(ii) Sets of the parts are sometimes met with, bound separately in red-brown cloth and lettered on spine only with the title of the book and the number of the part. I cannot establish the relative dates of the regular four-volume cloth issue and of the eight clothbound parts.
THE PRIME MINISTER: Part Issue.
Apart from that printed on the wrappers, no advertisement material was included with the parts of this novel, save that at front of Part VI was inserted a 4 pp. leaflet (4 × 6⅜) of Chapman and Hall's Popular Two Shilling novels. Note should, however, be taken of the incidence of preliminary matter.
Part I: (iv) + 1-162. The preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title, reading: PART I., Vol. I. Verso blank. Title, reading: The Prime Minister. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. 1876. Verso blank. No list of contents.
Part II: (ii) + 163-337 + (1). Preliminary matter: Section half-title: PART II., Vol. I. Verso blank.
Part III: (vi) [paged as iv] + 1-170. Preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title, reading: PART III., Vol. II. Verso blank. Title, as in Part I. Verso blank. Contents of Vol. II. (2 pp.).
Part IV: (iv) + 171-342. Preliminary matter: 2 pp. blank. Section half-title: PART IV., Vol. II. Verso blank.
Part V: vi + 1-174. Preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title, reading: PART V., Vol. III. Verso blank. Title, as in Parts I. and III. Verso blank. Contents of Vol. III. (2 pp.).
Part VI: (iv) + 175-346. Preliminary matter: 2 pp. blank. Section half-title: PART VI. Verso blank.
Part VII: vi + 1-168. Preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title reading: PART VII., Vol. IV. Verso blank. Title, as in Parts I., III., and V. Verso blank. Contents of Vol. IV. (2 pp.).