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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
2007448442007. ISBN-13: 9781584777304; ISBN-10: 1584777303. Disraeli on the English Constitution Disraeli Benjamin. Vindication of the English Constitution in a Letter to a Noble and Learned Lord. London: Saunders and Otley 1835. ix 3-210 pp. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584777304; ISBN-10: 1584777303. Hardcover. New. $85. Reprint of the rare first edition. The Vindication is the fullest statement of the great prime minister's philosophy. According to Disraeli 1804-1881 the Whigs were devoted to the centralization of power in Westminster and the self-perpetuation of their party. As the party of the propertied classes the Tories resisted the Whigs by preserving the traditional system in which the landowners governed responsibly relieved the distress of the poor and enabled men of intellect like himself to serve the public by adapting Tory values to modern needs. unknown 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
1942291303Cincinnati: The Stratford Press 1942. Hard Cover. Fine binding. The attractive three volume set in slipcase taken from The Amenities of Literature by Disraeli. The books are: 1. The Invention of Printing; 2. The First English Printer; 3: The War Against Books; they describe the features mechanics and history of English printing. Bound in yellow pink and blue paper-covered boards backed in paper vellum with titling to the spines and upper boards in gilt; and issued in slipcase; the paper label of the slipcase is chipped; the books still have the original glassine wrapper. Fine binding. The Stratford Press unknown books
192750623London: The Scholartis Press 1927. First edition limited to 525 numbered copies 8vo pp. viii 2 75 3; original marbled paper-covered boards backed in black cloth gilt title direct on spine; corners rubbed fine. Inscribed by the publisher Eric Partridge to Professor John W. Clark his friend and sometimes collaborator at the University of Minnesota. "Disraeli's witty story and Aytoun's brilliant burlesque of Disraeli" Scholartis Press catalogue. Printed at the Curwen Press. <br/><br/> The Scholartis Press hardcover 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
1929232487London: William Jackson Books Ltd 1929. Number 75 of 200 copies printed at the Curwen Press signed by the Artist and inscribed to "To my new good friend Howard L. Epstein. Decorations by John Austen. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter blue morocco and cloth spine chipped and 1/2 inch missing from bottom. Austen John. Number 75 of 200 copies printed at the Curwen Press signed by the Artist and inscribed to "To my new good friend Howard L. Epstein." Decorations by John Austen. 1 vols. 4to. This story first appeared in Coburn's "New Monthly Magazine" in 1834. His father thought it his best work. William Jackson (Books) Ltd unknown 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
192952228London: William Jackson Books Ltd 1929. Edition limited to 850 copies printed at the Curwen Press this being one of 200 signed by the illustrator; this copy also with a presentation by Austen to Alan Steele October 29 1929; 8vo pp. 12 85 3; pouchoir frontispiece illustrated title page 16 illustrations by Austen a number full-page 4 colored by pouchoir; original quarter blue morocco over beige cloth boards gilt-lettered direct on spine; spine sunned and slightly scuffed; very good. <br/><br/> William Jackson (Books) Ltd hardcover 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
1870260959London: Longmans 1870. First. hardcover. very good. Three volumes. Gilt-lettered 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards; lightly rubbed a few pages stained. London: Longmans Green and Co. 1870. First edition. A very good set.<br/><br/> Longmans unknown books
18656028London 1865. unbound. 3 pages front and back on "Grosvenor Gate" letterhead each two-page spread measuring 5.5 x 6.75 inches London May 1 1865. In this gracious letter the Prime Minister declines a dinner invitation in part: ".I am very sorry that I am engaged on Friday with the Earl of Shaftesbury & therefore cannot have the great honor of dining with you." Signed "Disraeli." Several folds and paper mounting remnants on the back of the blank page; otherwise fine.<br/><br/> unknown books
188123989London: A.W. Cowan 1881. First Edition. Illustrated with 25 Permanent Photographs mostly Portraits and 6 Engravings. The Photographs taken by W.D. Downey. portrait at p. 301 of Vol II of Beresford is slightly damaged. 2 vols. 4to. Original 3/4 brown calf and cloth over boards. Very Good copy some offsetting in Vol. I where flower has been laid in. First Edition. Illustrated with 25 Permanent Photographs mostly Portraits and 6 Engravings. The Photographs taken by W.D. Downey. portrait at p. 301 of Vol II of Beresford is slightly damaged. 2 vols. 4to. With Photographs. Photographic Portraits of Disraeli Lord Randolph Churchill etc. A.W. Cowan unknown books
18646349London 1864. unbound. 4 pages front and back on "10 Downing Street" letterhead each two-page spread measuring 7 x 9.25 inches London June 30 1864. Signed "B. Disraeli" and marked "Private" by the British Prime Minister regarding the proper department to deal with several unnamed memorials in part: ".A Technical difficulty arose in the fact that Mr.has a senior Inspector in his district & the distinction in question could not be conferred without occasioning a sense of injustice.I have.by no means forgotten the representations of the memorialists." Several folds; paper remnants from mounting on the back of the last page. Very good- condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1833861921833. DISRAELI Benjamin Earl of Beaconsfield THE WONDROUS TALE OF ALROY. THE RISE OF ISKANDER. By the Author of VIVIAN GREY CONTARINI FLEMING &c. In Two Volumes. VOL. I.-II. Philadelphia: Carey Lea and Blanchard 1833. First American edition the same year as the British first. Two 12mo. volumes untrimmed. 212;225 pp. Publisher's advertisements are bound-in at the start of the first volume and at the end of the second volume 4 and 8 pp. respectively. Among the titles on offer are Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Jane Austen's Emma which is listed as "in press." Contemporary publisher's binding: dun paper boards brick linen back with paper label. Early and possibly contemporary ink ownership Geo. A. Botts and a mid-twentieth century bookseller's label Claitor's of Baton Rouge LA on front pastedown in each volume. Bindings show general rubbing and soiling are sunned on spines and the labels are abraded and nearly illegible. Volume 1 is missing the rear fly-leaf and a blank and one leaf p. 103/4 is torn but without loss. Text is quite clean but for a couple of foxed leaves in each volume. A very good and sound copy in contemporary bindings. Rare. unknown books
18311335699London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley 1831. First Edition. Hardcover. VG-/no DJs 3 small 12mos 4 3/8" x 7 1/4" half bound in dark calf and marbled paper over boards. Gilt titles and designs on spine blind stamping on leather near borders. Some shelfwear; bumped and rubbed at corners along edges and at head and tail of spines. Leather on spines a bit scuffed in places. Now in mylar sleeves. Ad leaf has been pasted into the first volume after the title page. Half titles present in second and third volumes. Scattered foxing. Interiors clean bindings solid. Shelved in case 8 1/2<br /> <br /> <p> Oversized order. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates<br /> <br /> <p> Photos available upon request. 1335699. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley hardcover books
291543London: Warne. hardcover. very good. 10 volumes bound in five. 12mo bount in contemporary 3/4 blue calf over marbled boards; decoratively gilt spines evenly faded to brown burgundy leather labels marbled page edges. London: Warne circa 1870. Very good.<br/><br/> Warne unknown books