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London: John Murray, 1979. 1.25 kg; XXVI, 76 pages, includes chapter notes, index, and illustrated with reproductions of drawings and black-and-white photographs. Extensive editor's introduction and explanation of editorial procedures. Illustrated dust jacket. Slight rubbing to the heel of the spine, and to the bottom corners of the boards otherwise, in very good condition. "This abridgement reduces by more than one half the Nelly 2000 pages of the original. This has been achieved by judicious pruning of the lengthy quotations from Carlisle and others that the conventions of Victorian biography led Froude to include and that disrupt the smooth flow of the narrative. Professor Clubbe is able to demonstrate conclusively that no Froude often copied words in correctly, he rarely distort the sense of what he quoted: almost all quote passages that remain are given inaccurate text." -- front fold over blurb. Please note that this book will weigh more than 1 kg packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Literary Biography.