Complete Works Alfred Tennyson: Books, First Edition (8 results)

First Edition. Poor copy in the original boards. Spine bands worn, boards loose. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; vii, 518 p. ; 15 cm. Subject; Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, -- Baron, -- 1809-1892 -- Portraits. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Poor copy in the original boards. Spine bands worn, boards loose. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; vii, 518 p. ; 15 cm. Subject; Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, -- Baron, -- 1809-1892 -- Portraits. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Thus. Complete Edition. with Twelve Illustrations and a Steel Portrait. Published between 1854-1881 - no date.There is a hand written inscription on the front free end paper dated 1880. Hardcover. Red decorated cloth with black stamped intricate design on front and spine. Frontispiece with tissue guard in place. Gold stamped on front and spine. Pages have red line outlining each page with words inside red line. Excellent condition. Cover slightly worn on corner & upper and lower edge of spine. Twelve steel engravings. There is a tiny bit of wear to the cloth on the head and foot of the spine. Otherwise the gilt is bright, the text block is tight and complete and this volume is in fine to near fine condition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Doré, Gustave; Hunt, W. Holman et al. (illustrator). First Edition. 1870 date at title page. Harper's Complete Edition. Tall 6 1/2" x 10" design. Brown cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles in relief, moderate shelf wear, discoloration, some spine rub. Frontispiece by Gustave Dore of steering the dead maiden along the river's pat and profile of Lord Alfred Tennyson at title page. Pages generally very good, moderate discoloration. Front endpaper removed. String-bind, fine; hinges intact. Illustrated throughout with the imagery of Gustave Doré and others. Near very good complete example. Includes Tennyson's interpretation of the Arthurian legend with English Idylls and other poems including Morte d'Arthur. Introductory notice: "To the present edition are added "Timbuctoo," the authors Cambridge University Prize Poem; Poems published in the London editions of 1830 and 1833, and omitted in later editions; and a number of hiterto uncollected Poems from various sources." Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 - 6 October 1892), much better known as "Alfred, Lord Tennyson," was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language. Tennyson's mesmerising poems speak clearly to the imagination of the late 20th century. His mastery of rhyme, metre, imagery and mood communicate their dark, sensuous and sometimes morbid messages. Much given to melancholy and feelings of aching desolation, Tennyson's verse also carries clear messages of hope: 'Ring out the old, ring in the new', and 'Tis better to have loved and lost/Than never to have loved at all.' Six pages of adverts at back for Harper & Brothers' list of new titles w/detailed descriptions. 250 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Brown Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dj. First Thus Edition. Brown cloth matching set with bevelled boards, embossed keylines, gilt dull and still clearly readable and sharp. Neat private bookplate on inner pastedowns, cracking and shakiness to inner hinges of volume I otherwise gutters tight, some foxing freckles to endpapers of each volume, mostly free of spotting in the text blocks which have occasional light pencil annotations. Volume IV has a splash mark to the front board. Aside from the dulling of age and some creasing to the cloth at the spine ends and minor corner/edge wear this is a very solid and servicable set. Gravure portrait frontis in volume I - Volume I and II- Poems Volume III- The Princess Volume IV- In Memoriam; A Maud Volume V- Idylls of the King Volume VI- Idylls of the King Volume VII- Dramas. Price dispalyed includeds extra shipping worldwide by airmail for this heavy set. 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 ionches by 12-inch total width on shelf. Size: 8vo.

Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. B/w Frontis (illustrator). First Thus. Six volumes bound in full red leather with gilt spine titing, gilt upper cover pictorial shield, 5 raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 8vo, approx. 350pp/volume. An attractive fine binding edition of Tennyson's works. (light shelfwear and rubbing to outer extremities, tips, corners and outer hinges) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON! Complete in 6 volumes. Printed in 1864-1865. This set is over 150 Years Old! Still bound in the original bindings. This set was printed during Tennyson's lifetime. STILL BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL FULL LEATHER BINDINGS FROM 1865. Full leather binding where more expensive to produce.These are the original bindings. Tennyson was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign, and still remains to this day one of the most popular British poets. "More than any other Victorian writer, Tennyson has seemed the embodiment of his age, both to his contemporaries and to modern readers. In his own day he was said to beā"with Queen Victoria and Gladstoneā"one of the three most famous living persons, a reputation no other poet writing in English has ever had. As official poetic spokesman for the reign of Victoria, he felt called upon to celebrate a quickly changing industrial and mercantile world with which he felt little in common, for his deepest sympathies were called forth by an unaltered rural England; the conflict between what he thought of as his duty to society and his allegiance to the eternal beauty of nature seems peculiarly Victorian." This set predates the First Collected Edition of 1869. The title page states this to be the 'Seventeenth Edition'. The Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson. An Exceptionally Early Edition, printed during his lifetime. Still bound in the original full red leather binding. Full leather bindings were more expensive to produce.Raised hubs on spine. All edges cased in gilt.Printed on quality paper. 6 5/8 inches tall. Complete six volume set. Edward Moxon & Co., London. (The esteemed publisher of the First Collected Edition of Shelley's Works, and numerous other Victorian writers.)Printed in 1864-1865. These are the original bindings, over 150 years old. CONDITION: In VERY GOOD condition overall with some general shelf wear and abrasion. Hinges are fully attached and sound, some abrasion and staining to the spine, as is visible in the pictures. Some general rubbing. Interior shows light foxing. Clean pages, printed on high quality paper, these area pleasure to read. A gorgeous set, printed during Tennyson's lifetime. Titles include: Maud Idylls of the King The Princess In Memoriam Enoch Arden Poems Complete in 6 volumes. Hard to obtain in such nice, full leather bindings.These are the original bindings, over 150 years old. The first collected edition to contain all of Tennyson's major works was in 1869, the Idylls volume was expanded in 1869 to include The Holy Grail and Other Poems.Tennyson was still alive and continued to publish shorter poems. This is set precedes the First Collected Edition of all of his major works, and was printed during his lifetime. Tennyson was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign, and still remains to this day one of the most popular British poets. "More than any other Victorian writer, Tennyson has seemed the embodiment of his age, both to his contemporaries and to modern readers. In his own day he was said to beā"with Queen Victoria and Gladstoneā"one of the three most famous living persons, a reputation no other poet writing in English has ever had. As official poetic spokesman for the reign of Victoria, he felt called upon to celebrate a quickly changing industrial and mercantile world with which he felt little in common, for his deepest sympathies were called forth by an unaltered rural England; the conflict between what he thought of as his duty to society and his allegiance to the eternal beauty of nature seems peculiarly Victorian." The Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson. Bound in the original full red leather bindings from 1865. Printed during the American Civil War. Complete in 6 volumes, with all of his works, especially Idylls of the King,Maud, and a fat Poems volume.Titles are: Enoch Arden Idylls of the King Maud In Memoriam The Princess Poems An endearing set.Bound in full leather.With intricately gilded covers.Small in size, intended to be carried around.Nonetheless, this set is in exceptional condition. A gorgeous set. Bound in exceedingly high quality leather bindings. item#5052iā">h.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON! Complete in 6 volumes. Printed in 1864-1865. This set is over 150 Years Old! This set was printed during Tennyson's lifetime. Tennyson was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign, and still remains to this day one of the most popular British poets. "More than any other Victorian writer, Tennyson has seemed the embodiment of his age, both to his contemporaries and to modern readers. In his own day he was said to beā"with Queen Victoria and Gladstoneā"one of the three most famous living persons, a reputation no other poet writing in English has ever had. As official poetic spokesman for the reign of Victoria, he felt called upon to celebrate a quickly changing industrial and mercantile world with which he felt little in common, for his deepest sympathies were called forth by an unaltered rural England; the conflict between what he thought of as his duty to society and his allegiance to the eternal beauty of nature seems peculiarly Victorian." This set predates the First Collected Edition of 1869. The title page states this to be the 'Seventeenth Edition'. The Works of Alfred Tennyson. An Exceptionally Early Edition. Still bound in the original full red leather binding. Full leather bindings were more expensive to produce.Raised hubs on spine. All edges cased in gilt.Printed on quality paper. 6 5/8 inches tall. Complete six volume set. Edward Moxon & Co., London. (The esteemed publisher of the First Collected Edition of Shelley's Works, and numerous other Victorian writers.) Printed in 1864-1865. CONDITION: In VERY GOOD condition overall with some general shelf wear and abrasion. Hinges are fully attached and sound, "In Memoriam" is starting, as is visible in the pictures. Some general rubbing. Interior shows light foxing. Early inscription dated '73. Clean pages, printed on high quality paper, these area pleasure to read. A gorgeous set, printed during Tennyson's lifetime. This is an extremely early edition. Predates the first collected edition of Tennyson's works , published in 1869, which had several minor additions added. The seventeenth edition. Titles include: Maud Idylls of the King The Princess In Memoriam Enoch Arden Poems Complete in 6 volumes. Hard to obtain in such nice, full, red-leather bindings. The first collected edition to contain all of Tennyson's major works was in 1869, the Idylls volume was expanded in 1869 to include The Holy Grail and Other Poems. Tennyson was still alive and continued to publish shorter poems. This is set precedes the First Collected Edition of all of his major works, and was printed during his lifetime. Tennyson was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign, and still remains to this day one of the most popular British poets. "More than any other Victorian writer, Tennyson has seemed the embodiment of his age, both to his contemporaries and to modern readers. In his own day he was said to beā"with Queen Victoria and Gladstoneā"one of the three most famous living persons, a reputation no other poet writing in English has ever had. As official poetic spokesman for the reign of Victoria, he felt called upon to celebrate a quickly changing industrial and mercantile world with which he felt little in common, for his deepest sympathies were called forth by an unaltered rural England; the conflict between what he thought of as his duty to society and his allegiance to the eternal beauty of nature seems peculiarly Victorian." The Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson. Bound in the original full red leather bindings from 1865. Printed during the American Civil War. Complete in 6 volumes, with all of his works, especially Idylls of the King, Maud, and a fat Poems volume.Titles are: Enoch Arden Idylls of the King Maud In Memoriam The Princess Poems An endearing set. Bound in full leather. With intricately gilded covers. Small in size, intended to be carried around. Nonetheless, this set is in exceptional condition. A gorgeous set. Bound in exceedingly high quality leather bindings. item#3295.