Alfred Lord Tennyson — Enoch Arden, Etc.

London, Edward Moxon, 1865. Leather. A celebrated anthology in which Tennyson aspired to become the 'people's poet', bound in lovely purple decorative full calf. An early edition of Enoch Arden Etc. originally called Enoch Arden and Other Poems, an anthology written by esteemed poet laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson. Published by Edward Moxon in 1865, first published in 1864/A lovely binding, in purple decorative full calf.Enoch Arden was an anthology intended to have a universal appeal that highlighted his empathy for the common emotions and problems shared by people across England, aspiring to become the 'People's Poet&apos. The ambition was realised with nearly 40,000 copies sold upon its original publication. In purple decorative full calf. Externally, boards are bright and generally clean, with a couple of minor marks. Fading and rubbing marks to spine. Slight rubbing to edges, and bumping to the extremities. Slight smudging to end paper extremities, a small tide mark to top of front end paper hinge, and minor wear to front end paper hinge. Internally, firmly bound. A gift inscription to verso of front free end paper. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd faint spot to first and final leaves, mostly to blanks before title leaf. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .