1893 · Hammersmith
by (KELMSCOTT PRESS). TENNYSON, ALFRED
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. ONE OF 500 COPIES ON PAPER (and five on vellum, not for sale). 120 x 143 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/2"). 2 p.l., 69 [1] pp.
Original limp vellum, original blue-green silk ties, flat spine with titling in gilt, some edges untrimmed. IN ORIGINAL GREEN PAPER SLIPCASE (slipcase somewhat worn and lightly soiled, but still very much intact). Initial opening with elaborate woodcut title page and border around first page of text, large woodcut initials with decorative marginal extensions, printer's device at the end. Printed in red and black in Golden type. Peterson A-17; Sparling 17; Tomkinson, p. 112. Rear endpaper with faint (truncated)
Original limp vellum, original blue-green silk ties, flat spine with titling in gilt, some edges untrimmed. IN ORIGINAL GREEN PAPER SLIPCASE (slipcase somewhat worn and lightly soiled, but still very much intact). Initial opening with elaborate woodcut title page and border around first page of text, large woodcut initials with decorative marginal extensions, printer's device at the end. Printed in red and black in Golden type. Peterson A-17; Sparling 17; Tomkinson, p. 112. Rear endpaper with faint (truncated)