Mid 19th Century Decorative Leather Volume Set, The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton - 5 Books

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Title: The Poetical and Dramatic Works.
Author: Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart.
Publisher: Chapman and Hall.
Place: London.
Publication date: … more Title: The Poetical and Dramatic Works.
Author: Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart.
Publisher: Chapman and Hall.
Place: London.
Publication date: 1852-1854.

Description: 1694 Pp. [V1; Narrative Poems. - The New Timon, &c., 344 p., V2; King Arthur. -- Books I. to IX., 336 p., V3; King Arthur. -- Books X. to XII. - Corn Flowers. -- Books I. and II. - Earlier Poems., 325 p., V4; The Duchess de la Valliere. - The Lady of Lyons: or Love and Pride. - Richelieu: or, the Conspiracy., 392 p., V5; Money. - Not So Bad as We Seem: Or, Many Sides to a Character., 297 p.]. 12mo. Complete 5 volume set. Period 19th century 3/4 tan morocco hardcovers, marble boards/leaf edges/endpapers, gilt/tooled spine covers with 5 raised bands, red and brown title labels, engraved illustrations include a frontispiece opposite a vignette illustration, separated by a fine tissue guard, each precedes the title page; e.g. Volume 1 - Frontispiece portrait of Lytton with facsimile signature.

Measures: 1 (5.25 overall) W x 5 D x 7.25 H inches.

Brief Biography: Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton was an English writer and politician. His literary works were highly popular; his novels earned him a fortune. His legacy perhaps is best known through some of the phrases he coined "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and "dweller on the threshold". Then came a sharp decline in his reputation, so that he is known today for little more than the opening line "It was a dark and stormy night", the first seven words of his novel Paul Clifford (1830) (Wiki). less