The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Finely Bound by Bickers

Alfred Lord Tennyson. THE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON. (8) volumes. London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1888-1889. Bound in full dark blue calf with double gilt fillet to covers, spines with raised bands, gilt-decorated compartments, and gilt-lettered morocco labels, with marbled endpapers, and all edges gilt; stamped "BICKERS & SON / LEICESTER SQR LONDON" to corner of first free endpaper verso. 8vo; Vol. I Poems (313pp.); Vol. II Poems (317pp.); Vol. III Idylls of the King; Vol. IV The Princess and Maud (230pp.); Vol. V Enoch Arden and In Memoriam (184pp.); Vol. VI Ballads and Other Poems (347pp.); Vol. VII Queen Mary and Harold (327pp.); Vol. VIII Becket and Other Plays (423pp.). Each with frontispiece. Each 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. Collection of the Leggett Family, Danville, Virginia A handsome and sturdy set with general shelf wear including marks to leather and small areas of rubbing; one volume with a small area of possible repair to rear joint; text blocks extremely clean overall with occasional light foxing (concentrated on endpapers), mild handling wear and toning, and a rare spot of grime; title pages and frontispieces printed on different paper with some occasional additional variation in paper type at preliminaries. Very good.

Estimate:£245.61

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