9V Edward Bulwer Lytton THE WORKS OF EDWARD BULWER LYTTON c1880 Decorative Gilt Bindings Frontispieces Illustrations Literature Caxtons Zicci Zanoni Falkland Ernest Maltravers Alice Leila Calderon Rienzi Last of the Barons

Title: The Works of Edward Bulwer Lytton
Author: Edward Bulwer Lytton - Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC, was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling novels which earned him a considerable fortune. He coined the phrases "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", as well as the infamous opening line "It was a dark and stormy night".
Publisher: P. F. Collier, Publisher
City: New York
Year: c1880
Binding Style: Hardcover
Number of Volumes: 9 Full Set: Yes
Width: 7" Height: 10.25"
Book Details: This antique nine-volume set is decoratively bound in brown cloth with ornate gilt designs to the front boards and spine, as well as gilt spine titles. Each volume contains a tissue-guarded frontispiece illustration, and some volumes contain additional illustrations. Titles found in this collection include:

Volume I. The Last Days of Pompeii; Harold; The Caxtons: A Family Picture
II. Kenelm Chillingly; Devereux; The Disowned; The Coming Race
III. My Novel; Zicci; The Pilgrims of the Rhine
IV. The Parisians; What Will We Do With It?
V. V. Night and Morning; Gondolphin; Eugene Aran; Leila; Calderon, the

VI. Ernest Maltravers; Alice; Pausanias, the Spartan; Lucretia, or, the Children
Of the Night
VII. A Strange Story; The Haunted and the Haunters; The Last of the Barons;
Rienzi
VIII. Pelham; Paul Clifford; Zanoni; Falkland
IX. The Duchess de la Valliere; The Lady of Lyons, or, Love and Pride;
Richelieu, or, the Conspiracy; Not So Bad As We Seem, or Many Sides to a
Character

Condition / Notes: This decorative antique set shows well with some typical indications of age and wear, including shelfwear. The bindings and text blocks are sound. Text and illustrations are clear and crisp through mild age toning. The gilt ornamentation remains bright.

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