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Alfred Lord Tennyson. Tiresias and Other Poems. London: Macmillan and Co., 1885....
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Alfred Lord Tennyson. Tiresias and Other Poems. London: Macmillan and Co., 1885.8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; quarter morocco folding case.
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY TENNYSON TO HIS NIECE on the title-page: "Cecilia / from her affectionate Uncle / Tennyson / April 15th - 87." Cecilia Tennyson was the daughter of Tennyson's youngest brother, Horatio, and was named after one of his sisters.
Apart from the title poem, Tiresias includes the familiar "Frater ave atque vale," the "Epitaph on General Gordon," "Hands all round," and the moving, untitled lines "Old poets foster'd under friendlier skies."
Condition: Slight wear to extremities, with a few tiny splits at spine ends; joints lightly rubbed; front hinge starting; rear hinge tender. Minor spotting to endpapers.
References: Wise, Tennyson 153.
Provenance: From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2024 December 11 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part II, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6300 (go to Auction Home page)
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