George du Maurier (1834 1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist and writer, known for his work in Punch and for his Gothic novel Trilby, which featured the character Svengali.

He also wrote Peter Ibbetson (1891) and The Martian (published posthumously in 1897). Illustrated with duotone drawings by the author. 1896), the celebrated Victorian cartoonist and novelist, is the author of Trilby (1894), the famous best seller widely considered to have changed the face of the late 19th-century publishing industry. A carefully used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor flaws. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. One of the most memorable characters is Svengali, a. Du Maurier was brought up believing his aristocratic grandparents fled France during the Revolution, leaving vast estates behind in France. Trilby OFerrall, the novels heroine, is a half-Irish girl working in Paris as an artists model and laundress. George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier was born on 6th March 1834 in Paris.

The caricaturist abandoned painting for drawing when he was blinded in one eye. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text, but some pencil notations at the rear endpapers. George du Maurier (1834-1896) was a French-born British cartoonist and most notably, an author. Very Good: shows slight spine lean several pencil marks at the bottom edge of the textg block mild rubbing and very faint soiling a hint of sunning to the red background field of the backstrip (the black titles thereon are unaffected: bold and clearly legible the binding is secure the text is clean.

Trilby by George du Maurier