Title: In Memoriam. >>MINIATURE BOOK WITH SCARCE DUSTJACKET<<.
Publisher: Bryce, David & Son. Glasgow. ; Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press Warehouse , Amen Corner, London.
Publication Date: 1905
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Circa 1905. 365 printed pages (some leaves very slightly creased at upper corners). Frontispiece. Printed at the Glasgow University Press. Thin paper. Original marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Bound in black morocco with gilt title to cover and spine with single fillet gilt border. This copy has the original dust jacket in plain paper with "In Memoriam-Tennyson Miniature Edition" printed on the cover and "In Memoriam" printed on the spine (fragile with both flaps just still attached, edges a bit chipped and generally a little handling patina- including some minuscule spots). 35 x 52 mm. Original publisher's full black leather binding (very slightly rubbed at corners). Bondy describes various versions of In memoriam and other poems, and other works by Tennyson issued by Bryce dated 1905, but not this version. Henry Frowde was manager of the London office of Oxford University Press until 1913. Bondy, 115. Spielmann, 475. Welsh, 6645. OCLC, 250573537. WorldCat locates 3 copies worldwide (Rochester, Delaware and Indiana University Libraries). Scarce with dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 5428