[Fine Binding | Riviere & Son] The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Private Press She gave generously to the

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and the gilt cross decoration on the front cover

done with gouges and large stylized leaf tools

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[Fine Binding | Riviere & Son] The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Private Press She gave generously to theTennyson, Alfred Lord. The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate. London: Macmillan, 1899. Frontispiece profile portrait of Tennyson. Bound in dark blue green morocco by Riviere & Son, with a large inlaid red flower to the front board, with details in gilt, and gilt stem along with smaller tooled bud. Five bands to spine with title in the second compartment. Gilt ruled turn ins with small leaves at corners, marbled endpapers. All edges gilt.