Edward Bulwer Lytton, [Boston]: Dana Estes & Company, circa 1900, undated. illustrated, black leather spine with gold lettering and detail, blue marbled front and back covers and interior boards. Note: Lord Edward Lytton coined many of the phrases we still use today in his bestselling novels. They include “the pen is mightier than the sword,” “the pursuit of the almighty dollar,” “the great unwashed,” and the famous opening line “it was a dark and stormy night”.