Accession number
PML 133881-82
Creator
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892.
Published
London : Edward Moxon, 1842.
Credit line
Bequest; Gordon N. Ray; 1987.
Notes
Imprint date in roman numerals.
"Edmund Law Lushington with A. Tennyson's affectionate regards"--Written in pen in v. 1, preliminary leaf.
Presentation inscriptions from Tennyson to Edmund Law Lushington, Professor of Greek at Glasgow University. The Tennysons were living at Boxley in 1842, the Lushingtons at Maidstone. On 14 October 1842 Lushington married Tennyson's sister Cecilia. Tennyson and Lushington had been friends at Cambridge and remained close throughout their lives.
"London: Bradbury and Evans, Printers, Whitefriars"--v. 1, t.p. verso.
Vol. 1 contains poems from the editions of 1830 and 1833, some revised or rewritten; v. 2 is entirely new. Cf. Dict. nat. biog.
"J. Carss and Co., Bookbinders, 31 Argyll Street, Glasgow"--Bookbinder's label, v. 1, p. [2] of cover.
"Edmund Law Lushington with A. Tennyson's affectionate regards"--Written in pen in v. 1, preliminary leaf.
Presentation inscriptions from Tennyson to Edmund Law Lushington, Professor of Greek at Glasgow University. The Tennysons were living at Boxley in 1842, the Lushingtons at Maidstone. On 14 October 1842 Lushington married Tennyson's sister Cecilia. Tennyson and Lushington had been friends at Cambridge and remained close throughout their lives.
"London: Bradbury and Evans, Printers, Whitefriars"--v. 1, t.p. verso.
Vol. 1 contains poems from the editions of 1830 and 1833, some revised or rewritten; v. 2 is entirely new. Cf. Dict. nat. biog.
"J. Carss and Co., Bookbinders, 31 Argyll Street, Glasgow"--Bookbinder's label, v. 1, p. [2] of cover.
Description
2 v. ; 17 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Contemporary red hard-grained morocco by Carss of Glasgow; all edges gilt; in morocco case.
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