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Price: US$1929.56 + shipping
Description: ", in two volumes, book 1: viii, 278 pages, [10], inscription pasted in to half title "Emily Ritchie from Tennyson 1876", title page inscribed "Pinkie from H"; book 2: [6], 161 pages, 30 pages, inscribed leaf pasted to reverse of title page "Pinkie from Tennyson" with blindstamped address 'Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight', inscription to title page "Guck 77". Emily Ritchie (Pinkie) distantly related and by marriage to W M Thackeray, 'H' abbreviation of Arthur Hallam (contemporary of Tennyson)," First Edition , both volumes rubbing to covers, splits to hinges, slight foxing and marking throughout, good+ condition , green cloth with blindstamped decoration to boards, gilt titles to spines, brown endpapers, octavo, 18 x 12.5 cms Hardback SIGNED BY AUTHOR ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Tennyson, Alfred Lord. Queen Mary: A Drama.. Henry S. King and Co, London, 1875.
Price: US$3250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue of the first book in Tennyson's historical trilogy with âbehledâ on page 126. Small octavo, bound in full red morocco, gilt titles to the spine, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and panels, double gilt ruled, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Association copy, signed by Alfred Tennyson on the title page with Ellen Terry's inscription below, "From her loving Ellen Terry" and below that "Her old friend, Henry Irving." The recipient, Sir Henry Irving performed in and produced the the first production of Queen Mary at the Lyceum Theatre in April of 1876. The book was likely giving from Tennyson to Irving, and later from Irving and Terry to a female recipient. Henry Irving's bookplate to the pastedown. In good condition. Rare and desirable signed by Tennyson. 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.
Tennyson, Alfred Lord. Queen Mary: A Drama.. Henry S. King and Co, London, 1875.
Price: US$7200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the first book in Tennyson's historical trilogy. Small octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his son on the title page, "Hallam from A." Tennyson's eldest son Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson served as his father's personal secretary and served as his official biographer. His Tennyson: a Memoir was published in 1897 and he bequeathed many of his father's notebooks to Trinity College in 1924. A significant association copy. 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.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.