The New Timon. A Romance of London. The Second Edition

[Lytton, Bulwer]

Published by Henry Colburn, London, 1846

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Second edition, with the verses and notes at pp. 50-53, suppressed in later editions. [2], 200 [i.e., 206] pp. Errors in pagination: pp. [103]-108 repeated; p. 196 numbered 296. 1 vols. 8vo. Tennyson s famous attack on Lytton, "The New Timon and the Poets," was published in Punch, 28 February 1846, and suppressed during the author s lifetime (but pirated in 1876 by Herne Shepherd). Let School-Miss Alfred vent her chaste delight | On "darling little rooms so warm and bright!" Lytton s note observes of a passage of Tennyson, "The whole of this Poem (!!!) is worth reading, in order to see to what depth of silliness the human intellect can descend" Tho praised by Critics, tho adored by Blues, Tho Peel with pudding plump the puling Muse Tho Theban taste the Saxon s purse controuls, And pensions Tennyson while starves a Knowles, Rather be thou, my poor Pierian Maid, Decent at least, in Hayley s weeds array d, Than patch wtih frippery every tinsel line, And flaunt, admired, the Rag Fair of the Nine!" Suppressed in all editions after the third edition, March 1846. Sadlier 423 (for parts issue and first ed. only); Wolff 947 (first ed.), 947a (fourth ed.). Provenance: collection of Duncan Andrews (typed note) Contemporary olive green calf and marbled boards. Somewhat rubbed, front joint separating. Very good. WIth article from the New Statesman and related correspondence from 1928-9 [2], 200 [i.e., 206] pp. Errors in pagination: pp. [103]-108 repeated; p. 196 numbered 296. 1 vols. 8vo Second edition, with the verses and notes at pp. 50-53, suppressed in later editions. Seller Inventory # 245173

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Title: The New Timon. A Romance of London. The ...

Publisher: Henry Colburn, London

Publication Date: 1846

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition