Idylls of the King
London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1859. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [7], 2-261, [3] pp. Half later red morocco over textured red cloth, spine in six compartments with gilt decorations and lettering; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Bound without the half-title and without the advertisements. Wise 153-154. The first state of the first edition without the imprint on the verso of the title page. This first section of Tennyson's poem includes the stories of four Arthurian women, including Guinevere and Elaine, and their affairs with Lancelot. Later editions collected all of Tennyson's Arthurian poems. Near Fine. Item #000012021
A touch of sunning to the spine and a bookplate on the first blank leaf, overall a lovely example.
Price: $500.00