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The Property of a Gentleman TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD Two First Editions The Princess; A Medley. London: Edward Moxon, 1847. 8vo (4 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.; 105 x 170 mm). Publisher's advertisements at front, half-title; one or two stray spots. Original full green cloth, covers decoratively bordered in blind, spine gilt lettered; minor soiling to upper cover, spine just sunned. In custom green cloth covered clamshell case. First edition — Idylls of the King. London: Edward Moxon, 1859. 8vo (4 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.; 105 x 170 mm). Publisher's advertisements at front, half-title. Original full green cloth, covers decoratively bordered in blind, spine gilt lettered; minor fading to edges of covers, spine just sunned, binding slightly loose. First edition Group lots not subject to return. Together two first editions The virtues of one of the Victorians' best-loved poets were later aptly summarized by T.S. Eliot: "Tennyson is a great poet, for reasons that are perfectly clear. He has three qualities which are seldom found together except in the greatest poets: abundance, variety, and complete competence" (Selected Essays, 1951, p.328)

tennyson, alfred, lord | two first editions

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Property from the Robert S Brown Collection

Property from the Robert S Brown Collection Tennyson, Alfred, Lord Poems. London: Edward Moxon, 1842 2 vols., 12mo (173 x 105 mm, uncut). Half-titles, 8 pp. publisher's advertisements dated Dec. 1st, 1842 at front of vol. 1, and 2 pp. at rear. Original drab boards, paper labels to spines; hinges cracked, a few stains and scuffs to covers, spine of vol. 1 split along rear joint, but holding at front. Each volume housed in a morocco-backed slipcase with folding cloth chemise. First collected edition, the Litchfield copy, scarce in original boards. REFERENCE: Wise 12 PROVENANCE: E. Hubert Litchfield (his sale, Parke Bernet, 3-4 December 1951, lot 919) — Christie's New York, 16 December 1983, lot 348 — Swann Galleries, 21 November 2013, lot 252

View 1 of Lot 1207: Tennyson, Alfred, Lord | First collected edition of Tennyson's Poems in original boards

tennyson, alfred, lord | first collected edition of tennyson's poems in original boards

19th and 20th Century Sculpture 

THOMAS WOOLNER British 1825 - 1892 RELIEF ROUNDEL WITH THE PROFILE OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON signed and dated: T. Woolner Sc. / 1856 bronze, light brown patina 25cm., 9⅞in. diameter

thomas woolner | relief roundel with the profile of alfred, lord tennyson

The Property of a Gentleman TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD The Cup and the Falcon. London: Macmillan and Co., 1884 8vo (4 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.; 108 x 174 mm). Half-title inscribed by Tennyson, seven lines of manuscript verse in Tennyson's hand (pp. 80-81), publisher's advertisements at end; one or two stray spots to preliminary leaves. Original green cloth, spine gilt letters, gathering including pp. 80-81 weak, endleaves foxed. In custom green morocco slipcase, and folding chemise. First edition, presentation copy, with seven lines of verse in Tennyson's hand at the foot of pp. 80-81 Inscribed “Frederick & Jane Locker from Tennyson,” the present volume boasts additional lines to be inserted in the speech of Synorix: “Nay, rather than to clip the flowery robe of Hymen we should add some golden fringe of gorgeousness beyond...” Frederick Locker-Lampson, poet in his own right and bibliophile, was the father of Eleanor Locker, who married Tennyson’s son Lionel. Apart from his friendship with Tennyson, Locker was acquainted with virtually all the literary giants of the day, including Matthew Arnold, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, the Brownings, George Eliot, and John Ruskin to name but a few. A remarkable presentation copy REFERENCES Wise 146 PROVENANCE Frederick and Jane Locker (author's inscription; Kate Greenaway bookplate to front pastedown) — William Harris Arnold (bookplate to front pastedown)— Jerome Kern (his sale, Anderson Galleries, 21-24 January 1929, lot 1313) — Jason F. Drake — Arthur A. Houghton Jr. (his sale, Christie's London, 12 June 1980, lot 509; booklabel to front pastedown) — Mark Samuels Lasner (booklabel laid in)

tennyson, alfred, lord | the cup and the falcon. london: macmillan and co., 1884

The Property of a Gentleman TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD Maud and Other Poems. London: Edward Moxon, 1850 8vo (4 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.; 108 x 170 mm). Publisher's advertisements bound in at front, half-title signed by George Meredith, publisher's advertisement at end; one or two stray spots. Original full green cloth, covers ruled and decoratively stamped in blind, spine gilt lettered, yellow coated endpapers; corners just rubbed, spine lightly sunned, just cocked. In custom quarter green linen over marbled board clamshell case. First edition, second issue, George Meredith's copy Meredith—a Victorian novelist and poet so revered, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature no fewer than seven times—was greatly influenced by the work of Tennyson. In turn, is would seem that Tennyson held a deep admiration for the work of his contemporary, once stating that he wished he himself might have written Meredith’s “Love in a Valley." An important association copy, connecting two of Victorian Britain's most significant literary figures PROVENANCE George Meredith (signature to half-title)

tennyson, alfred, lord | maud and other poems. london: edward moxon, 1850

19th & 20th Century Sculpture

Thomas Woolner British 1825 - 1892 Roundel with a profile portrait of Alfred Lord Tennyson signed: T. WOOLNER SC. and inscribed: A. TENNYSON bronze, mid-brown patina 27.5cm., 10⅞in.

View 1 of Lot 89: Roundel with a profile portrait of Alfred Lord Tennyson

roundel with a profile portrait of alfred lord tennyson

The Property of a Gentleman [TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD] In Memoriam. London: Edward Moxon, 1850 8vo (4 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.; 107 x 170 mm). Minor foxing to preliminary leaves. Original brown cloth, covers decoratively stamped in blind, spine gilt lettered, yellow endpapers; spline sunned, minor rubbing to corers. In custom quarter burgundy silk over marbled board clamshell case. First edition "Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all." Completed in 1849, and composed as a requiem for Tennyson's beloved friend, Arthur Henry Hallam, who died suddenly of a cerebral haemorrhage in Vienna in 1833, In Memoriam is regarded as one of the greatest poems of the 19th century. Following the death of Prince Albert, the poem became a great favorite of Queen Victoria's. She once wrote that she was "soothed" by it, and when she met Tennyson in 1883, she told him what a comfort it had been. Indeed, in her personal copy of the poem, she had crossed out each reference to Hallam, and written her beloved Albert's name instead. PROVENANCE T.W. Hinchcliffe (contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper)

[tennyson, alfred, lord] | in memoriam. london: edward moxon, 1850

The Property of a Gentleman TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD [Timbuctoo, A Poem]. Prolusiones Academiæ Præmiis Annuis Dignatæ... [Cambridge: John Smith, 1829 8vo (5 3/8 x 8 1/2 in.; 136 x 214 mm). Series title-page, five section titles. Original gray paper wrappers; wear to spine. In custom gray-blue folding chemise. Tennyson's first separately-published work In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge, were he was a student at Trinity College, for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktoo." Apparently the future poet laureate was too shy to read the piece aloud in the Senate House, as was the custom for the winner, and asked ask Charles Merivale to take his place. PROVENANCE Howard Lehhman Goodhart (booklabel to chemise)

tennyson, alfred, lord | [timbuctoo, a poem]. prolusiones academiæ præmiis annuis dignatæ... [cambridge: john smith, 1829

The Property of a Gentleman TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD Three First Editions Poems, Chiefly Lyrical . . . London: Effingham Wilson, 1830. 12mo (7 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.; 185 x 110 mm). Errata leaf, publisher's advertisements at end; minor spotting. Original blue boards, engraved paper bookseller's label to upper board (Milliken, Grafton Street, Dublin), brown paper spine, paper label to spine; some rubbing to extremities. First edition, first issue, of Tennyson’s first collection - one of only 600 copies printed. Wise 7. Simon Nowell-Smith (booklabel to front pastedown) — Poems. London: Edward Moxon, 1833. 8vo (4 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.; 105 x 170 mm). Publisher's advertisements at front, half-title. Original brown boards, paper label to spine; minor soiling to boards. minor chips to head and tail of spine. In custom tan cloth covered slipcase and folding chemise. First edition of Tennyson's second collection of poetry, in original boards - one of only 450 copies printed. Shepherd 11. Alfred T. White (note to front free endpaper) — Poems. London: Edward Moxon, 1842. Two volumes, 8vo (4 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.; 105 x 170 mm). Half-titles, publisher's advertisements to end of Vol. I. Original brown paper covered boards, cream labels to spines; some minor sunning to boards, minor rubbing and one or two chips to labels. Each in custom burgundy linen over marbled board clamshell case. First edition, in original boards - one of only 800 copies printed. Herschel V. Jones (bookplate to front pastedown) — Charles and Elizabeth Decker (bookplate to front pastedown of Vol. II) Group lots not subject to return. The present collection of titles offers some of Tennyson's most enduring verse, to include “The Owl,” “The Lady of Shalott,” and “The Lotos-Eaters,” among many others.

tennyson, alfred, lord | three first editions

Creating a Stage: The Collection of Marsha and Robin Williams

4to album (16 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.; 44.5 x 35 cm). 8 velum leaves (approximately 10 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.; 26.5 x 18.5 cm), illuminated in various colors, with manuscript text in black (recto only), mounted with gilt-edge matts; minor foxing, infrequent and minor rubbing. Full dark brown calf, elaborately tooled with multiples rules and decorative borders in blind, central vellum roundel richly illuminated; rebacked to style, corners expertly repaired. Half calf, velvet lined clamshell presentation case, spine gilt-lettered. 

illuminations from idylls of the king. [n.p.: n.d., circa 1862]

A collection of his works, mostly first and early editions.  London and Boston, vd

A collection of his works, mostly first and early editions.  London and Boston, vd Together 12 volumes.  Most volumes in full or half morocco gilt; condition varies.  3 slipcases.

tennyson, alfred, lord

text by Anne Thackeray Ritchey, introduction by H.H.H. Cameron, London: T. Fisher Unwin, pub., no. 203 in an edition of 400, original gilt decorated and titled cloth boards, folio, with a letter from Tennyson to a Mrs Ryley affixed to the flyleaf, dated 4th May 1882, acknowledging her request to produce a 'Tennyson calendar'

'alfred, lord tennyson and his friends: a series of 25 portraits and frontispiece in photogravure from the negatives of mrs julia margaret cameron and h.h.h. cameron', 1893 

Maud, and Other Poems. London: Moxon, 1855

Maud, and Other Poems. London: Moxon, 1855 In 12s (6 5/8  x 4 1/4  in.; 170 x 108 mm). 8 pp. of publisher’s advertisements at front dated July 1855. Original green cloth, uncut; inner hinges cracked, spine faded with wear at ends, a few spots on sides. Green morocco slipcase.

English Literature, History, Children's Books & Illustrations

4to, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 131 OF 400 COPIES, frontispiece and 25 photogravure portraits by Julia Margaret Cameron, cotemporary green morocco by G.P. Putnam's Sons, spine gilt in compartments, slight offsetting to free endpapers, minor marks to covers

alfred, lord tennyson and his friends. t. fisher unwin, 1893

asking him to write an epithalamion to celebrate the marriage of Princess Beatrice to Prince Henry of Battenberg, and explaining the background to the marriage ("...I had hoped she would never have married, but the loss of her beloved youngest Brother made her feel so lonely..."), 5 pages, 8vo, mourning stationery, with envelope, Windsor Castle, 5 July 1885, c.55 mm. torn away from top of second leaf with loss of text 

autograph letter signed, to alfred, lord tennyson

An Exceptional Eye: A Private British Collection

portrait roundel of alfred, lord tennyson

English Literature, History, Children&#39;s Books and Illustrations

4to (215 x 162mm.), half-title, frontispiece portrait, illustrations, contemporary green morocco gilt, lettered in gilt on both covers, spine gilt in compartments, light foxing, extremities slightly rubbed

enoch arden, illustrated by arthur hughes. london: edward moxon & co., 1866

plaster medallion, with giltwood band (diameter 360mm.), small chips to edge of plaster not affecting portrait image

relief portrait of tennyson by woolner, 1864

two bronze portrait reliefs of alfred, lord tennyson and robert browning

Idylls of the King. London: Strahan & Co., 1869

Idylls of the King. London: Strahan & Co., 1869 In 8s (6 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.;173 x 105 mm). Half-title, slip with 5 lines of autograph manuscript emendations tipped to p. 403; long tear along inner margin of half-title,  pp. 15 and 403–105 loose. Publisher's green dotted-line grain, Greek key border blocked in blind, title and publisher's monogram gilt-stamped on spine, brown coated endpapers; extremities worn, stained and soiled, lower hinge split, upper hinge starting. Full green morocco solander case, top and spine faded to brown.

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1 page (7 1/4 x 4 3/8 in.; 184 x 111 mm) with embossed lily in upper left corner, no place or date [c. 1847]; formerly folded, small stain in lower margin. Accompanied by an engraved portrait after Alonzo Chappel (some marginal soiling).

autograph manuscript of the poem "sweet and low," signed ("a. tennyson")

English Literature, History, Children's Books and Illustrations 

large 4to (313 x 237mm.), NUMBER 71 OF 100 COPIES, SIGNED BY TENNYSON, portrait frontispiece of the author after G.F. Watts, plates and illustrations after Edward Lear, contemporary crushed red morocco by Bickers & Son

poems… illustrated by edward lear. london: bousod, valladon & co, and new york: scribner & welford, 1889

English Literature, History, Children&#39;s Books & Illustrations

8vo, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author to his son hallam ("Hallam | from | A,."), advertisement leaf at the beginning, advertisements at the end,  original green cloth, chocolate endpapers, preserved in folding green cloth folder and green cloth slipcase, very occasional spotting, minor wear to edges of binding

queen mary. a drama. henry s. king & co., 1875

8vo, first edition, presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title by the author  ("Arthur Knight | from his cousins | Alfred & Emily | Tennyson"),  8pp. of publisher's advertisements at the beginning, original green cloth , upper and lower covers and spine decorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt, preserved in quarter green morocco folding box, upper hinge slightly fragile, minor spotting to endpapers and text, faint bubbling to covers

maud, and other poems. edward moxon, 1855

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

the princess; a medley. edward moxon, 1847

12mo, first edition, presentation copy inscribed in both volumes by tennyson to his sister (volume 1: "Matilda Tennyson, | from her affectionate | brother |  Alfred . | Sept 6th (VI) 1848"'; similarly in volume 2), engraved portrait frontispiece of Keats in volume 1, facsimile of his handwriting in volume 2, advertisement leaf at the end of volume 2, nineteenth-century half calf, marbled boards, spines gilt with morocco labels, marbled edges, preserved in folding brown cloth box, minor browning and wear to edges of binding 

life, letters, and literary remains, of john keats. edward moxon, 1848

[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)

three first editions:

8vo, 44pp. sewn pamphlet (including final blank leaf), first edition of the author's first separately published work, original plain blue wrappers, preserved in qaurter blue morocco folding box, tiny nicks to first and last leaves and to wrappers, torn on spine

prolusiones academicae praemiis annuis dignatae et in curia cantabrigiensi recitatae comitiis maximis. cambridge: john smith, 1829

julia margaret cameron (1815 - 1879) alfred, lord tennyson

Bibliophile III

The Princess; a medley. Edward Moxon, 1847,  first edition; Maud, and other poems. Edward Moxon, 1855, first edition, some spotting, joints starting, covers slightly stained; In Memoriam. Strahan and co., 1870, later edition; Gareth and Lynette etc. Strahan & Co., 1872, first regular edition; Queen Mary. A Drama. Henry S. King & Co., 1875, first edition (with misprint "Behled" in first word of first line of p.126); Harold. A Drama. Henry S. King, 1877, first edition; The Lover's Tale. C. Kegan Paul, 1879, first published edition; Ballads and other poems. C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1880; Becket. Macmillan and co., 1884, first published edition; Tiresias and other poems. Macmillan and co., 1885, first edition; Locksley Hall. Sixty Years after etc. Macmillan and co., 1886, first edition, with author's printed presentation slip  ("From the author") tipped in at the beginning, with ? autograph date in month of publication ("December | 1886"); The Death of Œnone, Akbar's Dream, and other poems. Macmillan and co., 1892, first edition;  all London imprints, original cloth bindings, some with advertisements, some ownership signatures, some wear to cloth bindings, occasional offsetting and spotting (12)

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