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The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson
by Tennyson, Alfred
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Blanco, Texas, United States
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About This Item
ALFRED TENNYSON - POETICAL WORKS OF.
THE PRINCESS, MAUD & OTHER POEMS. Volume IV. Frtspc. port. of ALDWORTH (the summer home of Tennyson), 197pp. Uniformly bound in beautiful tan tree calf with heavy gilt embellishments. (See our other titles in this set) Exterior hinges are wearing and cracked, inside hinges are still tight, all text pages clean and tight. Darkening and fox to preliminary pages in front and back. (see photos).
Bound in tan tree calf, red marbled endpapers, tan and red leather spine labels with gilt titles, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt.
A clean, tight and bright volume with a beautiful binding and a worn exterior front hinge. 75 poems including Locksley Hall a dramatic monologue written as a set of 97 rhyming couplets.
The Princess is a serio-comic blank verse narrative poem, was first published in 1847. Tennyson was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1850 to 1892 and remains one of the most popular English poets.
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- Bookseller
- Maggie Lambeth
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6-23-24
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson
- Author
- Tennyson, Alfred
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Full tan tree calf with red and tan spine titles
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry S. King & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1875
- Pages
- 197
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry Leather Bindings
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About the Seller
Maggie Lambeth
Biblio member since 2010
Blanco, Texas
About Maggie Lambeth
Independent bookseller with over 45 years in retail and mail order book-selling experience. Our main specialties are books about Texas its history, art and artists, Texas authors, ranching, cattle & cowboys, lawmen, outlaws, genealogy and family history, county and community history. We also accept consignments. Inquiries are welcome txt or talk (830-392-6668).
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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