Maud, A Monodrama, by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Kelmscott Press. Tennyson, Alfred (Lord)
Hammersmith. Kelmscott Press. 1893
An excellent copy of the Kelmscott edition of Lord Tennyson's 'Maud'.
From the edition limited to 505 copies, with this one of 500 on Batchelor paper; the 5 copies on vellum were not issued for sale.
[Peterson A17].
From the edition limited to 505 copies, with this one of 500 on Batchelor paper; the 5 copies on vellum were not issued for sale.
[Peterson A17].
pp. (i), (i), 69, (i), 8vo. (210 x 148 mm). Half-title, leaf with printed title with elaborate decorative woodcut border verso to face opening leaf of verse with 12-line opening initial and also with elaborate decorative woodcut border and Part I - Part III of Tennyson's verse in Golden type, stanza numbers in red throughout, 2 large 10-line decorative woodcut initials with woodcut marginal decoration to open each part, 20 6-line decorative woodcut initials with woodcut marginal decoration throughout, final leaf of verse with colophon verso. Original publisher's full limp vellum with Yapp edges, title gilt to spine, original silk ties.
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