ENDYMION (2 Volumes bound in 1, complete) (Collection of British Authors. Vol. 1940)

[Disraeli, Benjamin] Author of "Lothair"

Published by Bernhad Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1880

About this Item

1st edition, thus (1st Continental Edition). 2 volumes bound in 1. A Very Good set. 12mo., [Vol.1] 314; [Vol.2] 316 pp. Bound in quarter red leather and marbled paper boards, with title and volume on the five compartment spine in gilt. All edges marbled. Yellow end papers. Moderate shelf wear, mostly at the tips. Spine darkened, with rubbing along the joints. Text pages beginning to age-tone. Hinges very strong. Like most of Disraeli's novels, Endymion is a romance, although Disraeli took the unusual step of setting it between 1819 and 1859. This meant that the hero of the novel-Endymion Ferrars-had to be a Whig, rather than a Tory. The time period that Disraeli chose was dominated by the Whig party; there would have been little opportunity for a young, rising Tory. Given that, it seems likely that Disraeli chose the time period in order to move a final time in the world in which he grew up and began his ascent. Christian Bernhard Tauchnitz, German publisher, paid the English authors for the works his company published, and agreed to limit their sales of English-language books to the European continent. In 1841, Tauchnitz started his English-language editions, with the series "Collection Of British Authors". Although Tauchnitz's editions were authorized, and listed as the 'Copyright Edition', they were not protected from copyright infringement and he could offer no such protection to the authors he paid. Seller Inventory # 30856

Bibliographic Details

Title: ENDYMION (2 Volumes bound in 1, complete) (...

Publisher: Bernhad Tauchnitz, Leipzig

Publication Date: 1880

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st edition, thus.