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First Edition. 8vo. xii, 228pp. Early 20th-century blue morocco by Riviere & Son, the covers ruled in gilt, spine elaborately gilt, marbled endleaves, gilt edges.London: for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, and J. and J. Jackson, Louth. [Colophon: Louth: by J. and J. Jackson].

With the advertisement leaf after the title noting that "the following Poems were written from the ages of fifteen to eighteen, not conjointly, but individually, ..." dated March, 1827. A third anonymous Tennyson brother, Frederick, also contributed four poems.Very light, even, browning, probably washed; a very handsome copy. Pencil inscription on the flyleaf "and given to me by M.K.P[earson] June 8 1954".

TENNYSON, Alfred & Charles Stock Code: EA14331