Idylls of the King

by Alfred Tennyson, Lord

$200 · Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

First edition

London: Edward Moxon & Co, 1859. 8vo 17 x 10.5 cm . 261 pages. Half-title, 8-page advertisements at front. Original brown blind-embossed cloth. Hinges cracked, wear at extremities. Item #406599 FIRST EDITION, first issue without publisher's imprint on verso of title. Without question, one of the best-known epic narrative poems in the English language. Sterling 924; Tinker 2077.

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