Book - Novel, Lytton, Lord [Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton] [=Baron Lytton, Lord Lytton], Pelham : or, adventures of a gentleman, [n.d] [First published 1828, numerous later editions, this Routledge edition probably between 1868 and 1873]

Physical description

xxxii, 336 p. Frontispiece illustration.
Includes dedication to author's mother from first published edition 1840, p. iii-iv, biographical notes 'Bulwer Lytton and his works' dated 1868, p. v-xxxii).
Embossed, decorative brown cover, gold embossing on spine.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Book plate pasted inside front cover: 'Linton / Mechanics' Institute / established 1871', signed 'J. Dodds, Secretary'. Book plate indicates book was part of original Linton Mechanics' Institute collection, acquired before 1891.

Summary

The life and adventures of a young gentleman and dandy, in London, Paris and Cheltenham. In part a murder mystery.

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