Lot 171
  • 171

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Three first editions:
[Tennyson, Alfred and Charles.] Poems, by two brothers. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1827, first edition, without advertisement leaf, nineteenth-century polished calf gilt, spine in six compartments ornately gilt, green morocco labels, marbled endpapers, wreath design on covers--[Tennyson, Alfred, Lord.] In Memoriam. Edward Moxon, 1850, first edition, half-title, without advertisements, re-bound in later full green morocco, inner gilt dentelles, spine lettered in gilt; Poems...in two volumes. Edward Moxon, 1842, first edition, 2 volumes, half-titles, advertisement leaf at the end of volume 1, 8pp. Moxon catalogue at the beginning of volume 1, original drab boards, labels printed in black on the spines, preserved in matching cloth folding box, covers soiled and worn; 8vo (3)

Provenance

[Poems, by Two Brothers:] Edward George Herbert, book-label
[In Memoriam:] Oliver Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher, bookplate, pencil note "Bought Edwards 1918: £3:10"
[Poems:] Robert H. Taylor, book-label; Mark Samuels Lasner, bookplate

Literature

[Poems, by Two Brothers:] Wise 1
[In Memoriam:] Wise 37; Hayward 246
[Poems:] Wise 12; Tinker 2064

Condition

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