Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton — Godolphin

London, Chapman & Hall, 1850. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this satirical nineteenth century romance novel from British writer Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. With a frontispiece by Hablot K. Browne. A satirical romance novel following the life of an idealistic man named Percy Godolphin, and his eventual lover, Constance Vernon. Written as a frame narrative, Godolphin provides insight into the day-to-day lives of the early nineteenth-century British elite through the narration of two protagonists as they rise to prominence. Written by Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, an English writer and politician. Bulwer-Lytton's works were well known in his time, and he is remembered for having coined famous phrases like "the pen is mightier than the sword", "the great unwashed", and the opening phrase "It was a dark and stormy night." Bound in half red calf with marbled boards. Externally, smart with light wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Hablot K. Browne. Very Good Indeed .