The Earl of Beaconsfield: His Life and Work by Lewis Apjohn | 1884 FIRST EDITION | Antique Biography of the British Prime Minister

Published shortly after his death, The Earl of Beaconsfield: His Life & Work by Lewis Apjohn is a biography of Benjamin Disraeli, author and distinguished Prime Minister during Queen Victoria's reign. This is an 1884 FIRST EDITION.

ABOUT BENJAMIN DISRAELI (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, DL, JP, FRS (1804-1881) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy". He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire. He is the only British prime minister to have been of Jewish origin. He was also a novelist, publishing works of fiction even as prime minister.

BIXLEY NOTES
• The Earl of Beaconsfield: His Life & Work
• Written by Lewis Apjohn
• FIRST EDITION
• Antique biography of Benjamin Disraeli
• 296 page, blue linen hardcover with gilded, embossed cover and binding
• Gold gilt page edges
• Published by Preston: Walter Leigh, West Strand, 1884
• Photograph adhered to inside title page
• Measures 7 1/4" x 5" 

VINTAGE NOTES
• In very good condition
• Binding is tight
• Slight wear on the cover edges, including a bit of distress on the bottom edges
• A bit of white paint on the bottom of the binding
• Pages have yellowed a bit but otherwise are in terrific condition with no marks, creases, or tears
• Inscription and stamps on the inside front cover dated 1885

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