Lord Lytton's Novels. 28 Volumes, (Complete)..

Pp. (approx) 400 per volume. Engraved frontis throughout. Original half morocco over marbled boards, slight rubbing. Raised spine bands gilt with gilt decorated panels, one volume rubbed title.with slight surface loss. Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803 -1873) was an English politician, poet, playwright, and novelist. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling novels which earned him a considerable fortune. He coined the phrases -the great unwashed-, -pursuit of the almighty dollar-, -the pen is mightier than the sword-, as well as the famous opening line -It was a dark and stormy night-