[Rarebooks] FS: Lord Tennyson Welcomes the Princess of Wales, with a Letter from the Poet to his Publisher

[Charles Agvent]

TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. A WELCOME and A WELCOME. TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS 
THE PRINCESS OF WALES FROM THE POET LAUREATE with an AUTOGRAPH LETTER 
SIGNED TO HIS PUBLISHER. London: Edward Moxon & Co./Day & Son, 1863. 
First Edition. Included are a first issue copy (with the solid diamond 
and rule ornament on the title) of the 4-page leaflet (4-1/4" x 6-3/4") 
published by Edward Moxon & Co. and the version illuminated by Owen 
Jones (8-1/4" x 11-1/2") and published by Day & Son Lithographers to the 
Queen. Both are housed in a cloth slipcase with a leather label. 
Accompanying the two texts is a one-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) 
completely in Tennyson's hand dated 30 March 1863, addressed to 
"Gentlemen" and obviously directed to Day & Son. In full: "Accept my 
best thanks for your kindness. I think you made very beautiful use of my 
words and I do not wonder at the applause illicited [sic] by your 
illumination. Believe me. Your very obedient servant. A. Tennyson." A 
rare example of Tennyson praising one of his publishers. The illuminated 
version is disbound and has a faint running stain in the lower left 
corner almost entirely in the margin. The signature is a bit faded with 
mounting traces on the verso of the letter. Near Fine.

Written in honor of Princess Alexandra of Denmark whom the Prince of 
Wales married on 10 March 1863. The poem was presented to the royal 
family after the Princess's triumphal procession through London and just 
before the wedding. Reports were that the Queen read the poem with much 
pleasure and some excitement, perhaps due in part to the fact that every 
sentence in the poem is exclamatory. (#003307)     $1,750.00

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