Endymion by The Earl of Beaconsfield - 1880

Longmans Green and Co, 1881. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. 8vo. Brown cloth boards. Engraved border on both boards. Engraved letterign on front board. Gilt lettering on spine. Light wear at corners of binding. Several short scratch marks on front board. Dent at top edge of front board. Internal joint between leaves and rear board has weakened (but is entact). Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:

Longmans, Green, 1881. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1881. 474 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Insert to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

D. Appleton and Company, 1880. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1880. No Edition Remarks. 477 pages. Half bound black leather with brown cloth covered boards. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Leather peeling to spine and corners, with noticeable scuffing and scratches overall. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

London: Longmans, Green, & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1881. Hardcover. 474 pages + 1 page advertisements. Hinges cracked internally. Wear and 1/4" chips to both ends of spine and to corners of boards. ; 12mo .

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1880. Here is the last novel, a romance, published by Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), noted as Victoria's favorite Prime Minister but also a popular novelist. He was created Earl in 1876. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition. Decorative red cloth binding with heraldic decorations in black and gilt. Gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 477 pages, with two pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. Very bright and unfoxed; easily read. Floral endpapers. There is a faint penciled signature, and the remains of what appears to have been a newspaper clipping regarding "Endymion"on the front paste-down. The previous-owner has made occasional. really unobtrusive, notes in the text. Laid into page 363 is an interesting contemporary clipping regarding the possible plagiarism by the author from Irving's "Annals of Our Time.". There is bumping and rubbing at the margins. A solid copy, but rather worn-looking, and not for the… Read More