Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Reynolds Stone. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter maroon goatskin and terra cotta linen boards with the front board embossed with an oval relief portrait of Tennyson; 308 pages. Selected and introduced by John D. Rosenberg; designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with 25 wood-engraved vignettes by Reynolds Stone. Of a total of 2000 copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page, this copy is not numbered but in place of the number is written in ink "S. S." The colophon lacks the presentation blindstamp that usually accompanies lettered copies.

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Bookseller: Charles Agvent (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 016157
Title: THE POEMS OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON
Author: TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord
Illustrator: Reynolds Stone
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Spine mildly sunned. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Date Published: 1974
Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions Club, Victorian Poetry, John Dreyfus, Lord Tennyson
Bookseller catalogs: Victorian Poetry;

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Charles Agvent

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We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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