TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord (1809-92). Maud, and Other Poems. London, 1855, 8vo, original green cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 5 other books by Tennyson. (6)

TENNYSON, Alfred Lord (1809-92).  Maud, and Other Poems. London: Edward Moxon, 1855. 8vo (171 x 110mm). Half title, 8-pages of publisher's advertisements dated July 1855 bound in at the front before the front free endpaper, one page of advertisements at the end. Original green cloth boards decorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers. Provenance: Charles [?]Bones, Sept. [?]11th 1855 (signature and 2-line quotation from "Maud" on front free endpaper). A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. The collection includes the first appearance in book form of, arguably, the poet's most famous work, "The Charge of the Light Brigade". Hayward English Poetry 248; Tinker 2080; Wise Tennyson 58. With 5 other books by the same author, namely Enoch Arden, Etc. (London, 1864, contemporary red morocco), Queen Mary. A Drama (London, 1875, contemporary half morocco) and Becket (London, 1884, contemporary half morocco), all FIRST EDITIONS; together with The Miller's Daughter ... Illustrated by A. L. Bond, by Permission of the Author (London, [1858], engraved illustrations, contemporary red morocco) and Some Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson with Illustrations by W. Holman Hunt, J. E. Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti Printed from the Original Wood Blocks cut for the MDCCCLXVI Edition with Photogravures from some of the Original Drawings now First Reproduced (London, 1901, 4to, plates, [?]original tan cloth gilt, stained and faded). Provenance: from the Collection of the late Professor Bernard Nevill (1930-2019). (6)