PROSE WORKS KNEBWORTH EDITION
by LYTTON, Lord Edward Bulwer;
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
BUDERIM, Queensland, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George Routledge & Sons, London,[1875]. Twenty Eight Volumes The Complete Set. Uniformly bound in half maroon calf with marbled boards and matching endpapers. Bound by Bickers & Son,London.Some minor rubbing to the extremities,minor fading to the hinge edge of the boards. Internally Fine. Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (25 May 1803 � 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He declined the Crown of Greece in 1862 after the abdication of King Otto. He became Baron Lytton of Knebworth in 1866. Bulwer-Lytton's works were highly popular and paid him well. He coined the phrases "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and "dweller on the threshold". "It was a dark and stormy night".is possibly one of the best opening lines of a novel. Will require extra postage overseas.
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Details
- Bookseller
- A & F MCILREAVY BUDERIM RARE BOOKS (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25486
- Title
- PROSE WORKS KNEBWORTH EDITION
- Author
- LYTTON, Lord Edward Bulwer;
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons, London,[1875]
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, LYTTON, LIBRARY SETS. FINE BINDING
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
A & F MCILREAVY BUDERIM RARE BOOKS
We try to ensure all our books arrive in the condition they left. If there are any issues we will of course accept returns.
About the Seller
A & F MCILREAVY BUDERIM RARE BOOKS
Biblio member since 2020
BUDERIM, Queensland
About A & F MCILREAVY BUDERIM RARE BOOKS
Alan and Fiona McIlreavy been Antiquarian Booksellers for over 40 years, in St Andrews in Scotland and in Melbourne Australia. Buderim Rare Books was established in 2000 when we returned to Australia. Buderim is on Queensland's Sunshine Coast ten minutes from the Pacific Ocean. We have a shop and an online catalogue. Shop hours 9.15- 2.00 pm until further notice
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- PC
- Partially chipped (dustjacket)
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...