Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson (1899) — Full Leather Prize Binding, Charterhouse School, Gilt Crest, Marbled Endpapers London: Macmillan and Co. | 1899.

A finely bound prize copy of Tennyson’s Poetical Works, presented by Charterhouse School in 1899. Bound in full navy blue polished calf with the school’s gilt armorial crest (“Deo Dante Dedi”) stamped to the front board. The spine is richly gilt tooled with decorative floral motifs and raised bands, gilt titling, and gilt borders to the boards.

The volume features all edges marbled, striking marbled endpapers, and gilt dentelle turn-ins. The prize inscription plate records its presentation to L. S. Farquharson for French (Division I), signed by Head Master W. Haig Brown, dated August 1899. 

Binding tight. Pages clean. Marbled edges vibrant.

Containing Tennyson’s most celebrated works—including The Lady of Shalott, Enoch Arden, Merlin and Vivien, and other poems—this edition reflects the Poet Laureate’s lasting influence on Victorian literature and culture.

Condition: Very Good + 

Size: Octavo (approx. 7.75 x 5.25 inches).

An elegant and highly decorative Victorian prize binding, uniting Tennyson’s timeless poetry with the tradition of English public school book prizes. A distinguished addition for collectors of fine bindings, Tennyson, and 19th-century literature.