1895 Trilby: A Novel

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First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Limited Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed

George du Maurier's second novel, 'Trilby' was one of the best selling novels of the turn of the nineteenth century era that truly sparked a sensation; with soap, songs, dances, toothpaste, and even the city of Trilby in Florida named after the novel's heroine. Originally published serially, the work is set in bohemian Paris in the 1850s, and tells the story of an artist’s model, Trilby O’Ferrall, who falls under the spell of the musician Svengali, who trains her voice through hypnosis and turns her into a talented singer. This is a first thus illustrated edition published in one volume, with the first true edition of the novel appearing in three volumes in 1894. This copy is numbered '219' of two hundred and fifty copies printed on large paper. The limited edition colophon features George du Maurier's signature in ink. Copiously illustrated throughout with one hundred and twenty one in-text illustrations by the author, collated complete with six facsimiles of 'selected pencil studies reproduced by P. Dujardin, each with a protective tissue guard.