Nonesuch Press; In Memoriam, Alfred Lord Tennyson, numbered limited edition, 1933

Alfred Lord Tennyson’s In Memoriam is one of the defining elegies of the Victorian era, written in memory of his closest friend, Arthur Henry Hallam, who died suddenly in 1833 at the age of 22. Hallam’s loss profoundly shaped Tennyson’s life and poetry, and in In Memoriam he turned private grief into a universal meditation on love, mortality, faith, and doubt.

In Memoriam, by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Introduction by John Sparrow.

Published by The Nonesuch Press, London, 1933 first edition. Numbered limited edition - 1239/2000. Designed by Francis Meynell.

A good hardback with black paper over boards and gold decorated chequered pattern. Title label to head of spine. With some wear and bumping, and rubbing to outer joints, showing through to the blue boards underneath in places. Some scuffs and scrapes. With very slight give in the front cover joint, but all soundly bound. Endpapers with some light spotting. 

Text pages are bright and clean throughout, with the addition of printed red ink to the main title and interior title of the poem. Some age toning to the rough cut edges. 

An attractive volume, printed on Van Gelder paper.

Text in English.

XXII + (1) + 145pp + (1) Limitation page.

Dimensions: Approximately 290mm high x 181mm wide x 23mm deep.

Weight: Approximately 628g.