[Patmore, Coventry- Family Copy, Inscribed by Patmore to his son, etc] The Rod, the Root, and the Flower

London: George Bell and Sons, 1895.

First edition. Original green cloth, paper label on spine. ,Family copy, signed by the author's son Tennyson (dated 23 May 1895) on top of title-page, with a later inscription to Hilda Sculthorpe, Patmore's nurse ("In memory of kind, and most skillful nursing, of a tired man"), author's compliments slip affixed to front endpaper with note beneath "transmitted from | his Son to H.S.," Some wear to binding, minor spotting and offsetting, else near fine. A rare family copy with multiple associations.

Price: $1,500.00   Item #3687