Folio Archives 362: The Parson’s Daughter by Anthony Trollope 1949

The Parson’s Daughter and Other Stories by Anthony Trollope 1949

This is a collection of five short stories written by Trollope in the middle of the 19th. century, and they reflect the social mores of that era. The stories vary from unrequited love and filial devotion to a jovial Irish tale and a downfall due to liquor.

This is the 17th. book ever produced by the Folio Society in the third year of its existence. At this time FS books had dust-jackets and no slipcase.

The stories were selected and introduced by John Hampden, and there are 17 wood-engravings (some tiny tail pieces) by Joan Hassall. The 228 page book has plain white endpapers and is bound in full cream cloth with a repeat botanical pattern in green. The white dust-jacket printed with the same pattern as the binding, and the title is printed on the cover in a cartouche. It measures 21.9x14.4cm.





















































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What a wonderful book and I found the extract from Introduction lucid and thoughtful.

You would have thought it worth re-publishing in an imaginary series called 'Folio Society Classic Books'....

There was a twin volume, Mary Gresley, in 1951, same design, but red cover. Both are hard to find in good condition. There was a different selection in the 70s to match the Barsetshire series. However the short stories promised for the Complete Trollope never did materialise, due perhaps to perceived reader or actual editorial fatigue. The somewhat bland illustrations typically chosen for the Complete would not likely have matched Hassall's.

>1 wcarter:

A lovely little book, Warwick, which, unfortunately, I don't have (- yet!). I've always admired Joan Hassall's woodcuts. Thanks for the review and illustrations - what a wonderful archive this and all your like contributions make.

>3 Jayked: "However the short stories promised for the Complete Trollope never did materialise . . ."

Yes, it's a pity the Folio Society didn't stretch to these. However . . . . I'm sure you're aware of the following, but it might be of interest to some.

Trollope's complete short stories have been published elsewhere, each collection as a set:

A. By Texas Christian University Press, 1979-83: Not seen.

Vol. 1: Christmas Stories
Vol. 2: Editors and Writers
Vol. 3: Tourists and Colonials
Vol. 4: Courtship and Marriage
Vol. 5: Various Stories

B. By William Pickering, c. 1990-91: Not seen, but general appearance illustrated on, e.g., Abe.
Hardbacks in dust jackets. Edited with Introductions by Betty Breyer; Forewords by Joanna Trollope.

Volume titles as A, except
Vols. 1 & 2 are reversed;
Vol. 5: The Journey to Panama and Other Stories

C. By The Trollope Society, 1990-94:
Reprinted from the Pickering edition (B). Hardbacks without dust jacket or slipcase. Unillustrated.
Vols. 1-4 have the same titles as A
Vol. 5: The Journey to Panama and Other Stories

The five Trollope Society volumes have a uniform black binding with boards decorated with an intertwining leaf pattern (reminiscent of the 1949 Folio binding above), printed in a different colour for each volume. While being uniform in themselves, they are not uniform with the novels and travel books edition, being slightly smaller.

The Trollope Society also published in the same series (i.e. uniform with the short stories):
Barchester Pilgrimage by Ronald A Knox (1990, but undated)
The New Zealander (1995)
Hunting Sketches (1996) - 9 drawings by David Eccles. Spine lacks the leaf design of the other titles.
Thackeray (1997) - a few illustrations reproduced from the Bradbury & Evans 1849 edition of Vanity Fair
Clergymen of the Church of England (1998, but undated) - 10 drawings by David Eccles