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[TENNYSON (A), LORD].: [Sale] Catalogue of Valuable Autograph Letters, Literary Manuscripts and Historical Documents, including the most complete Autograph Manuscript of 'In Memoriam' [and other important Tennyson manuscripts]. 21-22 July 1980
Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1980 8vo., with numerous photographs and facsimiles (many full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, clean copy. With the printed list of estimates (and two relevant documents) loosely inserted. The sale as a whole constituted 594 lots. Lots 418-438 comprise an outstanding collection of Tennyson manuscripts, including the most complete version of 'In Memoriam' (estimate £100,000-150,000), his Wedding Day poem, 'A Welcome to Alexandra', 'A Voice spake out of the Skies', 'The Last Tournament', his autobiographical poem 'Merlin & the Gleam' (estimate 6,000-8,000) and his drama 'The Cup' (estimate 5,000-6,000), together with letters and fragments. There are also many notable items of Bloomsbury interest.
Offered for GBP 36.00 = appr. US$ 58.90 by: Island Books - Book number: 9045