André Maurois — Ariel; Disraeli; Byron

London, The Bodley Head, 1961; 1962; 1963. Cloth. Lovely dust-wrapper-clad set of André Maurois texts, including the popular biographies of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. With unclipped dust wrappers.In three volumes, featuring:Ariel: A Shelley Romance;Disraeli: A Picture of the Victorian Age;Byron.Translated from the original French by Ella d'Arcy (Ariel) and Hamish Miles (Disraeli and Byron).From prolific French writer and biographer André Maurois, best-known for his fluid and engaging writing style and particular interest in the English-speaking world. Included here are two of his most popular works on English literary heroes, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, very smart with slight shelf wear and very faint marking to boards. Dust wrappers suffer from slight bumping and moderate spotting. Small chip to the back of Ariel and closed tears to the top edge of Disraeli. Moderate tearing along the spine of Byron plus a chip to the front of the wrap and additional small tears. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with spotting heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good/Good.