8 volumes, 8vo. Photogravures from original designs by Frederick Simpson Coburn and Gustave Dore. Contemporary navy crushed levant gilt, decorated with floral red calf onlays, top edges gilt, others uncut (light sunning to spines).

LIMITED EDITION, number 22 of 50 sets of the “Poet Laureate Edition." 

[Tipped into volume I:] TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. Manuscript letter signed in his hand ("A. Tennyson") with the bulk of text written by Tennyson's wife, Emily, dated 25 November 1872, 2 pp., 8vo ( In full: "Dear Sir, I am happy to be able to return your tale and your poems. The subjects treated of in your poems and your first letter are I feel too high and rare to be dealt with in a letter but you have let me assure you, my sympathy."