The Homes of Tennyson

London, England: Adam and Charles Black. Very Good. 1905. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning rubbing and fraying. The text pages are generally clean, but do have foxing. There is a rectangular patch of toning to the front endpaper, along with a previous owner's inked gift notation, dated 1907. Illustrated with 20 full page, full color illustrations by Helen Allingham. "Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets. Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, such as "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears", and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as Ulysses, although In Memoriam A. H. H. Was written to commemorate his friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and student at Trinity College, Cambridge, after he died of a stroke at the age of 22. Tennyson also wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King, "Ulysses", and "Tithonus"." .