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tennyson. in memoriam-poems of alfred lord tennyson. london, 1900.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 volumes.pages cut.cxvi+cxxv pp with blank pages at the beginning and end of each volume. last page states- here ends this edition of tennyson's lyric poems seen through the press by c.j. holmes and decorated with border designed by c.s. ricketts and engraved by c.e. keates printed at the ballantyne press london m.c.m very small stains on cover.clean and tight inside
Seller: BookStore Jerusalem, jerusalem, Israel
Price: US$297.76 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London, Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts [Vale Press], 1900. Octavo, cxvi, [ii] (limitation and colophon) pages with wood-engraved border and initials. White buckram lettered in gilt on the spine, all edges uncut; covers foxed, with the spine a little sunned; endpapers and early (blank) leaves tanned, with some light foxing elsewhere; overall, a very good copy. One of only 320 copies of this elegant publication from the Vale Press, issued in conjunction with a matching companion volume, 'In Memoriam'. The colophon states: 'Seen through the press by C.J. Holmes and decorated with border designed by C.S. Ricketts and engraved by C.E. Keates; printed at the Ballantyne Press.' In his 'Bibliography of the Books issued by Hacon & Ricketts', Ricketts elaborates: 'With border of willow . Three hundred and twenty copies printed. Price two guineas. Ten copies on vellum'.
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia