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THE PRIME MINISTER (one of set)
by ANTHONY TROLLOPE
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Between 1864 and 1979, the great British author Anthony Trollope wrote 6 books called The Palliser Novels. They revolve around the wealthy aristocrat and politician Plantagenet Palliser and his wife, Lady Glencora, and they cover the sweep of Victorian society. They are considered satire and parody of English life, and criticism of the British government's predilection for attracting corrupt and corruptible people to power.
In 1977, Oxford University Press released The Palliser Novels in separate 5" x 7 1/2" volumes. I have the full set: Can You Forgive Her?, Phineas Finn, Phineas Redux, The Duke's Children, The Prime Minister and The Eustace Diamonds. You can buy as many as you like--please contact me first so I can combine the shipping. If you want the whole set, please contact me.
The Prime Minister is #4 in the series. It centres around the Duke of Omnium's time as Prime Minister.
The book is in excellent condition, except that several of the pages have significant puckering--there is no smell but the book must have become damp at some point. The dust jacket has quite a bit of shelfwear. But the pages are nice and white and the binding is tight.
Synopsis
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was born in London to a bankrupt barrister father and a mother who, as a well-known writer, supported the family. Trollope enjoyed considerable acclaim both as a novelist and as a senior civil servant in the Post Office. He published more than forty novels and many short stories that are regarded by some as among the greatest of nineteenth-century fiction.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1517
- Title
- THE PRIME MINISTER (one of set)
- Author
- ANTHONY TROLLOPE
- Illustrator
- Hector Whistler
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1977
- Pages
- 396
- Size
- 5" x 7 1/2"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Victorian England, Pallister Novels, Plantagenet Palliser, Glencora, Duke of Omnium
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Society; Politics; British Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Louise Aird
All sales are final. If a book arrives damaged, please contact me.
About the Seller
Louise Aird
Biblio member since 2019
West Vancouver, British Columbia
About Louise Aird
Private individual who has been collecting books for 40 years.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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