes Trollope often followed in his novels, such as the changing Victorian world, and the threat of losing a house. Trollope viewed this novel as his personal favourite, despite it having been undersold. George Orwell also describe it as "one of the most brilliant descriptions of a lawsuit in English fiction".Illustrated by John Everett Millais, one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, with the brotherhood being founded in his home in Gower Street. He is best known for his painting depicting the tragic character Ophelia from Hamlet, a painting which now embodies all that the Pre-Raphaelite admired and worked for. In a rebacked half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. Spines are faded. Light marks to the boards and spines. Front hinge of Volume I is starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with scattered spots, mostly to the plates. Good . Ill.: J. E. Millais. Good .