The Novels of Lord Lytton

LYTTON, Lord (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton), 1803-1873 NOVELS OF LORD LYTTON (28): |FALKLAND AND ZICCI (a),THE COMING RACE (b)|, |PELHAM OR ADVENTURES OF A GENTLEMAN (a),EUGENE ARAM A TALE (a)|, |RIENZI THE LAST OF THE ROMAN TRIBUNES (b), PAUL CLIFFORD (b)|, |THE DISOWNED (b), DEVEREUX (a)|, |KENELM CHILLINGLY HIS ADVENTURES AND OPINIONS (a), PAUSANIAS THE SPARTAN AN UNFINISHED HISTORICAL ROMANCE (a)|, |MY NOVEL OR VARIATIES IN ENGLISH LIFE VOL 1 (b) AND VOL 2 (b)|, |ZANONI (a), HAROLD THE LAST OF THE SAXON KINGS (a)|, |LUCRETIA OR THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT (b), THE CAXTONS A FAMILY PICTURE (c)|, |THE PARISIANS VOL 1 (a) AND VOL 2 (a)|, |THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII (b), GODOLPHIN (b)|, |NIGHT AND MORNING (a), LEILA OR THE SEIGE OF GRANADA (a)|, |ERNEST MALTRAVERS (b), ALICE OR THE MYSTERIES (a)|, |WHAT WILL HE DO WITH IT? VOL 1 (a) AND VOL 2 (a)|, |THE LAST OF THE BARONS (b), A STRANGE STORY (a)| (a) London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, Glasgow, Manchester and New York (1890-1892) (b) London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, Manchester and New York (1892-1897) (c) George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill; Glasgow and New York (1887-1888) Crown 8vo (18 x 12cm). A nice set uniformly bound in contemporary late 19th century green half leather binding, with gilt spines and raised bands, boards, end papers and textblock edges are all marbled harmoniously. Bight interiors with minor foxing to title pages, the corners are wearing and headcaps beginning to fray slightly. Spines are generally in good condition with age appropriate wearing with the exception of one volume that has 2 inches of loss of a small patch of leather up to the first band. Ex libris paste down on each beginning free end paper. One of the eminent Victorian era authors - whose works uncommonly spread among great historical fiction to pioneering science fiction works. This set perfectly captures the vast array of talent at Lord Lytton's dispense. His writings have permeated (for better or worse!) into the modern vernacular: "the pen is mightier than the sword", "it was a dark and stormy night.", and is celebrated still to this day. …