In a handsome Victorian decorative binding
The Poetical Works of Alfred, Lord Dennyson
Complete Edition From the Author's Text With Numerous Illustrations by English and American Artists
1885 Nims and Knight, Troy, NY.
Complete edition from the author’s text. Stout octavo in original elaborately decorated slate gray cloth with black and brown stamped floral and ivy motif to boards and spine, gilt title panel to upper board and spine,all edges gilt. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Tennyson with tissue guard. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated throughout with numerous wood engravings by English and American artists, including full-page plates and vignettes within the text. Printed by J. S. Cushing & Co., Boston. Copyright page dated 1885 (Crowell imprint).
Binding sound and contents clean. Mild toning to page edges and light occasional handling to margins. Cloth with expected rubbing at corner tips and spine ends, including trace fray to crown. Spine gilt still sharp and decorative work well preserved. A richly produced and visually striking late 19th-century edition of Tennyson’s works. VG++