The Prime Minister.
“He was one of those men who, as in youth they are never very young, so in age are they never very old": First Edition of Anthony Trollope's The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister.
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
$2,500.00
Item Number: 131836
London: Chapman and Hall, 1876.
First edition of this classic work, which examines one of the most enduring questions in government; whether a morally scrupulous gentleman can make an effective leader. Octavo, original cloth, four volumes. In near fine condition. An exceptional example, one of the nicest examples we have seen.
The Prime Minister, novel by Anthony Trollope, published serially during 1875 and 1876 and in book form in 1876. Considered by modern critics to represent the apex of the Palliser novels, it is the fifth in the series and sustains two plotlines.