1880 CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE 1ST & 2ND SERIES by DISRAELI 17 PLTS BIBLIOMANIA^

Description: I have here for sale a book entitled CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE by ISAAC D'ISRALEI A New Edition with Portraits, Views, and other Illustrations published by Ward, Lock, & Co., London, undated, but online research indicates c.1880. Contains First and Second Series in one volume. Here we have the most popular work by Isaac D'Israeli (1766-1848), a collection of essays that contain myriad anecdotes about historical people and events, unusual books, and the habits of book-collectors. Five volumes were published between 1791 and 1823; and three volumes were published in 1824. The books were very successful, selling widely in the 19th century and reaching an eleventh edition, the last to be revised by the author, in 1839. This combined edition includes 17 full-page b/w plates. Presented in double-column format.Half bound brown leather on marbled hardboards with a few minor marks. Gilt lettering and gilt bands on the spine. Tan endpapers and red speckled page edges. Light foxing to prelims, and flyleaf with the occasional spot on the text pages. Front hinge slightly cracked but all pages are firm and the book is in very good condition. xii, 1-310, 311-578 pages. 24.5 x 15.5 cm.We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy. Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday. pages

Price: 39.99 GBP

Location: Whitegate, Cheshire

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