April 12, 2024
Rare BULWER'S WORKS Edward Lord Lytton Volume VIII Hardcover Book (1850s) Good
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Bulwer's Works Volume VIII Edward Bulwer Lytton Lord zanoni HB 1800's fantasy horror ghosts devils supernatural weird early uk occult imaginary lit. rosicrucians steiner blavatsky theosophy chaldean gothic romantic(The Works of Edward Bulwer Lytton, Lord Lytton) w/ Pelham, Paul Clifford, Zanoni, Falkland.p.f. collier NY. hardback brown cloth on boards with gold guilt embossed cover art, large tear about two inches at spine middle. still all together, clean text. see pics. sold as is. 715 pages, tanned. two ink names at pretitle page. no date, preface to zanoni does state 1853 but probably circa 1890's. paul clifford starts with possibly the first use ever of "It was a dark and stormy night." SCARCE!Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC, was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. Lord Lytton was a florid, popular writer of his day, who coined such phrases as "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and the infamous incipit "It was a dark and stormy night."Lord Lytton's original surname was Bulwer, the names 'Earle' and 'Lytton' were middle names. On 20 February 1844 he assumed the name and arms of Lytton by royal license and his surname then became 'Bulwer-Lytton'. His widowed mother had done the same in 1811.Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton,
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