Lord Tennyson, A Biographical Sketch (William Henry Dallinger’s Copy)

Jennings, Henry J. Lord Tennyson, A Biographical Sketch (William Henry Dallinger’s Copy). London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. First edition. Octavo. (vii) 270pp. + 32 pages of publisher’s ads at the rear. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Pages uncut. Albumen portrait frontispiece of Tennyson. The work is a biography of Tennyson’s life and work, including six pages of unopened index at the end of the text. The front free endpaper bears the embossed book stamp of William Henry Dallinger. Binding with some light scratches, smudges and staining to covers. Light staining to edges of the book block. Light waterstaining to the endpapers, title page and sporadically throughout. Starting at gutter of interior front cover, title page and p.96. Book block tight overall. Binding in good, interior in good+ condition overall. g to g+. Hardcover.

William Henry Dallinger FRS (5 July 1839 – 7 November 1909) was a British minister in the Wesleyan Methodist Church. He was also an accomplished scientist, being the first to study the complete lifecycle of unicellular organisms under the microscope and studying the adaptation of such organisms to temperature. (42359) $95