8vo. In two volumes. vi, [2], 320pp; vi, [2], 328pp. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume and 18 further engraved plates by Pre-Raphaelite founder J. E. Millais. Later gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Rubbed and marked, with patches of surface wear to spine and edges, boards lightly stained. Armorial bookplates of Richard Greville Verney to FEP of each volume. Scattered spotting, particularly to endpapers and blank fly-leaves.

The first edition in book form of Trollope's second 'Palliser' or Parliamentary novel, originally serialised in St. Paul's Magazine from October 1867 to May 1869. Considered by the author to form the first part of a larger work, with the second half comprising his fourth 'Palliser', Phineas Redux (1873/4), the novel's serialisation accompanied Trollope's own experiences running as a Liberal MP in the Parliamentary election for Beverley, in which he ultimately finished last.