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. The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate.. London: MacMillan & Co., 1884., 1884.
Price: US$2.77 + shipping
Description: In four parts, Part III. School Edition. 158 pp. Includes the poems: the Coming of Arthur, The Round Table (Gareth & Lynette, Geraint & Enid, Merlin & Vivien, Lancelot & Elaine, The Holy Grail, Pelleas & Ettarre, The Last Tournament, Guinevere), The Passing of Authur, To The Queen. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. In original beige cloth boards with black lettering on ffont board and spine. Some light staining on boards. Overall condition VG.
Seller: Owl Books, County Leitrim, Ireland
A.lfredTennyson. The Works of Alfred Tennyson Poet Laureate. Macmillan & Co. Ltd., London, 1884.
Price: US$7.73 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green cloth boards with some minor marks and light wear, inner hinges cracked at the front end paper and contents pages, long poem written in ink on the back end paper.
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Price: US$8.12 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1884. 184 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Vol. V. Rough cut pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, creased corners and foxing. Inscription to front endpaper. A few pages are uncut, thus unread. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Cloth is bubbled at the front.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gold-stamped blue cloth. Light wear volume 1, a bit more edgewear volume 2. Two volumes, each 7.25 x 4.75." 1888 name FEP each vol. Lovely engraved frontispiece of Tennyson, w/ tissue, in vol. 1. Vol 1: 313 pgs, Vol 2: 317. Solid! 4194 shelf
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.77 + shipping
Description: .illustrated portrait Frontispiece protected by tissue paper + v + blank + 640 pages. Hard back binding good, minor edge rubbing. Contents Very Good and clean, inside front cover owner name & 1885 Size: 12.5 x 19cm Approx
Seller: Malcolm Books, Thetford, United Kingdom
TENNYSON, Alfred. the Works of Alfred Tennyson Poet Laureate. Macmillan, London, 1884.
Price: US$32.21 + shipping
Description: Full leather, olive leather covers five raised bands with gilt design (Cambridge Kocul examination Doben Centre) and letters on cover and spine. Marbled endpapers. 640pp with frontispiece portrati with tissue cover.
Seller: valley books, Holton, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Alfred Tennyson. The Works of Alfred Tennyson poet laureate. Macmillan and Co London, 1884.
Price: US$38.67 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Demi reliure en coins, filets dorés sur le 1er et dernier plat, dos à nerfs orné du titre, nom dauteur et de fers, tranches dorées, portrait de A Tennyson, ex. tamponné sur la 1ère page, texte en anglais, 640 pages, format: 18.5 x 13 cm, poids: 750gr - largeur/hauteur :x cm - poid : g - nombre de pages : p. - langue :
Seller: l'Avenir du passé, Saint Medard en Jalles, AQUIT, France
Price: US$39.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. Full green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Corner bumped with moderate wear at the top & boottom of the spine. Front and back cover a bit mottled. Gift inscription on front free endpage. Overall in GOOD MINUS condition only. Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and is one of the most popular English poets. Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, although In Memoriam was written to commemorate his best friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and classmate at Trinity College, Cambridge who was engaged to Tennyson's sister but died from a cerebral hæmorrhage. One of Tennyson's most famous works is Idylls of the King (1885), a series of narrative poems based entirely on King Arthur and the Arthurian tales, as thematically suggested by Sir Thomas Malory's earlier tales on the legendary king. The work was dedicated to Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria. During his career, Lord Tennyson attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success even in his lifetime. Tennyson wrote a number of phrases that have become commonplaces of the English language, including: "nature, red in tooth and claw", "better to have loved and lost", "Theirs not to reason why, /Theirs but to do and die", and "My strength is as the strength of ten, /Because my heart is pure". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson Baron (1809-1892). Becket. London : Macmillan, 1884.
Price: US$44.20 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 213p. ; 19 cm. Notes: Includes 1 leaf of advertisements at end of volume. Subject: English drama - 1801-1900 - Works. Thomas à Becket, Saint 1118-1170 - Drama. Thomas Becket, Saint, archbishop of Canterbury. Church of England - Bishops/ Archbishops - In literature. English drama - 19th century. Verse drama. Genre: Plays - General. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$53.03 + shipping
Description: Good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 19cm. 4 volumes. Subject; Poetry. 4 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson Baron (1809-1892). Becket. London : Macmillan, 1884.
Price: US$58.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 213p. ; 19 cm. Notes: Includes 1 leaf of advertisements at end of volume. Subject: English drama - 1801-1900 - Works. Thomas à Becket, Saint 1118-1170 - Drama. Thomas Becket, Saint, archbishop of Canterbury. Church of England - Bishops/ Archbishops - In literature. English drama - 19th century. Verse drama. Genre: Plays - General. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$67.60 + shipping
Description: Good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 19cm. 4 volumes. Subject; Poetry. 4 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Alfred Lord Tennyson. The Works of Tennyson IN 7 VOLUMES, Volumes 1-7. MACMILLAN & CO., 1884.
Price: US$77.30 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Seven volume set from macmillan 1884 all first editions on dark green cloth from macmillan - a 7 x volume set
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Price: US$83.74 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first one-volume edition of the Works of Alfred Tennyson. With a frontispiece steel engraving by G. J. Stodart from a photograph by J. Mayall. The work was preceded by a much more expensive ten-volume edition, the one-volume edition being produced to make the popular Poet Laureate's work available at a more affordable price for the general reading public. The poems are arranged in two columns to enable a one-volume edition of the complete works. ***Near fine in green cloth-covered boards, with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are quite clean and unmarked with no marks or stains, just a couple of patches of light fading to the front board. The spine is tight and there are no tears to the fragile cloth covering. The head and tail of the spine are slightly creased, but the edges of the boards are only slightly rubbed. Corners sharp. Page block edges slightly darkened, mainly to the top edge. No significant foxing and no stains. The lower edge of the page block is rough-cut (untrimmed). Internally the pages are clean, with just some sporadic foxing, mainly to the prelims. There are no inscriptions, but an over-zealous previous bookseller has marked the top of the front free endpaper with a £10- price in ink. The paper used is quite high quality and has remained bright and white. Importantly, there is no splitting to the binding which is tight. ***200mm x 135mm. 640 pages. ***Contents: Address To the Queen, Juvenilia including Early Sonnets, The Lady of Shalott, and Other Poems, English Idylls and Other Poems, Enoch Arden, The Princess; A Medley, Experiments, The Window; or, The Song of the Wrens, In Memoriam A. H. Idylls of the King, Queen Mary, Harold, The Lover's Tale, Ballads and Other Poems, H., Maud: A Monodrama, Idylls of the King, Queen Mary, Harold, The Lover's Tale, Ballads and Other Poems, Sonnets, Translations, etc. ***A very nice one-volume first edition of "The Works of Alfred Tennyson" in a late-Victorian cloth binding. A very well-preserved example. A collector's copy. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.***
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
TENNYSON, Alfred. Becket. Macmillan, London, 1884.
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Description: First printing. Octavo (18.5cm). In plain green cloth, with title in gold on spine; plain endpapers; 2pp of ads for Tennyson's other works at rear; [viii], [1]-213, [3]pp. A sturdy copy, with small tear at head of spine and foxing to endleaves, else Very Good. Half-title with the 1885 pencil ex-libris of L[ouis] J[udson] Swinburne, an American critic who authored a book on Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelites. Tennyson began writing for the stage late in his career without much success. This play was not produced in his lifetime: the first production was in 1893 (ODNB). NCBELIII 415.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON. THE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON POET LAUREATE. MACMILLAN & CO, LONDON, 1884.
Price: US$115.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: BOUND IN A FULL LEATHER BINDING BY THE RIVIERE BINDERY OF LONDON WITH HIGHLY INTRICATE GILT DECORATION TO SPINE, FRONTIS PLATE. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 5 + 640 PAGES. FEW MINOR MARKS TO LEATHER BOARDS WITH A COUPLE OF SCUFFS TO EDGE OF FRONT BOARD, SOME LIGHT FOXING MOSTLY TO ENDPAPERS & FIRST FEW PAGES, HAND WRITTEN NOTES TO BOTTOM MARGIN OF LAST TEXT PAGE. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY WITH BOARDS WELL ATTACHED & MOST TEXT PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Tennyson, Alfred. The works of Alfred lord Tennyson. Macmillan, 1884.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 7 vols. Large paper edition with illustrations from photographs of the Tennyson Country by Charles Olcott. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Boards show the tiniest bit of darkening. One edge to vols. 5 & 6 rubbed. Front cover to volume one detached, but present
Seller: James Cummings, Bookseller, Signal Mountain, TN, U.S.A.
TENNYSON,, Alfred Lord. The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson. 7 vols. London, Macmillan, 1884, 1884.
Price: US$147.80 + shipping
Description: Octavo, about 300 pages per volume, original blue cloth with gilt acorn decorative motif recurring (fresh & bright), foxing to untrimmed edges, a very nice set. Apparently the first issue of The Works was 7 vols, later augmented by a further three vols. First edition
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
Tennyson, Alfred. The Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate.. Macmillan and Co, London, 1884.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Finely bound example of the works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Octavo, bound in a full contemporary polished emerald green calf prize-binding, gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. Presentation inscription. As source material for his poetry, Tennyson used a wide range of subject matter ranging from medieval legends to classical myths and from domestic situations to observations of nature. The influence of John Keats and other Romantic poets published before and during his childhood is evident from the richness of his imagery and descriptive writing. He also handled rhythm masterfully. Tennyson was a craftsman who polished and revised his manuscripts extensively, to the point where his efforts at self-editing were described by his contemporary Robert Browning as "insane", symptomatic of "mental infirmity." Few poets have used such a variety of styles with such an exact understanding of metre; like many Victorian poets, he experimented in adapting the quantitative metres of Greek and Latin poetry to English.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$311.76 + shipping
Description: Ten Volumes. Hardback, approx 7 x 5 inches. In brown full morocco leather fine bindings by ?Mudie,? gilt line paneled boards, raised banding, gilt lettering and decorations to spines. Full gilt page edges, gilt inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Fading to spines else covers nice and smart. Mild foxing to endpapers and blank prelims. Binders stamps to front endpapers. Some minor offsetting to title page in vol.1. from frontis plate. Inside pages all very clean and tight (thick paper, watermarked ?J.D. & Co.? Else a very good clean and tight set. Illustrated with an engraved frontis portrait in Vol.1. Approx 200-300pp per volume. Ten Volumes.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
TENNYSON, Lord Alfred. The Works. Macmillan, 1884.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: MacMillan and Co.; New York, 1884-1893. Hardcover. Complete 10 Volume Set. Good, 3/4 calf leather binding, marble pastedowns and endpapers, 5 raised bands and 6 compartments, some wear to raised bands, gilt ornate design to spine compartments, title/author and Volume number in gilt lettering on spine, slightly sunned pages, moderate rub marks/some loss to spine tips/tops and joints, some shelf wear, TEG with some blemishes/rub marks, interior tidy, binding sturdy and intact, moisture stain to front and rear boards of Volumes 6 through ten (near spine), deckle fore-edge/bottom text block edges, heavy moisture damage to Volume 5 (warping to marbles paper binding rear board and warping to rear few pages, some loss to leather board corners, without Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked set. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], (Vol.1) 313pp., (Vol.2) 317pp., (Vol.3) 396pp., (Vol.4) 230pp., (Vol.5) 184pp., (Vol.6) 327pp., (Vol.7) 208pp., (Vol.8) 272pp., (Vol.9) 295pp., (Vol.10) 383pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Tennyson, Alfred Lord. The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Macmillan, London, 1884.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Description: Printed on hand-made paper. Frontispiece in Volume One. 10 vols. Sm 8vo. Bound in full pebbled morocco , t.e.g., other edges uncut by Bickers & Son, Leicester Square. Minor rubbing, else fine Frontispiece in Volume One. 10 vols. Sm 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
TENNYSON, Lord Alfred. The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Macmillan, London, 1884.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Frontispiece portraits. 10 volumes. Small 8vo, bound in full brown morocco, inner dentelles and top edges gilt. London: Macmillan, 1884. Very good (+).
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Tennyson, Lord Alfred. The Cup and The Falcon.. Macmillan and Co, London, 1884.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this collection of two Tennyson plays. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, âFrederick & Jane Locker from Tennyson.â Tennyson has also inscribed seven lines of verse from the original manuscript of The Cup on pages 80 and 81, inserted in the concluding speech of Synorix, "Nay, rather than to clip the flowery robe of Hymen we should add some golden fringe of gorgeousness beyond old use to make the day memorial, when Synorix, first King, Comma, first Queen o' the snow here the richest lot from fate, to live and to die together." In fine condition. Bookplates to the pastedown. Housed in a custom morocco and chemise case. Rare and desirable. Regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age of poetry, English poet and dramatist, Alfred Lord Tennyson succeeded William Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850. In addition to his major works of poetry, Tennyson wrote several plays, among them his dramas Queen Mary, Harold, The Cup, and The Falcon. Heavily influenced by the strictly metered and often melancholic style of the English Romantic poets, Tennysonâs verse illustrated a mastery of rhythm and descriptive imagery drawing on both the poetic structure and content of classical myths and medieval legends.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.