1892-1900 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson in Nine Volumes

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding, Signed Binding

Full morocco Riviere and Sons bindings. A nine volume set of the volumes of the works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, published by Macmillan and Co with illustrations.

All nine volumes include a monochrome plate as the frontispiece with a tissue guard. Collated, complete. The volumes are as follows:

Vol I – Poems I 1892

Vol II – Poems II 1898

Vol III – Idylls Of The King 1899

Vol IV – The Princess and Maud 1898

Vol V – Enoch Arden And In Memoriam 1895

Vol VI – Ballads and Other Poems 1896

Vol VII – Queen Mary And Harold 1892

Vol VIII – Becket And Other Plays 1897

Vol IX – Demeter And Other Poems 1900

Alfred Lord Tennyson was an English poet who held the position of Poet Laureate between 1850 until his death in 1892. He held the position for much of Queen Victoria's reign, who was an admirer of his work.

Includes book plates from the Ascott House library, owned by the de Rothschild family. The library was created following the conversion of the billiards room in 1936 and was predominantly filled with books collected by Anthony de Rothschild.