Alfred, Lord Tennyson

There are almost two dozen first editions, beginning with copies of Poems by Two Brothers (1827) and Timbuctoo (1829) and ending with The Death of Oenone, Akbar's Dream, and Other Poems (London: Macmillan, 1892).

The earliest set of collected works is The Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate (London: Strahan, 1870). Collected sets include several identified by Tennyson bibliographer T.J. Wise as pirated editions.

The earliest American work is from 1842: Poems (Boston: W.D. Ticknor). Illustrated volumes include a number by the prominent 19th century illustrator Gustave Dore.

In addition to our Tennyson book collection, the Department has the manuscript diary kept by horticulturist, lawyer and member of Parliament James Mangles who summered near Tennyson's Aldworth in Sussex for two years, 1870-1872. The diary is the subject of the study, Tennyson at Aldworth: The Diary of James Henry Mangles, by Prof. Earl A. Knies (Ohio University Press, 1984). Further information may be found at the James Mangles Diary.

Prepared by George W. Bain in November 1999, with the assistance of Jessica Moore and advice from Prof. Janis Holm and library colleague William Rhinehart.