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TENNYSON, Alfred, Baron Tennyson.. Poems, Chiefly Lyrical.. Effingham Wilson. 1830, 1830.
Price: US$493.83 + shipping
Description: 2pp. ads; spotted. Uncut and recased in stiff paper with paper label by Geoffrey Tillotson. Signature of Whitley Stokes 14/6/55. Kathleen Tillotson notes the value of this, Tennyson's first separately published collection. An inserted bookseller's catalogue indicates that this was a copy in defective original boards. A photocopy of 'The Lady of Shallot' 1833 is inserted.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Tennyson, Alfred. Poems, Chiefly Lyrical. Effingham Wilson, London, 1830.
Price: US$720.00 + shipping
Description: Second state. Errata is present. Page 91 is mis-numbered as 19. "carcanet" is spelled correctly on page 72. 36 pages of ads at rear. Bound in original boards, front cover loose and spine chipped. In beautiful red half morocco slipcase.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
TENNYSON (Lord Alfred). Poems, Chiefly Lyrical. Effingham Wilson, 1830.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, later calf rebacked and rehinged, preserving old spine, ads not bound in but with leaf of errata, and page 91 so-numbered, bookplate. First edition. Because of the value of this item, extra postal insurance or registry fees may be required.
Seller: G. W. Stuart, Jr., ABAA(emeritus), Yuma, AZ, U.S.A.
TENNYSON (Lord Alfred). Poems, Chiefly Lyrical. Effingham Wilson, 1830.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, original boards now somewhat worn,joints cracked, wholly uncut and with the errata leaf and the ads, and with the error "carcanet" for "coronet" on page 72. Preserved in brown quarter morocco gilt slip case. Tennyson was but 21 years of age when he published this work It contains some truly remarkable poetry: "Recollections Of The Arabian Nights;" "The Sleeping Beauty;" "Claribel;" and many others of great beauty and polish. This is his first separate book, published in a small edition of but 600 copies. First edition. Because of the value of this item, extra postal insurance or registry fees may be required.
Seller: G. W. Stuart, Jr., ABAA(emeritus), Yuma, AZ, U.S.A.
TENNYSON, Alfred. Poems, Chiefly Lyrical. Effingham Wilson, London, 1830.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, mixed state. Probably later papercovered boards reproducing the originals (which nevertheless show considerable age), with later paper spine label. Errata page is present, but lacks the page of ads; page 91 misnumbered as 19 (first state), "carcanet" spelled correctly (second state); all variant points were changed at the printer's before the book was issued. Modest wear to the spine ends, a handsome, very good plus copy. Tennyson's first solely authored book, preceded by two jointly authored volumes.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1850.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 12mo. FIRST EDITION, second issue, with ìcarcanetî on p.72, and with p.91 numbered correctly. Attractive lue crushed levant gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Riviere (hinges lightly rubbed). Tennysonís first separately published book.
Seller: Nudelman Rare Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
TENNYSON, ALFRED. Poems, Chiefly Lyrical. Effingham Wilson, London, 1830.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A lovely copy of the first edition but a later and corrected copy. 12mo - [iv], 154 pages with two page publisher's catalogue at the rear. Also, bound in at the rear are the original yellow wrappers. Now beautifully bound by Riviere & Son with their stamped name to the foot of the inner front panel at the dentelle. Bound in bright blue crushed morocco with multiple concentric gold borders with gold blossoms at the inner corners. There are more gold borders to the interior boards with lovely silk moirÈ doublures and endpapers. Top edge gilt, remaining edges untrimmed. Bookplate to front fly. Interior hinges showing some wear but the book remains very strong. Two short tears to front endpaper. A really lovely copy of this very early Tennyson collection. Near Fine.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
Tennyson, Alfred. Poems, Chiefly Lyrical. Effingham Wilson, London, 1830.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first state of page 91 as "19" and with 'carcanet' (for 'coronet') on p. 72, with errata. 154, [2, ads] pp. Printed by Littlewood and Co., Old Bailey. 12mo. FIRST ISSUE IN BOARDS. Original boards, printed paper label, lower spine replaced at an early time. Handsome. With bookplate of P. Lemperly bookplate and Walter Chrysler as well. In brown cloth and chemise 154, [2, ads] pp. Printed by Littlewood and Co., Old Bailey. 12mo First edition, first state of page 91 as "19" and with 'carcanet' (for 'coronet') on p. 72, with errata.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Tennyson, Alfred. [Tennyson, Alfred] Poems Chiefly Lyrical. Effingham Wilson, London, 1830.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Superbly bound c. 1900 by Bradsteet's of New York (signed with an ink pallet on front endleaf) in full brown morocco with elaborate bold gilt blocked floral and quatrefoil centerpiece design on both covers, elaborate gilt-tooled spine. The name "Dr. Henry M. Garsson" appears in gilt at the bottom right front cover, gilt dentelles. First issue point of p.91 mis-numbered as "19." Also with the scarce errata leaf and even scarcer two-page advertisement at end. "Carcanet" is spelled correctly (second state point). This is Tennyson's first regularly published book. Bradstreet's was a very well-respected binder and received an 'honorable mention' in de Bois's "Historical Essay on Art of Bookbinding" (1883)/ Henry Garsson founded a munitions contracting business in 1941, and, interesting, after the war, was found guilty of defrauding the U. S. government and was imprisoned. Fine.
Seller: Nudelman Rare Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.