Barchester Towers / The Franklin Library / 1982

By Anthony Trollope

The fine line drawings in this Franklin Library edition are by the English artist Edward Ardizzone (1900 - 1979) and include some of his best work. The son of an Italian father and an English mother, Ardizzone is regarded as one of the finest book illustrators of the twentieth century. Ardizzone illustrated the novels of three Victorian writers, Dickens, Thackeray, and Trollope, but he found the author of Barchester Towers the most congenial.

Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket: None. The red hardcover boards with elaborately decorated gold upper and lower covers, all three sides of the page edges are gold, illustrated front and rear end sheets, and a traditional three-ribbed spine accented with gold decorations. Tiny rubbing on the edge of the upper board. Tiny rubbing and foxing on the top, fore, and tail edges of the text block. 534pp

Publisher: The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Date Published: 1982
Illustrator: Ardizzone, Edward