Bidspirit auction | 19th Century C. Kegan Paul

19th Century C. Kegan Paul and Co. Leather-bound Set of Tennyson Works - A 19th-century multi-volume set of the works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate, bound in full leather. These pocket-sized volumes were published in London by C. Kegan Paul and Co. in 1878, representing the successors to the publishing department of Henry S. King and Co. The collection includes notable titles such as Idylls of the King, Miscellaneous Poems, In Memoriam, The Princess, Maud, Enoch Arden, Queen Mary, and Harold. The volumes are bound in reddish-brown leather featuring gilt-stamped titles and author names on the spines. The title pages are printed on cream-toned paper with a central woodcut printer's device and the publisher's address at 1 Paternoster Square, London. The lot is accompanied by a pair of hand-carved stone bookends featuring stylized animal head motifs.