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Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales by the Right Honorable B. Disraeli. Complete in 10 volumes.
by Disraeli, Benjamin
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1875, 1870, 1871. 8vo. 10 volumes. Half light brown calf over marbled boards, with raised bands, red and green title labels, gilt lettering and decoration to spines; marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Rubbing to bottom edges of boards and a few minor scratches and marks to leather, occasional slight rubbing to boards. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally clean across all the volumes. Author portrait frontispiece in volume I. A nice library set of almost all of Disraeli's works: published in 1870/71, this is complete in 10 volumes - in 1880, Endymion was published and in 1881 added as a supplementary volume to the collected set. Disraeli was one of the most pouplar authors of his day, as well as being twice Prime Minister, the first person of Jewish heritage to hold the office. Contains: Lothair. Coningsby, or The New Generation. Sybil, or The Two Nations. Tancred, or The New Crusade. Venetia. Henrietta Temple: A Love Story. Contarini Fleming: A Psychological Romance; The Rise of Iskander. Alroy; Ixion in Heaven; The Infernal Marriage; Pompanilla. The Young Duke: 'A Moral Tale, Though Gay.'; Count Alarcos: A Tragedy. Vivian Grey. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Near Fine. Half Calf. 1875.
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- Bookseller
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70624
- Title
- Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales by the Right Honorable B. Disraeli. Complete in 10 volumes.
- Author
- Disraeli, Benjamin
- Format/Binding
- Half Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co. 1875, 1870, 1871
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1875
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- Disraeli,Victorian literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Leather Bound Sets; Library Sets;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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London, Greater London
About Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Marbled boards
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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