Trollope used this metaphor as a starting point to examine and criticize the various institutions of Britain in his time (1856)

darkened and a stain to front cover

Pages    78

Bumps and worn to corners

A beige booklet as new

C J S Thompson - Mysteries of History, Faber & Gwyer, 1928 Thalidomide Trollope used this metaphor asC J S Thompson Mysteries of History, Faber & Gwyer, 1928 With accounts of some remarkable characters and charlatans. Blue cloth in fair condition. Faded spine and bumped ends. Corners bumped. Foxing to page edges and to some leaves through book. Pencil notations and book sticker on rear flyleaf. Good reading copy. Weight 645g. Pages 319.