# Is "Framley Parsonage" by Anthony Trollope a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope (Smith, Elder & Co., 1861) is identified by: First book edition, three volumes, collating 2-333; 318; 330pp., published in April 1861 following serialization in the Cornhill Magazine beginning in January 1860, illustrated with six plates by John Everett Millais.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First book edition, three volumes, collating 2-333
- 330pp., published in April 1861 following serialization in the Cornhill Magazine beginning in January 1860, illustrated with six plates by John Everett Millais
- The first issue is identified by a misplaced quotation mark and comma around the first word of the seventeenth line on page 238 of volume III, a printer's error corrected in later printings
- A sixteen-page publisher's catalogue dated April 1861 is bound in at the end of volume III. Cited as Sadleir 11 and Trollope Society Catalogue 11
- Publisher imprint reads Smith, Elder & Co.
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Anthony Trollope |
| Publisher | Smith, Elder & Co. |
| Year | 1861 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First book edition, three volumes, collating 2-333 |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First book edition, three volumes, collating 2-333; 318; 330pp., published in April 1861 following serialization in the Cornhill Magazine beginning in January 1860, illustrated with six plates by John Everett Millais. The first issue is identified by a misplaced quotation mark and comma around the first word of the seventeenth line on page 238 of volume III, a printer's error corrected in later printings. A sixteen-page publisher's catalogue dated April 1861 is bound in at the end of volume III. Cited as Sadleir 11 and Trollope Society Catalogue 11.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings show the corrected reading at page 238, line 17 of volume III, without the misplaced quotation mark and comma that mark the true first issue.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Framley Parsonage* by Anthony Trollope a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/framley-parsonage
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.