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THE WARDEN
by TROLLOPE ANTHONY
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Elkin Matthews Marrot, 1926. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition Thus. Fine-textured red cloth with gilt frame upper front with bright gilt lettering front and spine. With an Original Lithograph and Eight illustrations in facsimile. Tissue-guarded frontispiece signed in pencil by Ethel Gabain. A book-plate on the front paste-down and two entirely unnecessary small pieces of magic tape to both the front and rear paste-downs otherwise a bright and attractive near fine copy. In the VERY RARE D/W priced 21/- net to the spine (as called for). The attractive D/W is complete although partially faded to the back panel (caused in all likelihood by another book lying next to it on the shelf). Scarce in D/W
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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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490714542
- Title
- THE WARDEN
- Author
- TROLLOPE ANTHONY
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Elkin Matthews Marrot
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
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- Cloth
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- Facsimile
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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