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1870 Lord Lytton's Works

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A very pleasing set of thirty-seven volumes in uniform leather bindings of the works of Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The works of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, a stunning collection in thirty-seven novels handsomely leather-bound in half calf over marbled boards. A famous writer and politician, Lord Lytton coined famous phrases such as "the great unwashed," "the pen is mightier than the sword," "dweller on the threshold," and the opening phrase "it was a dark and stormy night." Most volumes are illustrated with a frontispiece, except Caxtoniana, The New Timon, The Coming Race, Athens, England and the English, Pamphlets and Sketches, and Schiller and Horace, as called for; and Pausanias, which is bound without. Comprising the following titles: Ernest Maltravers, 1873, bound without half title; Alice, 1873; Night and Morning, 1873; Pelham, 1873; The Last Days of Pompeii, 1873; The Caxtons, 1874, bound without half title; My Novel complete in two volumes, 1874; Rienzi, 1874; Harold, 1874; Pausanias c1874 from Copac, from the Knebworth edition; Godolphin, 1874; The Coming Race, 1874; Athens, 1874; The Last of the Barons, 1874, bound without half title; England and the English, 1874; Devereux, 1874; The Disowned, 1874; Paul Clifford, 1874; Lucretia, 1874; Zanoni, 1875; Leila, Calderon the Courtier, and the Pilgrims of the Rhine, 1875; What Will He Do With It? in two volumes, 1875; The New Timon, St. Stephen's, and the Lost Tales of Miletus, 1875; The Student and Asmodeus at Large, 1875, bound without half title; Caxtoniana, 1875; Eugene Aram, c1875 from Copac; Quarterly Essays, 1875; Kenelm Chillingly, 1875; A Strange Story, 1875; King Arthur, 1875; The Parisians complete in two volumes, 1875; Falkland and Zicci, 1875; Pamphlet and Sketches, 1875; Schiller and Horace: Translated, 1875 Rebound in uniform half calf bindings over marbled boards, five raised bands, gilt to spine, gilt to edges, titles in gilt over morocco spine label, new marbled endpapers. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear, occasional fading to back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Overall: Near Fine
  • Creator:
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Author)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)Depth: 5 in (12.7 cm)
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    1870
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  • Seller Location:
    Bath, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 822A481stDibs: LU8925237428442

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