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Author: Lord Alfred Tennyson.
Title: The Idylls of the King.
Publisher: London, Edward Moxon and Co., 1864. 
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7 " X 4.5 ".
Pages: vi-261 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good contemporary binding, finely bound in full green calf leather binding, title in gilt on spine (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.  All edges gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing - as shown).

The book: Attractive and early edition of Idylls of the King by Tennyson in a nice full calf binding!

Idylls of the King, published between 1859 and 1885, is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892; Poet Laureate from 1850) which retells the legend of King Arthur, his knights, his love for Guinevere and her tragic betrayal of him, and the rise and fall of Arthur's kingdom.

The author: Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was a British poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets of all time.