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TENNYSON, Alfred, first Baron Tennyson (1809-1892). A COLLECTION OF 27 WORKS, ALL FIRST OR EARLY EDITIONS, in 28 volumes bound as a uniform set, comprising: 1. [TENNYSON, Alfred, Charles TENNYSON TURNER (1808-1879) and Frederick TENNYSON (1807-1898)]. Poems, by Two Brothers , London and Louth: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall and J. and J. Jackson 1827. 8°. FIRST EDITION. Hayward 244; Wise part I, 1. 2. ['Timbuctoo', in:] C.R. KENNEDY, C. MERIVALE and A. TENNYSON. Prolusiones academicae praemiis annuis dignatae et in curia Cantabrigiensi recitae comitiis maximis , Cambridge: John Smith Cambridge University Press, 1829. 8°, text in English and Greek. FIRST EDITION. Hayward 245; Wise part I, 3. 3. Poems, Chiefly Lyrical , London: Effingham Wilson, 1830. 12° (lacking errata leaf). FIRST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE, with p. 91 misnumbered '19', but with the correct reading 'carcanet' on line 11 of p. 72. Wise part I, 6. 4. Poems , London: Edward Moxon, 1833. 8°, half title. FIRST EDITION. Wise part I, 7. 5. Poems , London: Edward Moxon, 1842. 2 volumes, 8°, half titles. FIRST EDITION. Wise I, 12. 6. The Princess; A Medley , London: Edward Moxon, 1847. 8°, half title. FIRST EDITION. Wise I, 24. 7. In Memoriam , London: Edward Moxon, 1850. 8°, half title (lacking the advertisements called for by Hayward). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with 'the' for 'thee' on line 13 of p. 2 and 'baseness' for 'bareness' on line 3 of p. 198. Hayward 246; Wise I, 37. 8. Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington , London: Edward Moxon, 1852. 8°, half title. FIRST EDITION. Hayward 247; Wise I, 56. 9. Maud, and other Poems , London: Edward Moxon, 1855. 8°, half title. FIRST EDITION. Hayward 248; Wise I, 58. 10. Poems , London: Edward Moxon, 1857. 8°, half title, portrait frontispiece, engraved illustrations after J. E. Millais, W. H. Hunt, D. G. Rossetti and others. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Wise I, 20. 11. Idylls of the King , London: Edward Moxon, 1859. 8°, half title (without final blank S4). FIRST EDITION, LATER ISSUE, with printer's imprint on verso of title. Wise I, 87. 12. A Welcome , London: Edward Moxon, 1863. 8°. FIRST EDITION. Wise I, 103. 13. Enoch Arden, Etc. , London: Edward Moxon, 1864. 8° (without advertisement leaves). FIRST EDITION. Wise I, 107. 14. Enoch Arden , London: Edward Moxon, 1866. 4°, half title, portrait frontispiece, illustrations by Arthur Hughes FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Wise I, 108. 15. The Holy Grail and Other Poems , London: Strahan, 1870. 8°, half title. FIRST EDITION. Wise I, 122. 16. Gareth and Lynette Etc. , London: Strahan, 1872. 8°, half title. FIRST EDITION. Wise I, 125. 17. Queen Mary, A Drama , London: Henry S. King, 1875.8°, half title. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Wise I, 129, distinguishes the first issue from the second by the misspelling of 'Beheld' on line 1, p. 126. 18. Harold, A Drama , London: Henry S. King, 1877. 8°, half title. FIRST EDITION. Wise I, 131. 19. The Lover's Tale , London: C. Kegan Paul, 1879. 8°, half title. FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Wise I, 10. Publisher's compliments slip laid-down on front free endpaper and inscribed: "To Lady Pollock - from The Poet [Alfred Tennyson 1879]". 20. Ballads and Other Poems , London: C. Keegan Paul, 1880. 8°. FIRST EDITION. Wise I, 138. 21. Becket , London: Macmillan, 1884. 8°, half title. FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Wise I, 133. 22. The Cup and the Falcon , London: Macmillan, 1884. 8°, half title. FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Wise I, 146. 23. The Passing of Arthur , London: Macmillan, 1884. 8°, half title. Separate re-issue. Cf . Wise I, pp.213-14. 24. Tiresias and Other Poems , London: Macmillan, 1885. 8°, half title. FIRST EDITION. Wise I, 153. 25. Demeter and Other Poems , London: Macmillan, 1889. 8°, half title. FIRST EDITION. Hayward 249; Wise I, 161. 26. The Foresters, Robin Hood and Maid Marian , London: Macmillan, 1892. 8°, half title. FIRST EDITION. 27. The Death of Oenone, Akbar's Dream, and Other Poems , London: Macmillan, 1892. 8