Published in 1885 by H. B. Nims & Company, Troy New York

Contents:

  page i: Gutove Dore illustration that was made for the book "Idyls of the King"

  page ii: Engraving of Tennyson based on a photograph taken by British Novelist Mrs. Lovett Cameron

  page iii: Title Page

  page iv: Illustration of Lord Tennyson at Home made in the year 1884

  v-xxii: Introductory Sketch by Anne Thackeray Ritchie reprinted from Harper's Magazine for December 1883

Poems: pages 9-411

Illustration Contents:

  42 in-between text engravings

  Title page Illustration (full page)

  Introductory Title Page (full page)

  Sketch page Illustration (full page)

Condition:

  Soft average foxing throughout the text except pages 118, 119, 252, 253 which contains high levels of foxing.

  No missing pages, no tears, no cuts.

  Covers and Spine are in very good condition, sharp typography.

Note: First blank page contains a to/from message written with a feather pen and dated Christmas 1884

The publishing date on this book was in 1885?