The Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson . . by Alfred Lord Tennyson - 2015

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Book is in Good condition, with edgewear and chipping to cover boards. Hinges showing signs of weakness. Small red smudge at top of spine. Gift inscription in front endpaper. Foxing in rear endpapers, and pencil notes in lovely script (see photos). Text pages age-tanned, but otherwise clean and tight.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes. Vignette Edition. Volume II only of 2 volumes. Early read cloth Dust Jacket. Book is cracked at the contents page with front cover tender, Fair, in Good Dust Jacket with fraying along the edges and fading and a spot on the spine. . Fair. Hardcover. 1891.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1907 Macmillan and Co., Limited. London 1907. 901 pages. Finely bound by Bickers and Son in tree calf bordered with foliate gilt ruling. Central gilt motif of the 'Girls Public Day School Trust Bromley High School' to front boards, raised bands, brown label and gilt decoration to spine.All edges vividly marbled, matching marbled endpapers, board edges decorated with gilt. With frontispiece portrait of Lord Tennyson. Binder's stamp on ffep. With a neat inscription on the flying leaf. Some minor foxing to the first pages otherwise internally clean and bright. This is a very decorative book which contains the work of the famous Victorian poet. The motto "Knowledge is now no more a fountain sealed" is a quote from the poem "The Princess": "This blank verse narrative poem by Tennyson (1809–1892) is a satire on the state women's education. The narrative centres on a princess who sets up a University for women, although her plans are disrupted by the intrusion of a… Read More