Author: Tennyson, Lord Alfred
Title: Queen Mary, A Drama
Publication Information: Boston: James R. Osgood and Company (late Ticknor and Fields, and Felds Osgood & Co) 1875
Call #: PR5572 . 06 1875
Book Size: 17.5 cm (H); 12 cm (L); 2+cm (spine)
Cover: Green sand grain cover, and the grain shows through the gilt on the cover, which is an illustration of an executioner's block, with an ax on the right, and a cloth (perhaps a cloak or a royal robe) on the left with a cross on it. No edging or framing on the front cover. Back cover is green sand grain, with medallion embossed (a bit off center). The spine has stripes at the top and bottom (gilt), the full title, Alfred Tennyson, and a small design (with a lion), and J. R. Osgood & Co. in gilt on the spine
Inside Book Covers: dark brown pages. (plain pages were considered fancier, more sophisticated than designed ones, which were thought to be tawdry)
Paper Edges: unadorned
Illustrations: none
Comments:
- note that he's not called "Alfred Lord Tennyson" here
- the title page says "[author's edition, from Advance Sheets]"
- note advertisement of editions of Tennyson's poems (with prices) opposite the title page
- note signature (unclear) at top of the title page
- List of Dramatis Personae
- note opposite the list of dramatis personae - "Franklin Press; Rand, Avery & Co, Boston"
Pedagogical Uses/Notes:
- 19th-Century American Text Production
- British Texts Circulating in America
- Advertising and Marketing
