La vie de Disraeli
Paris: Librarie Gallimard, 1927. Hardcover. 16mo. Very Good. Item #017606
Vives des Hommes Illustres no. 8. Burgundy quarter-calf spine, two gilt compartments with floral device at mid spine, red marbled boards, 340pp,Text in French, original wrappers bound in front, frontis piece, trimmed edges, sporadic foxing, occasional text transfer on pages ,small archival tape repair to pp. 335-337 [text unaffected]. INSCRIBED in pen by author above half-title, corners and edges worn, light bruise at bottom spine. Very Good. A Biography of British literary figure and Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881). Andre Maurois (1885-1965) was a French writer, who in World War One served as an interpreter to Lieutenant Colonel Winston Churchill. He began writing fiction in the post war years, and, in 1937, was an elected member of the Académie française.
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