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TROLLOPE, Anthony : The Warden, Barchester Towers, Doctor Thorne [3 Volume Boxed Set]

Folio Society, London, 2002

Quarter cloth bindings with decorated paper covered boards and decorated endpapers. Two of the lovely volumes are near fine.The very good 'Barchester Towers' volume has circular dampstains on front and a few white spots on back. No dust wrappers as issued, blue slipcase, faintly dusty, has bumped corners.; The first three volumes of "The Barsetshire Novels", the first serial fiction in English literature. The six novel series tells the story of the professional and landed classes in the Victorian cathedral town of Barchester and the surrounding county. Angela Thirkell readers will recognize many of the family names and place names as she 'borrowed' Trollope's Barsetshire for her own novels of 20th century English life. 'The Warden' introduction by Owen Chadwick, 'Barchester Towers' introduction by Ruth Rendell, 'Doctor Thorne' introduction by P.D. James.; This three volume set will incur extra shipping charges if sent outside the US., 172,476,524 pages, Very Good+. Illustr: Illustrated by Alexy Pendle; B&W Illustrations

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