Anthony Trollope John Letts (8 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. First thus (Ford-Smith Folio 76 #674). Includes publisher's slipcase. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1990 Hard Cover. xxii, 332 pp. Introduction by John Letts, illustrations by David Eccles. Recounts the story of a young woman who is forced to give up her fiance because of baseless suspicions directed toward him by the members of her community, including her sister and the pastors of the two churches attended by her sister and mother. The novel was originally commissioned for Good Words, a popular magazine directed at pious Protestant readers. However, the magazine's editor, upon reading the galley proofs, concluded that the negative portrayals of the Low church and Evangelical characters would anger and alienate much of his readership. The novel was never published in serial form.Rachel Ray is the younger daughter of a lawyer's widow. She lives with her mother and her widowed sister, Dorothea Prime, in a cottage near Exeter in Devon. Mrs. Ray is amiable but weak, unable to make decisions on her own and ruled by her older daughter. Mrs. Prime is a strict and gloomy Evangelical, persuaded that all worldly joys are impediments to salvation. Rachel is courted by Luke Rowan, a young man from London who has inherited an interest in the profitable local brewery. Mrs. Prime suspects his morals and motives, and communicates these suspicions to her mother. Mrs. Ray consults her pastor, the Low Churchman Charles Comfort; and upon his vouching for Rowan, allows Rachel to accept his offer of marriage. Soon after this, Rowan falls into a dispute with the senior proprietor of the brewery, and returns to London to seek legal advice. Rumours circulate about his conduct in Devon; Comfort believes the rumours, and advises Mrs. Ray to end the engagement between Rachel and Rowan. Rachel obeys her mother's instructions to write Rowan and release him from the engagement. When he fails to respond, she grows increasingly depressed. Rowan returns to Devon, and the dispute over the brewery is settled to his satisfaction. This accomplished, he calls upon the Rays and assures Rachel that his love for her is still strong. She assents to his renewed proposals. Marital bliss ensues. A subplot involves the abortive courtship of Mrs. Prime by her pastor, Samuel Prong. Prong is a zealous but intolerant Evangelical. His religious beliefs are in agreement with hers, but the two have incompatible notions of marriage: Prong insists on a husband's authority over his wife, and in particular over the income from her first husband's estate; Mrs. Prime wants to retain control of her money, and is otherwise unwilling to submit to a husband's rule.James Pope-Hennessy described Rachel Ray as "Trollope's tirade against the West Country evangelical clergy".Like his mother, Frances Trollope, who had caricatured them in her Vicar of Wrexhill, Anthony Trollope had no fondness for Evangelicals. In the novel, Samuel Prong, like Obadiah Slope of Barchester Towers, has an ill-favored appearance, pursues marriage for money rather than love,and is "not a gentleman". Mrs. Prime is morose and motivated by a love of power;her Dorcas Society lieutenant, Miss Pucker, is a sour gossip-mongering spinster with a disfiguring squint.Rachel's happiness is threatened by the machinations of the Evangelical characters, and the intervention of two of her non-Evangelical neighbours is critical in salvaging it. David Eccles, B&W Illustrations (illustrator).…

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase - Very Good ++. First Thus. xxii + 332 pages. Very light green boards with light decoration, gren spine with gilt titles/decoration on black. light green slipcase. Slipcase has very slight surface wear & a 5mm wide horizontal stain across spine with a couple of slight marks. Minimal signs of wear to book. Attractive b/w drawings. Text is spotless. Very nice condition. Eccles, David (Illustrator) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. A fine copy of this Folio edition with no obvious wear and no marking to the contents. In a very good slipcase. wt. 776g. pp.xxii,332. This book has been carefully described by an experienced, independent, bookdealer, it is not for sale on other sites and the pictures are photographs of the actual book. John Letts (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near mint Slip Case. First Edition Thus. Mint book in clean fresh quarter green cloth covers with gilt titles to black panels with gilt decoration to spine; the pale green papered sides have a decorative green border. Internally mint and free of inscriptions; printed and bound at The Bath Press; very attractively illustrated; pale green end papers; top edges green The pale green slip case is in near mint condition; one or two tiny spots. A lovely copy. David Eccles (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1999. Nearly fine condition with no wrapper. Introduction by John Letts. Green cloth spine with gilt title in black title block. Pale green boards with floral border. B/w illustrations. 332 pages. Based on the text of the first edition with minor emendations. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Eccles, David (illustrator). …

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Condition: Good. In Slipcase.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. NrF. First Edition Thus. No d/ws, (as published). Two volume set, complete in two volumes. viii,467pp. and v,494pp. First published in 1862, this is Trollope's shrewd observations concerning North America. With Appendices. Introduction by John Letts. Some light spotting to top-edge of volume one; else a near fine set of a SCARCE edition. HEAVY PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT POSTAGE. WILL BE KEPT AT COST. ORDERS OUTSIDE OF UK MAY INCUR EXTRA COST.…