Description
Attractive late-Victorian gift edition of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s Maud, Locksley Hall and Other Poems, published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, in 1891. This is the vignette edition, featuring numerous illustrations and an ornate floral cloth binding that displays beautifully on the shelf.
This small 12mo volume brings together two of Tennyson’s best-known long poems along with a selection of shorter pieces, all accompanied by period illustrations that capture the mood of the verse. The book was issued as a decorative keepsake rather than a plain reading copy, and the elaborate blue-and-white scrollwork on the cloth is a classic example of late nineteenth-century American publisher’s binding design.
Key features
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Title: Maud, Locksley Hall and Other Poems
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Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson (Poet Laureate)
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Edition: Vignette edition with numerous in-text illustrations
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Illustrators: Charles Howard Johnson, with additional work by Frederick J. Boston
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Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York
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Date: 1891 (copyright page dated 1891)
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Binding: Decorative gilt and blue floral cloth boards with matching spine design
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Contents: Maud, Locksley Hall, and other poems by Tennyson
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Provenance: Early owner’s name in ink on front free endpaper
Condition (overall about Very Good for age)
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Decorative cloth remains attractive, with some light rubbing and minor shelf wear at corners and spine ends
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Boards solid and square; binding tight with no loose or detached pages noted
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Interior pages generally clean, with expected age toning and occasional light handling marks
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No significant writing or markings inside other than the period ownership inscription
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No dust jacket, as issued for this decorative gift edition
This is not a first edition of the poems themselves, but it is a charming 1891 illustrated gift edition in an eye-catching binding, ideal for collectors of Tennyson, Victorian poetry, or decorative publisher’s cloth.
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