Written by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Illustrations, various artists. First edition thus, 1904. Published for subscribers by M. Walter Dunne. New York and London.
Illuminated flyleaf:
The Works of Benjamin Disraeli
Earl of Beaconsfield
Embracing
Novels, Romances, Plays, Poems,
Biography, Short Stories
and Great Speeches
With
A Critical Introduction by
Edmund Gosse, LL. D.,
Librarian to the House of Lords
And
A Biographical Preface by
Robert Arnot, M.A.
Alroy, the most bewildering of Disraeli's romance novels, caused critics to see the author seeking a Jewish identity - his father converted the family to Church of England when he was a child - where there probably wasn't one.
Chapter I
A Great Day for Israel
"The cornets sounded a final flourish as the Prince of the Captivity dismounted from his white mule; his train shouted as if they were once more a people; and, had it not been for the contemptuous leer which played upon the countenances of the Moslem bystanders, it might have been taken for a day of triumph rather than tribute."
Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Victorian era, and a founder of the modern Conservative Party. He began writing fiction in his youth and continued to write novels throughout his life, even as Prime Minister.
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Condition*: Very Good. Lacks dust jacket, as issued. Morocco leather cover boards with gilt, green, and ivory design: Small area is rubbed in center right of front cover; bumped at corners; three small puncture holes and tiny tear at head of the spine with rubbing along the edges. Saint Dunstan Binding with "Primrose" Art Nouveau endpapers. Text block: Gilt-stained top edge; cut top edge, three deckled edges. Pages: Small area of foxing top of the gutter page 117, numerous unopened pages, else pages are clean, undamaged, and complete.
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