[Fine Binding | Riviere & Son] The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Private Press done with gouges and large

done with gouges and large stylized leaf tools

The Laws of the Navy

The illustrated title page and Arts & Crafts-influenced opening initial are especially interesting

along with some minor gilt loss

[Fine Binding | Riviere & Son] The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Private Press done with gouges and largeTennyson, 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.