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RARE COLLECTION: Bulwer Lytton's Novels and Romances Vol. 1-10 1863 Tan Partial Leather w/Marble THE NOVELS AND ROMANCES OF SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, BART., M.P. A NEW EDITION IN TEN VOLUMES, WITH ILLUSTRATIOS BY –K. Browne, John Gilbert, &c. &c . LONDON ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, 1863 Printer Sevill and Edwards, London Bulwer Lytton's Novels and Romances Vol. 1-10 1863 1/4 Tan Partial Leather w/Red and Brown & Marble Boards This set is bound beautifully in 1/4 tan leather with red and brown leather labels, binding raised bands and floral tooling within gilt-bordered compartments, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers spines, marbled boards and endpapers. 10 Volume Set Printed in London in 1863 - over 71/2" x 5", attractively bound. Vol. I - Pelham, or, Adventures of a Gentleman; Godolphin - This volume has several prefaces: Preface to the edition of 1828* (*Viz. the Second Edition); Advertisement to The Present Edition, 1848. Prior to the beginning of Godolphin there is a letter, a preface and table of contents. Inside cover binding has small separation of marble, binding is tight, heavy foxing on title and illustration pages and thins out on surrounding pages. Majority of pages are clean. Book shelf normal wear and edges have normal wear. Vol. II – The Disowned; Devereux – Beginning has Advertisement to the Present Edition E.B.L. Knebworth, May 3, 1852. Binding has small separation on inside cover top section; heavy foxing on the inside cover pages, not as heavy on title and illustration for The Disowned, a little more on the Devereux pages. The majority of pages are clean. Dedication pages at the beginning of Devereux; The Autobiographer’s Introduction, Morton Devereux; and Note to the Present Edition, 1852 followed by Table of Content. Book has shelf wear on cover and edges. Vol. III – Eugene Aram Book 1; Paul Clifford; Tomlinsoniana or The Posthumous Writings of the Celebrated Augustus Tomlinson Addressed to his Pupils (no illustration). Beginning of book dedication: To Sir Walter Scott, Bart. London December 22, 1831. Preface To the Edition of 1831 – December 22, 1831.; Preface To the Edition 1840, Brussels August 1840; Preface to Present Edition Essay by Eugene Aram. Inside cover binding has small separation of marble, binding is tight, heavy foxing on title and illustration pages and thins out on surrounding pages. Majority of pages are clean. Book shelf normal wear and edges have normal wear. Vol. IV – RIENZI, The Last of The Tribunes, Book 1; The Last Days of Pompeii Book The First - This volume has several prefaces: Dedication of Rienzi to Alessandro Manzoni, London Dec. 1, 1835; another Dedication and 2 Prefaces to the First Edition of Rienzi 1835 and the Present 1848. Inside front after title, you can see separation, but binding remains tight throughout book, the foxing is heavy on the blank cover pages, and light on the title and illustration. There is some intermittent small spots and a couple pages were creased at the top corners. Page 208 has George Routledge and Company printed on the binding section. There is a large Appendix section at the end of Rienzi. Pompeii has a letter to Sir William Gell and a Preface to the First Edition 1834 and Present 1850. There are NOTES at the end of this section. This cover has a discolored section that must have been exposed to the sun, you should see on photos. Heavy foxing on plain pages, lightens on title and illustration pages and thins out on surrounding pages. Majority of pages are clean. Book shelf normal wear and edges have normal wear. Vol. V – Ernest Maltravers; Alice, or The Mysteries Book 1; Prefixed to the First Edition of 1837; Second section just as Note Knebworth Dec. 14, 1851. Inside front cover the marble is splitting at the binding and binding remains tight throughout book. The foxing is heavy on the blank cover pages, and light on the title and illustration. There are intermittent small spots. The cover has a some of the leather thinned on the bottom cover right corner and top binding top corner. Majority of pages are clean. Book shelf normal wear and edges have normal wear, yet there is more separation of the marble on the bottom edges. Vol. VI – The Last of the Barons; Leila, or The Siege of Granada; Calderon, The Courtier; (3 Stories). Barons has Dedicatory Epistle E.B.L. London, January 1843, Preface The Last of the Barons, with NOTE at the end. Leila has dedication to The Countess of Blessington, Preface to the First Edition, and Table of Content. The binding remains tight throughout book. The foxing is heavy on the blank cover pages, and light on the title and illustration. Majority of pages are clean. Marbling on the back top cover shows possible sun damage. Book shows normal shelf normal wear. Vol. VII – ZANOLI Book The First ; HAROLD, The Last of The Saxon Kings Book 1; Prefixed to the First Edition of 1837; Second section just as Note Knebworth Dec. 14, 1851. Zanoli has Dedicatory Epistle To Zanoni E.B.L. London May 1845, Preface to Present Edition 1853 than Introduction London, January 1942 and ends with NOTE. Harold has a Dedicatory Epistle E.B.L. followed by Preface to the Third Edition. The binding remains tight throughout book. The foxing is heavy on the blank cover pages, and light on the title and illustration. There are intermittent small spots and some small creases were found on some top corners and bottom corners. Majority of pages are clean. Marbling on the front cover shows more wear and back cover has some marbling missing along the edge of the leather to binding. Book shows normal shelf normal wear. This edition shows volume printed: I Radbury and Evans, Printers, Whitefriars (London) at end of Zanoli book. Vol. III - Night and Morning; The Pilgrims of the Rhine; Front of book binding has separation on dedication page "To The RIGHT HONOURABLE C.T. D'EYNCOURT, M.P.; This work, in Part composed under his hospitality roof, is Dedicated as a slight memorial of affection friendship and sincere esteem. KNEBWORTH 1845. This volume has several prefaces, Preface to the Edition 1845; Note to the Present Edition, 1851. The Pilgrims novel has a letter to Henry Lytton Bulwer from his brother E.B.L. London April 23, 1840, Advertisement to First Edition; Preface to Pilgrims of The Rhine followed by Table of Content and story. This is missing the thin sheet between the illustration and title for Night and Morning. The binding is showing signs of wear, but still tight. Book shelf normal wear and yet bottom edges have more wear. This edition shows volume printed: Savill and Edwards (London) at end of Night and Morning book Vol. IX – Lucretia; or The Children of the Night; The Caxtons A Family Picture. Lucretia has Preface to the present Edition Dec. 7 th , 1853, London, Preface to the First Edition November 1 st 1846, London, followed by Contents and story and has A Word to the Public at the end. Caxtons has Preface E.B.L. October, 1849. Majority of pages are clean. Marbling on the front cover shows possible sun damage. Book shows normal shelf normal wear with bottom edges showing more wear. THIS BOOK BINDING SEPARATED AS I WAS MAKING THESE NOTES. THE PAGES ARE TIGHT AND SINCE I AM OUT OF PHOTO SPACE IT LOOKS LIKE VOL. X SEPARATION. This book also has some slight damage at the top cover near the right corner it looks like something hit it or fell hard on the cover. The binding black label is torn on this version. This edition shows volume printed: Bradbury and Evans, Printers, Whitefriars (London) at end of Lucretia book. Than it shows Savill and Edwards (London) at the end of The Caxtons. PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS PRIOR TO PURCHASE AS ALL SALES ARE FINAL