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DU MAURIER, George (1834–1896). Trilby [appearing in original monthly parts in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Volumes 88–89, Numbers 524–531]. New York: Harper & Brothers, January to August, 1894. 8 volumes, tall 8vo. Numerous in text wood–engravings by Du Maurier INCLUDING THE SUPPRESSED ILLUSTRATION OF JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER AS “JOE SIBLEY”. Original pictorial printed wrappers (some sunning to spines with few spots of wear at extreme ends, else fine); cloth chemise; morocco–backed slipcase gilt. FIRST AMERICAN APPEARANCE in the original serial installments that is “lavishly illustrated by du Maurier with drawings not reproduced in the three–volume edition” (Sadlier). It also contains the rare Whistler matter which is a passage of nearly 1500 words plus a drawing introducing the character “Joe Sibley” that was later suppressed in book form as it was “beyond a shadow of a doubt” representing Whistler who would later sue Du Maurier for libel and won. “Du Maurier depicted the character as a lazy, pompous, and eccentric American art student… [which] drew attention from the British and American press and helped make Trilby a sensation – with Whistler’s name permanently attached to the story” (University of Delaware Online Exhibitions, “Friends & Enemies”). Sadlier 1675.