# Is "Doctor Thorne" by Anthony Trollope a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope (Chapman and Hall, 1858) is identified by: First edition, three volumes, with a 32-page publisher's catalogue dated April 1858 bound into volume I.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, three volumes, with a 32-page publisher's catalogue dated April 1858 bound into volume I. Chapman and Hall printed only 750 copies of the first edition -- fewer than they had printed of either Barchester Towers or The Three Clerks -- making genuine first-edition sets scarcer than those companion titles; a second edition of 250 copies followed within three weeks in the same binding, so the dated April 1858 catalogue in volume I is the most reliable check against that near-identical second edition
- Cited as Sadleir 7 and Wolff 6772
- Sadleir ranked it the second scarcest Trollope title in original boards after The Macdermots of Ballycloran
- Publisher imprint reads Chapman and Hall
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Anthony Trollope |
| Publisher | Chapman and Hall |
| Year | 1858 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, three volumes, with a 32-page publisher's catalogue dated April 1858 bound into volume I. Chapman and Hall printed only 750… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition, three volumes, with a 32-page publisher's catalogue dated April 1858 bound into volume I. Chapman and Hall printed only 750 copies of the first edition -- fewer than they had printed of either Barchester Towers or The Three Clerks -- making genuine first-edition sets scarcer than those companion titles; a second edition of 250 copies followed within three weeks in the same binding, so the dated April 1858 catalogue in volume I is the most reliable check against that near-identical second edition. Cited as Sadleir 7 and Wolff 6772; Sadleir ranked it the second scarcest Trollope title in original boards after The Macdermots of Ballycloran.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Doctor Thorne* by Anthony Trollope a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/doctor-thorne
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.