Tennyson, Alfred, POEMS (London:
Edward Moxon, 1857). First illustrated edition, 21 x 15cm (4to),
in contemp. dark tan tree-calf w/gilt borders to covers, gilt
decorations & gilt-on-burgundy title-label to spine, raised bands,
decorative gilt edges & turn-ins, a.e.g., marbled ep.s, [i-v]
vi-xiii [xiv-xvi], [1] 2-375 [376] cardstock pp. w/54 wood engravings
by the Dalziels, W.J. Linton, etc. after D.G. Rossetti, J.E. Millais,
W. Holman Hunt, etc., +tissue-guarded frontis portrait engraving by
Thomas Woolner. Printed by Bradbury & Evans, London.
With an unidentified armorial bookplate to fr. pastedown. Binding
Fair (extremities moderately rubbed & worn w/rubbing to covers,
& joints & hinges broken); contents Near-Fine (1 section sl.
proud). Athenæum 30 May 1857 p.693, White 105,
Rossetti 2 (p.41), Ashley VII 114, Reid 36-43, Ehrsam & Deily 218,
Fredeman 90.3, Ray 148, Colbeck 26, de Beaumont 374, Goldman 395.
(Inv. #762) C$800
Tennyson, Alfred, POEMS (London:
Edward Moxon, 1857). First illustrated edition, 21.5 x 15cm
(4to), in contemp. dark green calf w/black embossed decorations
(similar to the urn motif on the publisher's cloth issue) & borders
to covers & spine, gilt-bordered title to spine, raised bands,
decorative gilt turn-ins, gilt gauffered edges, marbled ep.s,
[i-v] vi-xiii [xiv-xvi], [1] 2-375 [376] cardstock pp. w/54 wood
engravings by the Dalziels, W.J. Linton, etc. after D.G. Rossetti, J.E.
Millais, W. Holman Hunt, etc., +tissue-guarded frontis portrait
engraving by Woolner. Printed by Bradbury & Evans,
London. With the bookplate of Eliza Jane Truman to fr.
pastedown. Binding Fair (rebacked w/most of the original spine
laid down, extremities somwhat bumped & worn, calf discoloured,
& hinges reinforced); contents Very Good (moderate occas.
foxing). Athenæum 30 May 1857 p.693, White 105,
Rossetti 2 (p.41), Ashley VII 114, Reid 36-43, Ehrsam & Deily 218,
Fredeman 90.3, Ray 148, Colbeck 26, de Beaumont 374, Goldman 395.
(Inv. #744) C$800
