Devereux by Lord Lytton - 1890

John Dicks, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 96 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout and to front hinge, with exposed binding thread. Pages are loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Binding remains firm. Boards are slightly bowed with dents to edges.

George Routledge and Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 448 pages. Half bound leather with cloth covered boards. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Binding remains firm. Heavy tanning overall. Small split to rear hinge.

GB: CoX Green cloth lettered and decorated in gold. Frontispeice by Cecil W. Quinnell. Title page is a CANCEL. Owners name and address and date (1907) written on title page. Minor spine wear. Binding bit loose.. Hardback. VG-/No DW.

PHILADELPHIA, PA: THE JOHN C WINSTON CO.. BURGUNDY LIMP BOARDS, PUB. EARLY 20TH CENTURY. RARE IN DJ. . VG. Hardcover. 1910.

London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., LD., January 1925. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Very Good. Tan jacket with black text, orange, green and black illustration. Part of the Evergreen Library. Jacket in mylar. Tear at bottom of spine. Grey cloth covered boards with black border and text on cover and spine. No markings. Wonderful condition.

Published by Collins Clear-Type Press, c.1900. First edition thus. Undated. Illustrated Pocket Classics. Illustrated by Wilmot Lunt. 456pp. Condition: Very Good.
Bound in original red cloth boards with title and decoration in gilt to the spine. Some fading to the spine and a little rubbing and bumping to the boards, but the binding is otherwise in smart condition. Inside, the pages are clean and bright and free from marks or damage save for a touch of toning.
In all, this is a very smart edition of this novel by Lord Lytton. Originally published in 1829, this novel was part of Lytton's four-part series, the 'Pelham Novels'. It is set in the late 17th Century and tells the story of a love affair between Devereux and the beautiful Lady Henrietta Temple. Lytton brings the tale to life beautifully with his vivid descriptions of both the characters and the period in which the novel was set.

Glasgow and London: Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1920. Decorative burgandy pigskin covered (Light Flexible) boards the titles in bright gilt to the decorative spine.Top edges are gilt the others colouring just a little.A tight and well cared for copy.There are no marks.The boards show very light shelf wear (Mild chaffing at the head of the spine.) otherwise fine.The previous careful owners signature in India ink is neatly on the front fly sheet.. First Thus Not Dated 1920c.. Decorative Leather/Leatherlike. Near Fine to Fine/None Given. Illus. by Wilmot Lunt..Sepia Plates Frontis is "That love of ours was never made for after years.. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

George Routledge. London. 1888.. Cr8vo. In quarter cloth and paper bds, text in vg cond. Frontispiece.

George Routledge & Sons. 1874 George Routledge & Sons hardback, Knebworth edition; good copy, lightly aged, clean and little-used inside; no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardback. 1874.

London: George Routledge and Sons [no date], new edition. (Hardcover) 328pp. Very good, no dust jacket. ¾ tan leather over marbled boards, raised bands on the spine, with gilt decorated panels and leather title label. Marbled edges and endpapers. Lightly shelfworn, some spotting to the first few pages at the front and back, a small circulating library label on the top corner of the front endpaper, and two small wormholes near the hinges. Also known as Edward George Bulwer-Lytton. (Fiction).