Hardcover
1850 · London
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
London: Edward Moxon, 1850. Second edition. Hardcover. poor to g+. Small octavo. 210pp. (+ 7 pages of ads). Brown cloth boards, with blind stamped debossed designs on the front and back covers. Side edge uncut. The book is the "official 2nd edition" of the acclaimed poem by Tennyson, featuring the publisher's advertisements at the front of the book. The work serves as a tribute to the recently deceased poet Arthur Henry Hallam, a close friend of Tennyson. This edition is nearly as scarce as the first edition. Binding with spine missing. Book block and boards still attached. Covers with some scratches as well as rubbing and bumping. Interior with starting at p.32, 48, 64 and 80. Sporadic minor foxing and pencil markings throughout. Binding in poor, interior in overall good+ condition.
(Inventory #: 41583)