Lothair

London : Longmans, Green and Co. , 1870. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5". None. Two volumes of Lothair, with a signed letter from the author. Two of three volumes of the novel Lothair by Benjamin Disraeli. With letter from the author to Lambert that is dated 1865 before he was in office. The letter states:Dear Lambert I have a good many of these letters and and like to see you here on some morning that i am at D.S. But i am generally so late that I fear it will interfere with your going home. D. Lothair was the first novel Disraeli wrote after his first term as Prime Minister. The novel deals with the merits of the Catholic and Anglican churches as heirs of Judaism and was hugely popular at the time of publication. Sixth edition copies. With thirty two pages of adverts to volume one. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Rear joint is starting to the first vol with some splitting to the spine. Bumping to the head and tails of the spines. Letter pasted to the front free endpaper of vol. i. Rear hinge starting and loosening to vol. ii. Internally, generally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good