Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled full-leather calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece and raised bands to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Lovely size at 17 x 11.5 x 3 cm.

Tennyson's (1809-1892) Idylls of the King, a series of Arthurian narrative poems originally published between 1859 and 1885, which is widely considered his most ambitious poetic work.