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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is "Oxford Reader's Companion to Trollope", edited by R. C. Terry, and published in 1999 by Oxford University Press. It is the First Edition, hardcover format. Anthony Trollope was called "The busiest man of Victorian letters". This book is much, much more than a mere dollop of Trollope ! The book is now Out of Print (OP). This particular copy may have been owned by a smoker. ********************************************** Excerpted from the jacket blurb : "Anthony Trollope's writing career spanned almost 50 years, and few writers before or since have covered so much territory (in every sense) and engaged with so many issues. His circle of friends reads like a Who's Who of Victorian England. His output was formidable, in both extent and diversity. The 'Oxford Reader's Companion to Trollope' brings together the world's leading Trollope scholars to provide an accessible, authoritative, and wide-ranging reference source to the unparalleled figure. ******************************************** "Trollope's own life, his works, and the historical and social context in which he lived are all explored in detail. Familiar aspects =, such as his work at the Post Office, and his series of novels, appear alongside items only recently addressed bu scholars : his work as a biographer and journalist; the importance of his extensive travels abroad, including his trip to Iceland; the astonishing reappraisal of his work over the last decades. ********************************************* "Included are more than 500 entires arranged A-Z for immediate Access / beautifully illustrated with over 30 integrated black-and-white illustrations / fully cross-referenced to facilitate browsing / thematic index listing headwords by topic / additional material includes a chronology of Trollope's life, a family tree, and an extensive bibliography. In short, this book is an unparalleled guide to one of our greatest and most influential authors - perfect for scholars, historians, and all who read and enjoy Anthony Trollope's works." ******************************************** TITLE : Oxford Reader's Companion to Trollope / EDITOR : R. C.Terry (one of the world's leading Trollope scholars - Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Victoria.) ADVISORY EDITORS : Professor John Sutherland, Professor N. John Hall IMPRINT : Oxford University Press PLACE : New York DATE : (1999) EDITION : First American Edition PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade hardcover; Literary Reference, contains 30 illustrations, has a Preface, a chronology, a List of Contributors, an index, a family tree, maps; xxiv + 624 pages; approximately 6" x 9 1/8"; black, paper-covered boards and spine, with gilt lettering stamped on spine; interior text printed on lightly calendered paper (a very smooth, not quite glossy surface) ; pictorial dust-jacket has a drawing of Anthony Trollope on the front panel; the rear flap has a black-and-white photograph of Professor Terry. ***************************************** CONDITION -- BOOK : VERY GOOD -- JACKET : VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that has seen little wear and remains clean, bright and solid, with no writing or marking of any sort, the following particulars noted :: May have been owned by a smoker :: EXTERIOR -- Spine extremities compressed, else negligible wear, being clean and bright. Text-block edges are clean. / BINDING -- Solid - hardly seems to have been used. / INTERIOR -- 12 leaves toward the back of the book have small bottom fore-edge corner tip creases (these have negligible effect), else the interior is free of writing, free of marking and marginalia, and free of signatures. / DUST-JACKET -- A touch of mild crimping to the spine panel extremities, and a tiny bit of edge wear, else clean and bright with negligible signs of handling.