Tennyson, Alfred, Lord.

8vo, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author to henry hallam ("H. Hallam | from | A. A Tennyson"), later nineteenth-century calf, marbled boards, some discolouration to B8 verso and C1 recto, and also to endpapers and half-title, binding slightly worn at edges

Henry Hallam, presentation inscription from the author; his daughter Julia (the only one of his eleven children to survive him); her husband Captain John Cator, later Lennard; by direct descent from the family

Wise 24; Tinker 2067

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

a presentation copy by tennyson to the father of arthur henry hallam, whose sudden death in 1833 had such a profound effect on the author and the rest of his Cambridge circle of intimate friends. Tennyson had met A.H. Hallam (1811-1833) at Trinity College Cambridge around April 1829. Their subseqent friendship, "deepening into love...was to be one of the most important experiences of Hallam's short life and of Tennyson's long one..." (Oxford DNB).  The Princess was the only volume of poetry Tennyson published in the later 1840s, as he expended energy on completing his great elegy for Hallam, In Memoriam, eventually published in 1850.

The historian Henry Hallam ( (1777-1859) wrote well-documented accounts of medieval and English constitutional history from a whig standpoint. He also wrote a four-volume history of European literature (1837-1839).