first edition Hardcover
1860 · London
by TENNYSON, ALFRED
London: Edward Moxon, 1860. All edges gilt. Covers and spine with elaborate gilt Victorian book designs. See photos. Panelled spine. Half-title. Twenty-six illustrations engraved on wood by Dalziel, Green, Thomas, and E. Williams from drawings by Daniel Maclise. General mild to moderate foxing throughout, frequently peripheral. Heavier foxing on some early and late pages. Pleasing typography with wide margins. Binding tag of Leighton and Son, Hodge on rear pastedown. A very good example of fine Victorian book cover design. 188pp.. First Edition. Full Emerald Green Morocco. Light Edge and Corner Wear/No Jacket. Illus. by Maclise. Octavo.
(Inventory #: 014083)