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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON! Complete in 6 volumes. Printed in 1864-1865. This set is over 150 Years Old! Still bound in the original bindings. This set was printed during Tennyson's lifetime. STILL BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL FULL LEATHER BINDINGS FROM 1865. Full leather binding where more expensive to produce.These are the original bindings. Tennyson was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign, and still remains to this day one of the most popular British poets. "More than any other Victorian writer, Tennyson has seemed the embodiment of his age, both to his contemporaries and to modern readers. In his own day he was said to be—with Queen Victoria and Gladstone—one of the three most famous living persons, a reputation no other poet writing in English has ever had. As official poetic spokesman for the reign of Victoria, he felt called upon to celebrate a quickly changing industrial and mercantile world with which he felt little in common, for his deepest sympathies were called forth by an unaltered rural England; the conflict between what he thought of as his duty to society and his allegiance to the eternal beauty of nature seems peculiarly Victorian." This set predates the First Collected Edition of 1869. The title page states this to be the 'Seventeenth Edition'. The Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson. An Exceptionally Early Edition, printed during his lifetime. Still bound in the original full red leather binding. Full leather bindings were more expensive to produce.Raised hubs on spine. All edges cased in gilt.Printed on quality paper. 6 5/8 inches tall. Complete six volume set. Edward Moxon & Co., London. (The esteemed publisher of the First Collected Edition of Shelley's Works, and numerous other Victorian writers.)Printed in 1864-1865. These are the original bindings, over 150 years old. CONDITION: In VERY GOOD condition overall with some general shelf wear and abrasion. Hinges are fully attached and sound, some abrasion and staining to the spine, as is visible in the pictures. Some general rubbing. Interior shows light foxing. Clean pages, printed on high quality paper, these area pleasure to read. A gorgeous set, printed during Tennyson's lifetime. Titles include: Maud Idylls of the King The Princess In Memoriam Enoch Arden Poems Complete in 6 volumes. Hard to obtain in such nice, full leather bindings.These are the original bindings, over 150 years old. The first collected edition to contain all of Tennyson's major works was in 1869, the Idylls volume was expanded in 1869 to include The Holy Grail and Other Poems.Tennyson was still alive and continued to publish shorter poems. This is set precedes the First Collected Edition of all of his major works, and was printed during his lifetime. Tennyson was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign, and still remains to this day one of the most popular British poets. "More than any other Victorian writer, Tennyson has seemed the embodiment of his age, both to his contemporaries and to modern readers. In his own day he was said to be—with Queen Victoria and Gladstone—one of the three most famous living persons, a reputation no other poet writing in English has ever had. As official poetic spokesman for the reign of Victoria, he felt called upon to celebrate a quickly changing industrial and mercantile world with which he felt little in common, for his deepest sympathies were called forth by an unaltered rural England; the conflict between what he thought of as his duty to society and his allegiance to the eternal beauty of nature seems peculiarly Victorian." The Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson. Bound in the original full red leather bindings from 1865. Printed during the American Civil War. Complete in 6 volumes, with all of his works, especially Idylls of the King,Maud, and a fat Poems volume.Titles are: Enoch Arden Idylls of the King Maud In Memoriam The Princess Poems An endearing set.Bound in full leather.With intricately gilded covers.Small in size, intended to be carried around.Nonetheless, this set is in exceptional condition. A gorgeous set. Bound in exceedingly high quality leather bindings. item#5052i—>h