Author: Bulwer, Edward Lytton [ Bulwer Lytton, Edward ]
Title: Pelham ; Or The Adventures Of A Gentleman Revised Edition, In Two Volumes [ complete ]
Description: published for Henry Colburn, by Richard Bentley ; Bell & Bradfute, Edinburgh ; and J Cumming, Dublin, 1835, revised edition. Half calf over marbled boards, G+. 2 volumes in 1, series title, title, 340pp+[vi]+348pp, b/w engraved frontis & engraved title to each part, series title ( for Colburn's Novelists ) & volume title present for both parts, leather in good order, boards a little rubbed, engraved frontis' & titles rather yellowed & foxed, page margins & fore edges grubby, occasional grubby mark, a good early copy. This edition also contains the first inclusion of the pilot for Pelham, the short story 'Mortimer ; Or Memoirs of a Gentleman'. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ An early reprint of the novel which was to bring fame to Bulwer Lytton, a story of some wit concerning the convoluted escapades of a Georgian Dandy. A popular author in his day the unfortunate Bulwer Lytton is today best remembered for being the inspiration of the annual Bulwer Lytton fiction contest thanks to the opening lines of 'Paul Clifford' - 'It was a dark and stormy night'. It is perhaps fair to note that along with awkward prose he also coined the phrase 'the pen is mightier than the sword'. NCBEL4 1146.

Keywords: literature, fiction