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THE WARDEN
by ANTHONY TROLLOPE
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: GEORGE G. HARRAP, 1949 Mushroom cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, 255 x 195 mm approx. 208 pp. Colour frontis + 11 other colour plates + 29 b/w illustrations as called for by Phyllis Harrap. First published in 1855 this often satirical look at life in the fictional catherdral town of Barchester is a mirror to the social life of the time and is brought to life by the illustrations which are remarkably appropriate to the story created by Trollope. VG/Fair. (Book- some fading to cloth where loss to jacket. No previous owner name and no other notable defects. Dust jacket - significant chips and a little general shelf soilinng to rear panel. Non price clipped and now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.
Synopsis
The tranquil atmosphere of the cathedral town of Barchester is shattered when a scandal breaks concerning the financial affairs of a Church-run almshouse for elderly men. In the ensuing furore, Septimus Harding, the almshouse's well-meaning warden, finds himself pitted against his daughter's suitor Dr John Bold, a zealous local reformer. Matters are not improved when Harding's abrasive son-in law, Archdeacon Grantly, leaps into the fray to defend him against a campaign Bold begins in the national press. An affectionate and wittily satirical view of the workings of the Church of England, The Warden is also a subtle exploration of the rights and wrongs of moral crusades and, in its account of Harding's intensely felt personal drama, a moving depiction of the private impact of public affairs.
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121524
- Title
- THE WARDEN
- Author
- ANTHONY TROLLOPE
- Illustrator
- PHYLLIS HARRAP
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- GEORGE G. HARRAP
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Anthony Trollope, Barchester, The Warden, Phyllis Harrap, Illustrated Books, Books on Line Brighton, Fiction,
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