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1859UDISCAL00ECRoutledge Warnes and Routledge 1859. Good. Disraeli Isaac. The Calamities and Quarrels of Authors : With Inquiries Respecting Their Moral and Literary Characters And Memoirs for Our Literary History. London: Routledge Warnes and Routledge 1859. 552pp. Indexed. 12mo. Book condition: Good only. The edges of the covers are lightly bumped. The top edges of the pages are very lightly moisture stained. Pp. 419-430 are hanging on by a thread. Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge unknown books
187131902New York: W.J. Widleton 1871. Cloth edges worn. Bookplate of Alexander Eakin. From Ira Gershwin's library with posthumous bookplate. <br/><br/> W.J. Widleton hardcover books
186621279NY: Widdleton 1866. A new edn. 2 Vols. 8vo pp. 419 453. Ex library. hinges tender. o/w VG. Essays on English literature criticism public opinion concerning literature etc. Widdleton unknown books
1878606541878. DISRAELI Benjamin. BENJAMIN DISRAELI EARL OF BEACONSFIELD K.G. In Upwards of 100 Cartoons from the Collection of "Mr. Punch." London: Punch Office 1878. Large 8vo. printed wrappers. Wrappers chiped at edges and torn with some moderate soil; front wrap detached badly worn but present. Internally very good images though the margins are occasionally slightly soiled with chipping at the prelims. lightly and several latter leaves lacking the bottom corners. Faint crease to approx. half the leaves where binding was once bent. As is. unknown books
1880471091880. DISRAELI Benjamin. ENDYMION. By The Right Honorable The Earl of Beaconsfield K.G. New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1880. First American edition published the same year as the first English edition. The author's last novel. 8vo. green cloth decorated and lettered in black and gilt spine in gilt. A very good copy clean and bright showing only light rubbing at the spine ends and extremities. unknown books
186472048Cambridge: Riverside Press. Very Good. 1864. Hardcover. Disraeli Isaac. CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE. Cambridge: Riverside Press 1864. This is two of four volumes Volumes 1 and 2. Some rubbing to the covers former owner bookplates on the front paste down of each volume. Contents are bright and complete. Very Good. . Riverside Press hardcover books
188069908London: Longmans Green and Co 1880. Hardcover. Very good. New Edition. A late novel by Benjamin Disraeli 1804-81 written after his first term as Prime Minister. It deals with the comparative merits of the Catholic and Anglican churches as heirs of Judaism and with the topical question of Italian unification. From the library of Henry Jeffrey Flower 6th Viscount Ashbrook with a small bookplate featuring the family crest on the front pastedown and his signature and brief notations to the prefatory leaves. 12mo. In a one-half dark blue over marbled paper binding with a red morocco spine label four raised bands and decorative gilt stamping. Some mild foxing to the prefatory and concluding leaves. The spine is very lightly sun faded; otherwise very good and quite lovely. Longmans, Green, and Co hardcover books
1875000140New York: W. J. Widdleton 1875. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾. Book. 1874 ed. for Amenities 1875 for Curiosities all volumes bound in black cloth. Some soilage to boards some minor chips vol. 1 of Amenities has small tear upper spine right. Still atttractive 6 volume set. Interiors tight pages age toned clean with name of owner written neatly into title pages owner was famous American statesman of time 1876. Isaac Disraeli was belletrist of note and father of British PM. This work was a monument to bibliophilia and is considered a minor classic in own right without regard to son. Basically a collection of strange and fascinating trivia about literary figures and other miscellany. <br/><br/> W. J. Widdleton hardcover books
186532138London: Routledge 1865. Three volumes. Half calf extremities rubbed; very good otherwise. Feom the library of Ira Gershwin with posthumous bookplate. <br/><br/> Routledge unknown books
18441173362Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz 1844. Copyright Edition. VG- hardcover Sextodecimo half bound in black buckram and marbled papers gilt text and ruling on spine all edges flecked. Library rebinding. Some shelfwear; a bit rubbed along edges and at head and tail of spine. Scattered foxing. Interior clean binding solid. 1173362. Shelved Rockville Bookstore. Bernhard Tauchnitz unknown books
1875RDISCUR00CCWW.J. Widdleton 1875. Good. Disraeli Isaac. Curiosities of Literature 4 volume set. New York: W.J. Widdleton 1875. 446 468 466 472pp. Indexed. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Good with chipped heads of spines and bumping and rubbing to edges.Light soiling. All four volumes are tightly bound and internally clean. Each volume has a contemporary bookseller's leabel and a presentation bookplate on its front pastedown. A collection of the writings of Isaac D'Israeli with a commentary on his life and work by his son British Prime Minister Benjamin D'Israeli. W.J. Widdleton hardcover books
18758337London The Tyne Publishing Company Limited ca. 1875. 1875. "Fifteenth Thousand" edition. Small 8vo. Author's preface. Original frontispiece portrait photograph by W.& D. Downey. Appendix literary chronology. 296 pages. Original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt black and blind bevelled edges. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Disraeli 1804-81 English statesman and author; founded modern Conservative Party; popular novels include "Lothair" 1870. Hardcover. London, The Tyne Publishing Company, Limited [ca. 1875]. hardcover books
1870476251870. DISRAELI Benjamin. LOTHAIR. New York: D. Appleton 1870. First American edition same year as the London first. 8vo terra cotta stamped in gilt black and blind; with only slight shelfwear and spotting. Just about fine. unknown books
186437372New York: Hurd & Houghton 1864. "A New Edition". Original publisher's tan half-leather bindings with marbled paper boards eps & edges. Gilt decorated spines. Average wear. Armorial bookplate of Henry T. Babcock. A VG set. 2 volumes: viii 9 - 419 3 blank; iv 5 - 453 5 blank pp. Index Vol II. Crown 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/> Hurd & Houghton hardcover books
188149487Chicago: Belford Clarke & Co 1881. 12mo pp. 422; original printed wrappers; bottom of spine chipped and a small piece missing from the top of the upper wrapper else very good. <br/><br/> Belford, Clarke & Co unknown books
1891118059London: William Paterson & Co. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1891. Octavo pp. i-v vi vii viii-xxiii xiv 1 2-389 390: blank flyleaves at front and rear inserted frontispiece portrait of Disraeli original three-quarter maroon cloth with floral patterned side panels spine panel stamped in gold t.e.g. fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. The Lippincott issue with their imprint at bottom of spine panel. Part of the "Treasure House of Tales" series. Collects twenty pieces of fiction and satire by the famous Victorian statesman/author of which several qualify as fantasy including IXION IN HEAVEN POMPANILLA and "The Infernal Marriage." A useful collection of an important author. NCBEL III 774. Sadleir 727 limited issue. Not in Wolff. A bright fine copy. #118059 William Paterson & Co. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company unknown books
1836533301836. DISRAELI Benjamin. THE LETTERS OF RUNNYMEDE. London: John Macrone 1836. First edition. 2pp. adv.; xx 234pp.; 6pp. adv. 8vo. original green cloth-backed boards paper label to spine. The text is clean; however the upper board and the initial gatherings through page xx are nearly detached. The boards are worn and soiled and the paper label is sunned and rubbed. Bookplate to front pastedown and ink ownership to title-page. As is. Halkett & Laing. unknown books
186632139London: Routledge 1866. Polished calf. Extremities rubbed; very good otherwise. Inscribed to Ira Gershwin by Gershwin biographer Edward Jablonski and other family members. With Ronald Fuller's 1925 Merton College bookplate by Rex Whistler. <br/><br/> Routledge unknown books
183330108Boston: Lilly Wait Colman and Holden; New York: William Jackson 1833. First complete American edition of the first series 8vo 3 vols. pp. 386 363 and 375; wood-engraved frontispiece illustration in each vol. folded facsimile of "Mr. Pope's Manuscript Homer" in vol. III; original purple moiré-patterned cloth covered boards stamped and lettered in gilt on spine; moderate wear to extremities the spines faded to tan with ends fraying and chipped joints on each volume cracked with a few inadequate and amateurish tape repairs and light to moderate foxing throughout. The Curiosities was the most popular and most reprinted work by Benjamin Disraeli's father. <br/><br/> William Jackson hardcover books
182738963Philadelphia: Carey Lea and Carey Chesnut Street 1827. Early edition of the original 1826 work. Half-bound tan leather spine and edges marbled paper boards. Gilt stamped lettering and rules to spine. Binding rubbed worn & mislabeled First Part binding labelled as Volume 3 to spine. Bookplate and inked sentence to each front paste-down previous owner's signature to each title leaf. Paper age-toned. Withal Very Good. 3 volumes. Vol I: 2 224 2 blank pp. Vol II: 2 152 2 blank pp. Vol III: 2 247 3 blank pp. 7-1/4" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>Disraeli's first novel published in 1826. Vivian Grey traces the main character's entry into the world of politics from his childhood and highlights the mishaps heartaches and education Grey endures along his journey. Carey, Lea, and Carey, Chesnut Street hardcover books
1849008152London: Edward Moxon 1849. Three volumes finely bound in contemporary polished calf black morocco labels and intricate gilt decorations back marbled end papers and edges the bookplates front paste downs of William Jones Loyd 1821-1885 a partner in the London branch of Jones Loyd & Co and who was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1861. Frontispieces with 2 engraved portraits and one tinted lithographic view. xlii 525 vii 606 viii 588 pp. Very Good Plus light rubbing and soiling to boards moderate toning at end pages and title pages interiors clean and bright. A handsome set. . Fourteenth Edition . Polished Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edward Moxon Hardcover books
1864WB16293London: Longman Green Longman Roberts and Green 1864. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo; pp. 176. 3/4 red morocco and marbled paper over boards; t.e.g. Spine attactively gilt; a nice copy. The first "full" edition following the 1834 tedition published according the author in an edition of 50 copies. <br/><br/> Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green hardcover books
188424750London: William MacKenzie 1884. First edition. 2 vols. 4to. Gilt stamped blue cloth a.e.g. Fine. First edition. 2 vols. 4to. William MacKenzie unknown books
188124816London: William MacKenzie 1881. First edition. illustrated with steel engravings after photographs. 5 vols. 4to. Full blue pebbled cloth gilt embossed design on front covers gilt fillets gilt design on spine a.e.g. Fine. 5. First edition. illustrated with steel engravings after photographs. 5 vols. 4to. William MacKenzie unknown books
1882008408London: Longmans Green & Co. 1882. SCARCE. Two volumes in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards the backs with five raised bands and gilt tooled decorations and lettering marbled end papers the tops gilt. Very Good Plus small rubs at corners small abrasions to morocco top edge at front board Vol. II. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longmans, Green & Co. Hardcover books