No half-titles. Each volume contains eight illustrations printed separately. Bright green cloth, blocked in black and gold. Pale chocolate end-papers.
Notes—(i) This book was published on April 20, 1867. The story appeared serially in the “Cornhill.”
(ii) There are two varieties of binding to this book. It is an open question whether the simpler design with no black on the sides is earlier or later than that which is more elaborate.
1867
LOTTA SCHMIDT: AND OTHER STORIES. By Anthony Trollope. Alexander Strahan, Publisher, 56 Ludgate Hill, London. 1867. 1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¾). Pp. (iv) + 403 + (1). Dark red cloth, gilt. Green-black end-papers.
There is no list of contents. Titles are as follow: Lotta Schmidt—The Adventures of Fred Pickering—The Two Generals—Father Giles of Ballymoy—Malachi's Cove—The Widow's Mite—The Last Austrian who Left Venice—Miss Ophelia Gledd—The Journey to Panama.
Note—This book was published in August, 1867. The original sheets were reissued in 1870, without indication of there having been an earlier edition. The reissue is cr. 8vo in size, pp. (vi) + 425 + (1), bears the imprint “Strahan and Co.,” and is bound in pale maroon cloth. Later still copies, taken over in sheets by Chapman and Hall and also dated 1870, were issued in bright green cloth, with chocolate end-papers, printed with Chapman and Hall advertisements.
1868
LINDA TRESSEL. By the author of Nina Balatka. Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXVIII. 2 vols. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾).
Vol. I. pp. 216.