Paul Clifford / Eugene Aram by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton - 1848-01-01

Charleston SC: Martin & Hoyt Co. , 1851. Burgundy cloth boards, scuffed and rubbed, a few spots. Text pages tanning, no markings. . Dixie Edition . Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

GB: Routledge, 1904. A set of 29 volumes (not known if complete) uniformly bound in green leather with five raised bands and lettered in gold on spines. Green marbled endpapers. All edges gold. Published about 1904 but most undated (see below). Most volumes have the bookplate of John B. Body. The spines are uniformly sunned/browned not affecting lettering but present extremely well. The books approach near Fine throughout although there is occasional spotting in the text. Alice, or The Mysteries; A sequel to Ernest Maltravers (no date) (no date); The Caxtons (1904); Devereux (no date); The Disowned (no date); Ernest Maltravers (no date); Eugene Aram (no date); Falkland (& Zicci) (1895); Godolphin (1903); Harold, The Last of the Saxon Kings (no date); Kenelm Chillingley (no date); The Last Days of Pompeii (no date); The Last of the Barons (2 vols) (no date); Leila: or The Siege of Granada (with Calderon & Pausanias) (1902); Lucretia (no date); My Novel (3 vols) (no date); Night & Morning… Read More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1872 Book. Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. all 16 books are tight with no markings, have tanning and mild soiling to page edges, boards have light soiling and rubbing, a few have some chipping to board edges and one book has some chipping to top page edges.

G.J.Howell & Co., London, No date, c. 1900-10 . 12 volume set, 8vo., publisher’s half calf over pink boards, marbled endpapers, spines elaborately gilt with four raised bands, illustrations throughout by J.J.Waddington, top-edge-gilt, other uncut; occasional light foxing, slight rubbing to extremities but an attractive set.

Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1836. Tall 12mo (25cm). Two volumes in red morocco, floral roll in blind and gilt around edges of boards, spine titled and tooled in gilt, divided into six compartments; marbled endpapers; 674pp, 582pp. Printed in two columns. Bound without title leaf for vol. I. A handsome set, though rubbed, leather scuffed, especially on rear covers, foxed: around Very Good. An American compilation, in an attractive contemporary binding, of the novels of Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), novelist and MP, published during his most prolific decade. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 38630.

Philadelphia: E.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1836. SCARCE. Two volume in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettering and decorations back, marbled end papers, frontispiece portrait engraving. Near Fine, light rubbing at tips, prior owner name Henry Moore both volumes. A handsome set and a quite uncommon American edition. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1848-1853. Leather. Good. 7" by 5". Various. A fourteen volume uniformly bound set of the works of 'Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton', each with illustrated frontispieces. Fourteen volumes. Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton was an English novelist, playwright, and politician. One of the greatest novelists of his day, Bulwer-Lytton"s literary career began in 1820, with the publication of his first book of poems, and continued throughout the nineteenth century. He wrote in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, mystery, romance, the occult and science fiction, offering a fascinating insight into the Victorian era. In 1828 he attracted general attention with Pelham, an intimate study of the dandyism of the age that kept gossips busy in identifying the characters with the leading men of the time. By 1833, he had reached the height of his popularity with Godolphin, followed by The Pilgrims of the Rhine (1834), The Last Days of Pompeii (1834), Rienzi (1835), and… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1892. Hardcover. 40 volume set. Half leather with marbled boards, gilt titles, TEG, marbled endpages. Some wear/rubbing to leather edges, slight foxing to leather. Contents tight and unmarked. Last titles are Pausanias the Spartan, The Last of the Barons, and Harold. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Very handsome forty volume complete limited edition set in green grained half morocco with spine reverted to brown. Five raised bands and gilt author and title as well as gilt decoration; top edge gilt. Number 109 of only 1,250 copies. Marbled endpapers and red silk ribbons. All books measure 5 3/4 x 8 inches.