Bibliography of the Poems of 1842
1830 Poems, chiefly Lyrical, by Alfred Tennyson. London: Effingham Wilson, 1830.
1832 Poems by Alfred Tennyson. London: Edward Moxon, 1833 (published at the end of 1832).
1837 In the Keepsake, an Annual, appears the poem “St. Agnes’ Eve,” afterwards republished in the Poems of 1842, as “St. Agnes”.
1842 Morte d’Arthur, Dora, and other Idyls. (Privately printed for the Author.)
1842 Poems. In 2 vols. By Alfred Tennyson. London: Edward Moxon, Dover Street, 1842.
1843 Id. 2 vols. Second Edition, 1843.
1845 Id. Third Edition, 1845.
1846 Id. Fourth Edition, 1846.
1848 Id. Fifth Edition, 1848.
1849 In the Examiner for 24th March, 1849, appeared the poem “To—— , after reading a Life and Letters,” republished in the Sixth Edition of the Poems.
1850 Poems. 2 vols. Sixth Edition, 1850.
1851 In the Keepsake appeared the verses: “Come not when I am Dead,” reprinted in the Seventh Edition of the Poems.
1851 Poems. Seventh Edition. London: Edward Moxon, 1851. i vol.
1853 Id. Eighth Edition, 1853. i vol.
1857 Poems by Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate. With engraving of bust by Woolner, and illustrations by Thomas Creswick, John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, William Macready, John Calcott Horsley, Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Clarkson Stanfield, and Daniel Maclise. Pp. xiii., 375. London: Edward Moxon, 1857. 8vo.
1862 Poems MDCCCXXX, MDCCCXXXIII. Privately printed. This was suppressed by an injunction in Chancery. It was compiled and edited by Mr. Dykes Campbell for Camden Hotten.
1863 Poems by Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L. I vol. Edward Moxon, 1863. (Recorded as being the Fifteenth Edition, but I have not seen any Edition between 1857 and this one.)
1865 A selection from the works of Alfred Tennyson. Poet Laureate. (Moxon’s Miniature Poets.) Edward Moxon & Co., 1865. Containing several minor alterations, and an additional couplet in the “Vision of Sin”.
1869 Pocket Edition of Complete Poems. Strahan, 1869. (I have not seen this, but it is entered in the London Catalogue.)
1870 Id. Post-Octavo, 1870 (entered in the London Catalogue).
1871 Miniature or Cabinet Edition of the Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson, printed by Whittaker, Strahan & Co., 1871.
1871 Complete Works. Edited by A. C. Loffalt. Rotterdam: 12mo, 1871.
1872 Imperial Library Edition of the Works of Alfred Tennyson. In 6 vols. Strahan & Co., 1872.
1874-7 The Works of Alfred Tennyson. Cabinet edition in 10 vols. H.S.King. London: 1874-1877.
1875 The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson. 6 vols. H. S. King. 1875-77.
1875 The Author’s Edition in 4 vols. Henry S. King & Co. 1875.
1877 The Works of Alfred Tennyson. H. S. King. 7 vols. 1877, and in the same year by the same publisher the completion of the Miniature Edition.
1881 The Works of Alfred Tennyson. With portrait and illustrations, 1881. C. Kegan Paul & Co.
1884 The Works of Alfred Tennyson. Macmillan & Co., 1884. In the same year a school edition in four parts by the same publishers.
1885 The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson. Complete Edition. New York: T. Y. Cowell & Co., 1885.
1886 The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson. In 10 vols. Macmillan & Co., 1886.
1886-91 The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson. 12 vols. (The dramatic works in 4 vols.) 16 vols. 1886-91.
1889 The Works of Alfred Tennyson. London: Macmillan & Co., 1889.
1890 The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson. Pocket Edition, without the plays. London: Macmillan & Co., 1890.
1890 Selections. Edited by Rowe and Webb (frequently reprinted).
1891 Complete Works, i vol. Reprinted ten times between this date and November, 1899.
1891 Poetical Works. Miniature Edition. 12 vols.
1891 Tennyson for the Young, i vol. With introduction and notes by Alfred Ainger, reprinted six times between this date and 1899.
1893 Poems. Illustrated. I vol. (This contains the poems and illustrations of the Illustrated Edition published in 1857.)
1894 The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate, with last alterations, etc. London: Macmillan & Co., 1894.
1895 The Poetical Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (without the plays). (The People’s Edition.) London: Macmillan & Co., 1895.
1896 Id. Pocket Edition.
1898 The Life and Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. (Edition de Luxe.) 12 vols. Macmillan & Co., 1898.
1899 The Works of Alfred Tennyson. 8 vols.
1899 Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Globe Edition. Macmillan. This Edition was supplied to Messrs. Warne and published by them as the Albion Edition.
1899 Poems including In Memoriam. Popular Edition, 1 vol.