An index to “In Memoriam”

London: Edward Moxon, 1862. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Original black limp cloth ruled border in blind over yellow endpapers, title in gilt on top cover. The issue without the publisher’s advertisements. An excellent copy from the library of Harcourt Armory. First edition, first issue. “This anonymous index to Tennyson’s well-known elegy on Arthur Hallam refers to each clause of the poem under the most important noun, verb, &c., in it, and contains about 3000 references in double columns.” It is known that Carroll first suggested and then edited the work, though much of the compiling was done by his sisters. Tennyson gave his personal permission to have the work published. At the time of this publication (first printing no later than March, 1862), “In Memoriam” was in its eleventh edition; according to Williams, “the earliest copies in yellow paper covers have no advertisement.”

Williams, Madan, Green, 31.