IN ORIGINAL BOX
Tennyson's Guinevere and Other Poems
Blackie & Son Ltd., 1912.
First edition. 4to. Grey green cloth lettered in gilt and with Art Nouveau style decoration in gilt. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Twenty-four tipped in colour plates (one with a crease), under captioned tissue guards, and many black and white illustrations, including head- and tailpieces, by Florence Harrison. A very good copy, the cloth and gilt decoration is sparkling, corners slightly rubbed and internally there is some foxing throughout. The printed publisher's box is in bright and clean.
Florence Harrison's Pre-Raphaelite style illustrations beautifully complement Tennyson's poetry, with rich colours and beauteous maidens with flowing locks. Many of the poems are Arthurian including, the eponymous Guinevere, Sir Galahad The Lady of Shallott and The Morte D'Arthur.
Stock ID: 45864
