INCLUDES SIGNED MANUSCRIPT LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR! SIGNED EDWARD BULWER LYTTON.
Publisher's original blind and gilt embossed cloth covered boards. First edition which is complete in four volumes. Includes slipcase and sturdy cardboard wrapper for each volume!
My Novel is a four volume saga of English provincial life written by Edward Bulwer Lytton, under the pseudonym Pisistratus Caxton.
Bulwer-Lytton (May 25, 1803–January 18, 1873) was an English novelist, playwright, and politician. Lord Lytton was a florid, popular writer of his day, who coined such phrases as "the great unwashed", and "pursuit of the almighty dollar".
His literary career began in 1820, with the publication of his first book of poems, and spanned much of the nineteenth century. He wrote in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, mystery, romance, the occult and science fiction.
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 Harold: Last of the Saxon Kings (1848). The Last Days of Pompeii was inspired by the painting on the same subject by Russian painter Karl Briullov which Bulwer-Lytton saw in Milan. He also wrote The Haunted and the Haunters (1857), also known as The House and the Brain.
CONDITION
The bindings are firm and all covers are attached. The front and rear inner hinges to each volume are strained but holding. There is some wear to the extremities. The spines and edges of the boards are bumped, and the boards are also marked. There are some small chips to the spines as well and the cloth is beginning to bubble. The slipcase is in good condition but is sunned and has some chips to the corners. The cardboard wrappers for each volume are also sunned, the cloth is beginning to bubble and the ties are all missing. Internally the books are clean and bright apart from some occasional spotting. There is an ownership plate to the front paste down of all the volumes. The front coloured end paper and half title page to Vol. I are becoming detached but are holding.
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