MAUD, AND OTHER POEMS. by TENNYSON. ALFRED

Ticknor and Fields. Boston.,1855. FIRST U.S EDITION. 8vo. First state adverts dated November 1855 and all text points in first state, including Dove on page 96 and missing letter n from one on page 278. Previous owners inscription, dated Dec.1855, on front blank endpaper. Very good copy finely bound in recent full black morocco, spine with raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Single gilt rule on boards. Top edge gilt.:

Macmillan and Co Limited . London. 1951 - 52. Two volumes. Reprints; 1st book, 1951; 2nd is 1950. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.5 inches). With illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling and W. H. Drake in The Jungle Book, just Kipling in the second Jungle book. Fine, clean copies. Fine leather bindings, by Bumpus, of mid twentieth century half dark red morocco. Spines with five raised bands, compartments ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Red cloth on boards. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Just a hint of darkening to the spines of both bindings but overall this is a near fine, lovely set of these classic books.

Macmillan & Co. Limited. London. 1906. Reprint of the 1904 Golden Treasury edition. 8vo. (6.4 x 4.2 inches). Engraved frontis illustration of Guinevere, from the marble by Thomas Woolmer, R.A. Finely bound in a contemporary full dark green morocco binding by Ramage of London. Spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt. The compartments with gilt ruled lines, flower and star designs and lettering. Decorative flower and leaf designs to both boards, within a wavy line border which is surrounded by multiple stars, within a ruled line border, all in gilt. Elaborate gilt tooled stars, flowers and decorative roll borders to the inner boards with off-white moire silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Previous owners neat inscription, dated 1914, to the front blank free endpaper. Spine faded to an attractive tan colour and the front board to a lighter green but still a beautiful fine binding from the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey, and with his burgundy morocco leather and gilt book plate to the front… Read More

Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1900. SECOND EDITION, published November 1900, the month after the October first edition. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). xiv, 409pp. Portrait frontis, with tissue guard, and ten maps & plans throughout, including large fold-out colour map at end. A fine clean, bright copy, recently bound in half dark blue morocco. Spine with raised bands, decorated with gilt piping. Navy blue cloth to boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. A fine copy. The binding isn't signed but is certainly the work of a master bookbinder.

G Napier & Co, Birmingham, and Tylston & Edwards Marsden, London. Printed at the press of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. 1895. Printed by the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. Large 8vo. (8.8 x 7.2 inches). iv,154pp,i (Colophon). Decorative wood-cut Initial letters and borders on the text pages. Neat two line inscription on the title page. Early leather binding of half dark blue morocco. Spine, which has been re-laid, ruled lettered and decorated in gilt. Double gilt ruled lines on the morocco edges bordering blue cloth panels on the boards. Marbled endpapers with a strip of plain paper to both inner hinges where the book has been professionally re-cased. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing to the edges of the binding. A beautifully produced edition in the arts and crafts style of the period, in a skilfully repaired but very good quality and still attractive early leather binding.