Vol. II. pp. iv + 272.
Vol. III. pp. iv + 277 + (3).
No half-titles. Orange cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Blue-black end-papers.
Note—This novel was published in June, 1881.
1882
WHY FRAU FROHMANN RAISED HER PRICES: AND OTHER STORIES. By Anthony Trollope, author of Framley Parsonage, The Small House at Allington etc. etc. London: William Isbister Limited 56 Ludgate Hill. 1882. 1 vol. Large Cr. 8vo (5¼ × 7¾). Pp. vi + (ii) + 416. Pale olive-green cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Dark chocolate end-papers.
Contents: Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices—The Lady of Launay—Christmas at Thompson Hall—The Telegraph Girl—Alice Dugdale.
Notes—(i) Copies of this book were also issued in two volumes, but with the same pagination and composed of the same sheets as the more usual one-volume issue. A new edition, with a frontispiece, was issued in November, 1882.
(ii) In 1885, under the title Thompson Hall, the third story in this volume was issued separately by Messrs. Sampson Low. In some quarters the little book is regarded as a first edition and highly valued accordingly, but in truth it is not bibliographically an item of any importance, being a textual reprint of Christmas at Thompson Hall, under a slightly different title and with the addition of a few second-rate illustrations. For the benefit of those interested, the description and collation of the book is as follows:
THOMPSON HALL. By Anthony Trollope, author of The Prime Minister, Orley Farm etc. etc. With illustrations. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. Crown Buildings, 188 Fleet Street. 1885. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7). Pp. 127 + (1). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (iv) and (128). Eight line-engraved illustrations printed on text paper. Grey paper boards, printed in dark blue and brown. White end-papers.