Trollope (Frances). The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw; or Scenes on the Mississippi, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1836. 3 volumes, large 12mo (188 x 110 mm), contemporary tan half calf, [4] 327 [1], [2] 331 [1], [2] 348 pp., 15 etched plates, bound without half-titles, plates browned, damp-stained and offset (qty: 3) Complete sets of Trollope's pioneering anti-slavery novel are notably rare in commerce; the work is dedicated to 'those states of the American Union in which slavery has been abolished, or never permitted. Provenance: George Wilbraham (1779-1852), Whig politician, of Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire (with his Delamere House bookplates).