Tennyson, Alfred Lord. Early poems Bryce & Son. Glasgow. Circa 1889. 184 printed pages (inner hinge cracked but holds firmly). Frontispiece. Binding design & title page by Jessie M King. Dainty Little Library series, 74. Original black endpaper. 60 x 90 mm. Original publisher's tan calf. Gilt lettering within art nouveau style decorative borders. Tiny area of loss on front cover. The Dainty Little Library saw Bryce re-packaging around thirteen or so classics from the Golden Thoughts and Tartan Series, with art-nouveau re-designed title pages and bindings by Jessie Marion King (1875-1949), a Scottish female children’s book illustrator of high esteem. Volumes 1-5 were Lord Tennyson’s works. 6 and 7 were by Walter Scott. 8 and 9 were Robert Burns title. 10 to 12 were by Wordsworth, Thomas Moore, and Macaulay respectively. All in attractive limp leather bindings of harlequin colours. Garbett, 49. Welsh, 4758. OCLC, 38887629. WorldCat locates 2 copies worldwide (British Library and Worcester). 135 firsts2024