Trilby. A Novel
London, George Bell & Sons, 1896 (Colonial edition)/ 1894.
Octavo, x, 448, 16 (publisher's catalogue) pages 'with 121 illustrations by the author' (the frontispiece with a tissue guard).
Cloth stamped in gilt and brown; covers a little sunned and a little marked and rubbed; binding canted; a few dog-ear creases, spots, smudges and other minor signs of age and handling internally; early ownership details on the front endpapers; a very good copy.
Bell's Indian & Colonial Library edition. The sections in which the sinister hypnotist Svengali transforms Trilby into a famous singer are often cited as an inspiration for Gaston Leroux's novel 'The Phantom of the Opera'.
Item #148095
Price (AUD):
$80.00