Tennyson, Alfred, Lord

i) Timbuctoo. [extracted from Prolusiones Academicæ...]. [Cambridge: John Smith, 1829]; [bound with]: [Maine, H.S. and F. Lushton]. Memoir of Henry Fitzmaurice Hallam. Spottiswoode and Shaw / For Private Distribution, [c.1851?]; full calf by Cross, spine gilt in compartments [Wise I.3; Hayward 245], some spotting; ii) Poems. Moxon, 1845, 2 volumes, third edition, 8pp. publisher's adverts at end of volume 1, full red calf by Wells [Wise I.14]; iii) In Memoriam. Moxon, 1850, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (with misprints on p.2 and p.198), half-title, 8pp. publisher's adverts at end, full ornate green morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, collector's slipcase [Wise I.37; Hayward 246], spine discoloured; iv) A Welcome. Moxon, 1863, Wise's first issue (with solid diamond on title page), 4pp. as issued; [with]: a copy of Wise's second issue (with hollow diamond), three-quarter morocco by Walters [Wise I.103-104]; v) The Lover's Tale. For Private Circulation, 1870 [but Clay, c.1890], WISE FORGERY, original wrappers, unopened, collector's chemise and pull off morocco case [Wise III.3; Carter & Pollard pp.307-314; Todd 392c]; vi) The Lover's Tale and Other Poems. For Private Circulation, 1875, apparently one of fifty copies, Wise's "fifth pirated edition" (with 18 additional poems), contents leaf supplied from an earlier edition (possibly Wise's third/fourth), full brown morocco by the Club Bindery [Wise III.6]; vii) The New Timon and the Poets... Privately Printed, 1876, Shepherd's pirated edition, original wrappers [Wise III.10]; viii) The Passing of Arthur. Macmillan and Co., 1884, 8vo, original wrappers; together with (vii) in collector's brown chemise and slipcase, wrappers a little worn at edges; all 8vo (10)

From the libraries of Harry Buxton Forman (i and vii), Walter Thomas Wallace (vi and v), Edwin D. Lapham (v), Edwin Babcock Holden (vi) and John Whipple Frothingham (i, iii-v, vii)

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