Lot #276 - [Tennyson] A Complete Set of Twelve 'Edition de Luxe' Volumes 'The Life and Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson,' (1898)
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Auction House:Theodore Bruce
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Sale Name:Emporium Auction | June 2017
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Sale Date:25 Jun 2017 ~ 10.30am
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Lot #:276
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Lot Description:[Tennyson] A Complete Set of Twelve 'Edition de Luxe' Volumes 'The Life and Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson,' (1898)
pub. Macmillan and Co., leather & board bound hardbacks, stamped with gilt lettering & decoration, gilt edge papers, marble endpapers, with b&w illustrations & reproduction photographs, each enscribed 'Drawing Room, Case B.1,' & each a limited edition of 1050 copies. Volume I features a previously unpublished version of 'To the Queen' -
Provenance:This set was kept in the drawing room of the McGaw family Manor in St Leonard's Forest, Sussex
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Notes:Condition: all in excellent condition considering age, some fading to the leather covers, foxing throughout each volume but all readable
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Estimate:A$800 - 1,200
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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