Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers. by Trollope, Anthony. Thirkell, Angela. Kredel, Fritz, illustrator - 1958: An Introduction by Angela Thirkell. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel.

Hardcover. 'As his readers know, this series is set roughly in the fifties of the [19th] century. The stories are [150] years old now, but apart from the clothes, the less swift means of transport, the pleasing number of servants (it may be remembered that the Crawleys at Hogglestock in 'The Last Chronicle of Barset', though desperately poor, had a servant girl, as also did Mr. and Mrs. Micawber in their London lodgings a little earlier), the people have much the same interests, likes, and dislikes as we have now.' xvii, 564 pages, halftone & color text illustrations, 24.5 cm.; bound in brown patterned boards, pictorial brown cloth spine stamped in gold; minor wear, top of spine split; Good+ in matching slipcase, with Sandglass. Stock#32959/h.