ALFRED LORD TENNYSON. — In Memoriam. With an introduction by John Sparrow.

The Nonesuch Press, London, 1st Edition, First edition thus, printed on Van Gelder paper at the Fanfare Press by Ernest Ingham to the design of Frances Maynell, and limited to 2000 numbered copies (this being #1680). Tall 8vo. xxii, 145pp. Patterned paper-covered boards with a slightly toned paper spine label. The free endpaper lightly toned, and many gatherings uncut at the upper edge. A little wear to the extremities, and some careful repair to the board covering. A very good copy in slightly rubbed stiff card slipcase. A nineteen-page introduction by John Sparrow precedes Tennyson's lengthy verse tribute to his friend and fellow Cambridge Apostle Arthur Hallam, who died in September 1833 at the age of just twenty-five (Hallam was engaged to Tennyson's sister at the time of his death). This Nonesuch Press edition was issued to commemorate the centenary of Hallam's death., Very Good