# Is "Phineas Redux" by Anthony Trollope a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope (Chapman & Hall, 1874) is identified by: True first published by Chapman & Hall, London, title-dated 1874 but actually issued December 1873, in two octavo volumes. The London Chapman & Hall two-volume issue is the true first edition and precedes any American issue; it fills the Palliser sequence between Phineas Finn and The Prime Minister.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- True first published by Chapman & Hall, London, title-dated 1874 but actually issued December 1873, in two octavo volumes
- First-issue points: original green cloth blocked in black with a gilt central device in a botanical panel, and gilt spine lettering; half-titles present in both volumes
- 24 wood-engraved plates after Frank Holl (carried over from the novel's serialization in The Graphic, July 1873 to January 1874)
- Each volume is separately paginated (Vol
- I vi,[ii],339,[1]; Vol
- II vi,[ii],329,[1]) — this separate pagination distinguishes the Chapman & Hall first from the later one-volume Routledge reprint, which is continuously paginated
- Publisher imprint reads Chapman & Hall

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Anthony Trollope |
| Publisher | Chapman & Hall |
| Year | 1874 |
| True first | American edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | True first published by Chapman & Hall, London, title-dated 1874 but actually issued December 1873, in two octavo volumes |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
True first published by Chapman & Hall, London, title-dated 1874 but actually issued December 1873, in two octavo volumes. First-issue points: original green cloth blocked in black with a gilt central device in a botanical panel, and gilt spine lettering; half-titles present in both volumes; 24 wood-engraved plates after Frank Holl (carried over from the novel's serialization in The Graphic, July 1873 to January 1874). Each volume is separately paginated (Vol. I vi,[ii],339,[1]; Vol. II vi,[ii],329,[1]) — this separate pagination distinguishes the Chapman & Hall first from the later one-volume Routledge reprint, which is continuously paginated. Catalogued Sadleir (Trollope) 41, Wolff 6790, Tinker 2226. First sets are frequently found rebound in later calf; original publisher's cloth is encountered less often.

## Is this the true first?
The London Chapman & Hall two-volume issue is the true first edition and precedes any American issue; it fills the Palliser sequence between Phineas Finn and The Prime Minister. English original, so there is no translation-precedence question.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Reprint trap: Routledge later reprinted the novel in one volume — distinguish by continuous pagination and the absence of the Chapman & Hall imprint and the Holl plates. Oxford World's Classics and Trollope Society issues are modern reprints, not the first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Phineas Redux* by Anthony Trollope a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/phineas-redux
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.