Second Edition, Large Paper Copy, Henry Buxton Forman's Copy
Poems by Two Brothers.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1892.
Price: $350.00
About the item
Second edition, one of 300 large paper copies. 10 plates reproducing manuscripts and letters at rear. xix, [i], 251, [1] pp. Tall 8vo. Second Edition, Large Paper Copy, Henry Buxton Forman's Copy. Publisher's brown cloth. Light wear and soiling to covers. Wise, Tennyson 8. Provenance: Henry Buxton Forman (bookplate).
Item #309851
Henry Buxton Forman's copy of the large paper issue of the second edition of Tennyson's first book, Poems by Two Brothers. First published in 1827, it is presented here in type-facsimile, with an introduction by Tennyson's son, and four additional poems not included in the first edition and a reprint of Timbuctoo. At the end are bound in facsimile reproductions found only in the large paper copies of original manuscript drafts of the title-page, two letters and portions of the original manuscript.
