Alfred Lord Tennyson — Maud: A Monodrama
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1922. Cloth. Beautifully colour illustrated, decorative-cloth edition of Tennyson's chivalric epic. In publisher's original decorative cloth binding.Prize bookplate of Holmewood School, London, dated 1924.Featuring eight colour plates, including the frontispiece, and numerous monochrome in-text illustrations, many of which are full page. Collated, complete. Artwork by popular British book illustrator Edmund Joseph Sullivan.From renowned English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, best known for "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and "The Lady of Shalott". Originally published in the 1855 Maud, and Other Poems, Tennyson's first collection after being appointed Poet Laureate in 1850, a position he held up until his death in 1892 . In publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Prize bookplate of Holmewood School to front paste down, dated 1924. Tipped-in advertisement bookmark of "The 'All-In' Policy" for house-owners and householders. Externally, smart with only slight bumping and rubbing. A few marks to boards, most notably to spine, with a faint tide mark to rear. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and clean copy with light spotting, mainly to first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Edmund J. Sullivan. Very Good Indeed .