Tennyson-4 vol edition, circa1899/1905
2" x 1 1/4" each.
Bound in red roan with elaborate gilt spines incid title of each vol, and to the front of each in Gilt Tennyson followed by the title of each English Idylls and Other Poems + Idyll's of the King and Other Poems In Memorium and Other
Poems The Princess and Maud
The four volumes housed in the original small paper box that has printed in black on the two long sides Tennyson within a decorative cartouche' and on each ends, the titles of the four volumes. It is extremely rare to find this in the
original paper box as issued.
Bound in red leather (per Ellen Terry series). All edges gilt. Boxed Hol, (1" Editions) contains...
'English Idyls and Other Poems." The Princess& Maud'
"In Memoriam & Other Poems"
"Idylls of the King And Other Poems
Tennyson, Alfred Lord
: David Bryce & Son, Glasgow. [no date), 1st thus. (Leatherbound) Very good, no dust jacket. 384pp. Limp Red leather binding; minature book: 6x4 cm (about 2% by 1% inches); Top edges gilt; not in Beetz.
COMPLETE SET of all 4 volumes, in the publisher's
ORIGINAL SLIPCASE. Actually the slipcase is just made out of stiff paper restored by Artifact, and because the leather bindings have slightly swelled with age, the seams had split, but it is complete. The names of all 4 of these volumes are printed on the case, and unusually, the 4 volumes are double paginated, with a run of numbers for each volume, and a continuous run that goes thru all 4 volumes, in lotk, the first page of text is numbered 3 at left bottom, and 1091 at right bottom, and the last page is numbered 383 at bottom left, and 1471 at bottom right..
The books are in VG+ condition, fine and clean inside, but there is a FAINT damp stain on the lower left quarter of the leather covers. No evidence of this on the pages Inside, 1 or 2 spot stains on bottom edge of 2 volumes.
As of right now, it appears there is only ONE VOLUME of this set for sale thru the Internet, you could not even piece together a set through separate purchases, and nowhere can the outer "slipcase" be found.
EXCEPTIONAL (as a 'boxed' complete set) Cardboard slipcase restored in 2013 by Artifact
Conservation
Sold by a collector in a public auction at Bonhams, 9th November 2022.
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