# Is "Orley Farm" by Anthony Trollope a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (Chapman and Hall, 1862) is identified by: First edition in book form, two volumes, illustrated by John Everett Millais with 40 wood-engraved plates, following issue in the printed price monthly parts from March 1861 to October 1862.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition in book form, two volumes, illustrated by John Everett Millais with 40 wood-engraved plates, following issue in the printed price monthly parts from March 1861 to October 1862
- The two volumes were themselves published separately, about ten months apart, which dealers cite as one reason the bibliography of this title is unusually complex
- Michael Sadleir's bibliography of Trollope identifies several distinct issues of the first edition, distinguished by variations such as the printer's imprint, the binding cloth's grain, and the facing-page position of the plate captioned 'And then they all marched...', which lacks a page number in the list of illustrations in the earliest state
- In volume II, two separate plates near the end of the book (facing pages 305 and 314) share an identical caption, an oddity worth checking when confirming a set's plates are complete
- Because exact page citations for these issue points are reported inconsistently even among specialist dealers, any claimed first-issue set should ultimately be checked against Sadleir's collation rather than a single quoted page number
- Publisher imprint reads Chapman and Hall
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Anthony Trollope |
| Publisher | Chapman and Hall |
| Year | 1862 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition in book form, two volumes, illustrated by John Everett Millais with 40 wood-engraved plates, following issue in the printed… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition in book form, two volumes, illustrated by John Everett Millais with 40 wood-engraved plates, following issue in the printed price monthly parts from March 1861 to October 1862. The two volumes were themselves published separately, about ten months apart, which dealers cite as one reason the bibliography of this title is unusually complex. Michael Sadleir's bibliography of Trollope identifies several distinct issues of the first edition, distinguished by variations such as the printer's imprint, the binding cloth's grain, and the facing-page position of the plate captioned 'And then they all marched...', which lacks a page number in the list of illustrations in the earliest state. In volume II, two separate plates near the end of the book (facing pages 305 and 314) share an identical caption, an oddity worth checking when confirming a set's plates are complete. Because exact page citations for these issue points are reported inconsistently even among specialist dealers, any claimed first-issue set should ultimately be checked against Sadleir's collation rather than a single quoted page number.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Orley Farm* by Anthony Trollope a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/orley-farm
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.