Alfred Tennyson.
Maud, And Other Poems. London: Edward Moxon, 1855
8vo. Full morocco gilt extra with red and green onlays. a.e.g. Inner rear cover dated 1899 and with ciper: “DC”, undoubtedly Douglas Cockerell. Small ink mark on bottom edge of rear cover, virtually indecipherable fading. Bookplate of Dorothy Gertrude Quick.
A handsome binding by Douglas Cockerell, master bookbinder and important figure in the Arts and Craft movement. After apprenticeship with T. J. Cobden-Sanderson (founder of the Doves press and bindery). Cockerell started his own bindery in 1897 or 1898. His book, “Bookbinding and the Care of Books” (1901) remains a standard text of the trade. First edition, this collection includes the famous poem “Charge of the Light Brigade”. |
