Disraeli

1880 · 866F24 — London: Longmans Green and Co 1880. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The three volume first edition of this popular novel from former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. The first edition of this thrilling novel about political intrigue and romance set in the early nineteenth-century England a time when the Whig and Tory political factions were at odds. The last complete novel by Disraeli to be published Endymion was reportedly bought by Longmans Green & Co. for £10000. Retaining all three half titles and with advertisement leaf to rear of volume III.Lacking all blanks with exception of rear blank of volume II.With the contemporary owner's inscription of 'Julius Talbot Avrey from his uncle 1881' to the half title of volume I and a tipped in handwritten leaf prior to the half title detailing a list of characters and their real life equivalents in an early hand. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Fading and discolouration to back strips. Marks to boards. Pencil inscriptions to verso of front free endpaper of volume I. Tipped in leaf prior to volume I half title with inscription to half title of volume I. Internally generally firmly bound but with volume II lightly strained in the centre. Pages bright with instances of light handling marks and spotting throughout. Very Good Longmans, Green, and Co hardcover