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Dizzy: The Life & Personality of Benjamin Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield
by Pearson, Hesketh
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: Harper and Brothers, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition, w/o dust jacket. The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, English novelist and statesman, twice Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was responsible for having Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India and for the British acquirement of the Suez Canal in 1875. Binding of green half cloth gilt titled with black cloth boards, clean with spine head and heel lightly compressed, edges rubbed. Tight, solid and square. 21 Illustrations in a separate section. Rough cut. Informational blurb from missing jacket affixed to CR page. Brown residue on half title page and through to title page, as if from something that was glued there at one time, otherwise pages clean, no marks, no creases, evenly toned. 310 pages, indexed. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 1951, Harper and Brothers, New York, New York, USA
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023972
- Title
- Dizzy: The Life & Personality of Benjamin Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield
- Author
- Pearson, Hesketh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- DISRAELI, BENJAMIN, 1804- 1881 GREAT BRITAIN, 19TH CENTURY PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS QUEEN VICTORIA, ENGLAND SUEZ CANAL
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