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LYTTON (EDWARD GEORGE BULWER, 1ST BARON) [The Works], 66 vol. (including 'The Life'), AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED tipped-in to one volume, various publishers, 1852-[1876]-1883 image 1
LYTTON (EDWARD GEORGE BULWER, 1ST BARON) [The Works], 66 vol. (including 'The Life'), AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED tipped-in to one volume, various publishers, 1852-[1876]-1883 image 2
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LYTTON (EDWARD GEORGE BULWER, 1ST BARON)
[Works], 66 vol., with an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1852-[1876]-1883

15 September 2021, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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LYTTON (EDWARD GEORGE BULWER, 1ST BARON)

[The Works], 66 vol. (including 'The Life'), AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED tipped-in to one volume, engraved plates, uniform blue-black polished calf over marbled boards, Art nouveau-style decoration and lettering on spines, t.e.g., 8vo, various publishers, 1852-[1876]-1883

Footnotes

An attractively bound set of Lytton's novels and poems. Tipped in is a 6-page autograph letter signed ("E. Bulwer Lytton"), to the editor of The Sun, with original envelope date stamped 20 May 1851, penny red stamp, and initialled "EBL" beneath address panel. It is a lengthy apology, explaining in detail how it came to be that the press were not invited to the first night performance of his play Not So Bad as We Seem held on 16 May at Devonshire House. Charles Dickens (mentioned in this letter) cast and rehearsed the play, put on as a charity event to benefit the Guild of Literature and Art, and alongside Wilkie Collins, John Tenniel and Douglas Jerrold was also one of the actors. Whilst tickets had not been issued to The Sun, Queen Victoria was in attendance.

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