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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1844LS18268London: Henry Colburn 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volume set. Contemporary 3/4 black cloth and morocco. Beautiful ornate endpapers. Small bookplate in each volume of Fanny de Groot Hastings. A romantic political novel set in early 19th century England. Sadlier 709. <br/><br/> Henry Colburn hardcover books
1844291631London: Colburn 1844. hardcover. very good. 3 volumes slim 8vo full contemporary brown polished tree calf red spine labels small chip on one label ornately gilt spines cloth slipcase. London: Henry Colburn 1844. First Edition. Very good.<br/><br/> Sadlier 709. Elegant bookplates.<br/><br/> Colburn 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
18709022101London: Longmans Green 1870. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound by Riviere & Son in full green leather five raised bands and gilt stamped on the spines. Inner dentelles and top edges gilt marbled endpapers. Very light foxing throughout else fine. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green hardcover books
18709022104London: Longmans Green 1870. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound by Riviere & Son in full green pebbled morocco five raised bands with spines stamped in gilt. Inner dentelles and top edges gilt marbled endpapers. Very light foxing throughout. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green hardcover books
1881834551881. DISRAELI Benjamin. NOVELS AND TALES BY THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD 11 VOLUMES. London: Longmans Green and Co. 1881. Hughenden Edition. var pp. 8vo. half brown polished morocco with gilt rules glt top edges raised bands gilt spines. Marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers. Binding signed "Bartlett." Clean and bright only a touch of occasional wear to joints. A few faint dampspots to gilt top edges. Vignettes of Hughenden Manor on title pages b/w frontispiece portrait in Volume I. A lovely set. Extra postage required. unknown books