SIR HARRY HOTSPUR OF HUMBLETHWAITE
by TROLLOPE Anthony
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About This Item
Folio Society, 1992. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth/paper laid boards, top edge red (Fine), slipcase (VG). Pp. xxii + 172, with b&w illus by Peter Brookes (previous owner's neat inscription on front paste-down).
Synopsis
Anthony Trollope's novel Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite, appeared in 1871. The novel offers psychological dissection of the issues of inheritance, filial duty, noblesse oblige, gentlemanly behaviour, repentance and love, all hung upon the story of the wooing and losing of Sir Harry Hotspur's daughter (and heir to his property), Emily, by their "scamp" of a cousin (and heir to Sir Harry's baronetcy), Captain George Hotspur.
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- Bookseller
- Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 175804
- Title
- SIR HARRY HOTSPUR OF HUMBLETHWAITE
- Author
- TROLLOPE Anthony
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Folio Society, 1992
- Keywords
- Literature
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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...