Lucile
By Owen Meredith
Published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York
No date
(The 46 E. 14th Street address for Crowell shown in the publisher’s advertisement at the rear of the book places this volume between 1893 and 1900.)
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About this book:
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831-1891) was an English poet and statesman. He served as Viceroy of India from 1876 to 1880. As a young man he published his first poetry under the name Owen Meredith. Lucile, a story in verse first published in 1860, was his most popular work. It went through hundreds of editions by numerous publishers. He enjoyed extreme popularity in his day, though his works are not much read today. Oscar Wilde dedicated Lady Windemere’s Fan to him.
Over the period from 1876 to 1931 Crowell released something in the neighborhood of 200 binding variants of the extremely popular Lucile.
18cm. 7" x 4 ½”
[1-5] 6-369, 16pp. publisher's adverts, 2pp.
Condition: Good
Padded, embossed leather binding shows rubbing and edgewear as well as a crease across the front board.
Leather is splitting along the front joint at both ends.
Corners are bumped and rubbed.
Hinges are whole and binding is solid.
Pages are clean with just occasional finger smudges.
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