TENNYSON’S BROOK WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS TAKEN AT SALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA YORKSHIRE
Book Description
Scarce First Edition 1873.
4to, 26.5 x 21cm.
Bound in original green pebbled cloth portfolio with gilt lettering and detail to front and blind decoration front and rear. Spine split at edges, marking / foxing to inner flaps, lacks ties, still square and solid, overall very good condition.
Contains 13 photographs Complete, inside a folded paper wrapper (now split in two) this acts as the title page, and verso a message from Tennyson to Arthur Brown, praising this work - a very scarce survivor.
Each Photograph is mounted on thick cream card, within a brown single line border and captioned with a verse from Tennyson’s poem.
Dealer Notes
This was inspired by Tennyson’s Thirteen verse poem.
“Dear Sir,
I thank you for your beautiful photographs, a most pleasant illustration of my poem.
Faithfully yours,
A. Tennyson “
“Dear Sir,
I thank you for your beautiful photographs, a most pleasant illustration of my poem.
Faithfully yours,
A. Tennyson “
Author
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson Baron 1809-1892
Date
1873
Binding
Green pebble cloth portfolio, Gilt
Publisher
S.Leach, Printer, Cleveland Terrace, Middlesbro’-on-Tees
Illustrator
Arthur Brown
Condition
Very Good
Pages
[13] photographs
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