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Tennyson, Alfred, and Arthur Hughes (illus.), ENOCH ARDEN
(London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1866). First illustrated
edition, 22 x 16.5cm (4to), in publisher's blue rib-grain cloth
w/elaborate gilt decorations & title (designed by Arthur Hughes) to
covers & spine, bevelled edges, a.e.g., cream ep.s, [i-vi], [1]
2-81 [82], [1-2 + 1-3] 4-16 (publ. cat. dated Dec. 1865) cardstock
pp., w/frontis portrait engraving by Woolner & 25 full-page &
in-text wood engravings by the Dalziels after Hughes. Printed by
Bradbury Evans & Co., London. Inscribed to recto of fr. ep.:
"Elizabeth Mary Steains, a Gift from a fond Uncle, 1868"; also w/the
small bookseller's ticket of Webster & Stockley to fr.
pastedown. Binding Very Good (extremities moderately bumped);
contents Near-Fine (lt. foxing to 1st few leaves). Notes
& Queries 7 Oct. 1865 p.300, White 170, Reid 91-92, Fredeman
93.5, Ray 174, Wolff 6687, Ball 87, de Beaumont 371 ("one of those rare
books of the [1860s] period where a genuinely outstanding work of
literature finds, in its illustrator, an equally sympathetic
partner"--p.85), Goldman 396. (Inv. #716) C$400 |
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Tennyson, Alfred, and Arthur Hughes (illus.), ENOCH ARDEN
(London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1866). First illustrated
edition, 22 x 16.5cm (4to), in publisher's green sand-grain cloth
w/elaborate gilt decorations & title (designed by Arthur Hughes) to
covers & spine, bevelled edges, a.e.g., cream ep.s, [i-vi], [1]
2-81 [82], [1-2 + 1-3] 4-16 (publ. cat. dated Dec. 1865) cardstock
pp., w/tissue-guarded frontis portrait engraving by Woolner & 25
full-page & in-text wood engravings by the Dalziels after
Hughes. Printed by Bradbury Evans & Co., London.
Inscribed to recto of fr. ep.: "Georgie Kratchin, Feby 14th
1868." Binding Very Good (fr. hinge mended); contents Very Good
(scattered lt. foxing). Notes & Queries 7 Oct. 1865
p.300, White 170, Reid 91-92, Fredeman 93.5, Ray 174, Wolff 6687, Ball
87, de Beaumont 371, Goldman 396. (Inv. #521) C$400 |
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Tennyson, Alfred, and Arthur Hughes (illus.), ENOCH ARDEN
(London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1866). First illustrated
edition, 22 x 16.5cm (4to), in publisher's red vertically-ribbed
cloth w/elaborate gilt decorations & title (designed by Arthur
Hughes) to covers & spine, bevelled edges, a.e.g., cream ep.s,
[i-vi], [1] 2-81 [82], [1-2 + 1-3] 4-16 (publ. cat. dated Dec. 1865)
cardstock pp., w/tissue-guarded frontis portrait engraving by Woolner
& 25 full-page & in-text wood engravings by the Dalziels after
Hughes. Printed by Bradbury Evans & Co., London.
Binding Good (cloth unevenly stained, & extremities bumped &
worn); contents Very Good (moderate occas. foxing). Notes
& Queries 7 Oct. 1865 p.300, White 170, Reid 91-92, Fredeman
93.5, Ray 174, Wolff 6687, Ball 87, de Beaumont 371, Goldman 396.
(Inv. #906) C$300 |