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DU MAURIER, George (1834-1896). Trilby. London: Osgood, McIlvane & Co., 1895. 4to. Engraved frontispiece, half-title, and illustrations by author. Contemporary quarter vellum and cloth with author’s name and titles gilt stamped (soiling). LIMITED EDITION number 178 of 250. SIGNED BY GEORGE DU MAURIER ON LIMITATION PAGE. Provenance: Michael A.E. Franklin (bookplate). -- Includes THREE VOLUME FIRST EDITION by Osgood, McIlvane & Co. with advertisements at back of third volume. 8vo. Publisher’s original pictorial boards. Provenance: Francis Scott Smith (bookplate). Without question the most famous of George du Maurier’s three novels, Trilby is credited with having inspired Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel, The Phantom of the Opera. The novel is credited with having introduced the term “Svengali” into the cultural lexicon to refer to a man with domineering powers over others, and inspired songs, dances, toothpastes, and was even the namesake for the town of Trilby, Florida.