[Anthony Trollope: 'Nina Balatka. The Story of a Maiden of P...

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[Anthony Trollope: 'Nina Balatka. The Story of a Maiden of Prague.', first edition in serial form in] 'Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine', Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood, Vols. 100 & 101, July-December 1866 & January-June 1867, 2 volumes, 1st edition in serial form, published anonymously, in six parts in volume 100, and the concluding chapter in volume 101, issue No. 615, formerly the copies of George Locke, late book dealer, author, publisher and authority on Fantasy and Science Fiction, with his pencil notes on each FFEP "A. Trollope Nina Balatka 2 vols...", ex library (not recent, 19th/early 20th Century), old half calf gilt. Trollope's story of a woman's struggles to marry while caught between the mutually antagonistic Jewish and gentile societies of Prague. Scarce anonymous serialisation preceding the 2 volume first edition in book form published by William Blackwood in 1867 (2)