[Rarebooks] FS: Tennyson's Poems, #10/100 Signed Proof Copies with 16 photogravures after Edward Lear, 1889

[Charles Agvent]

[LEAR,  Edward]  TENNYSON, Alfred Lord.  POEMS.  London:  Boussod,
Valadon  &  Co.  1889. First Edition. Small folio (9-1/2"  x  12-1/2")
bound    in  original  half  brown   morocco  with  leather   corners,
gilt-titled  spine, and "To E.L." in gilt on the front cover. Contents
consist  of three poems by Tennyson ("To Edward Lear on His Travels in
Greece,  "The  Palace  of  Art," and  "The  Daisy")  illustrated  with
portraits  of Tennyson and Lear as well as 6 vignette and 16 full-page
photogravures  after Lear. Copy #10 of only 100 numbered proof  copies
SIGNED  by  the author. Mild rubbing and wear, but a  very  attractive
copy. Near Fine                                               $2500.00


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