Enoch Arden. Illustrated By Arthur Hughes

8vo.(6.5" x 8.625") 1866. London: Edward Moxon & Co. 82 pp. with 15 pp of publisher ads. Full green pebbled cloth over beveled boards with overall gilt decoration of anchors, fish, and nets with chains and bells, etc. to both covers and spine (see pic). All edges gilt. Front gutter shows evidence of repair. First free endpaper with small closed tear at gutter. Board edges with some dings, barely noticeable. An absolutely beautiful book overall, the illustrations and cover from drawings by Arthur Hughes, the frontispiece engraved by J.H. Baker, from a medallion by Thomas Woolner.

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu". He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830. "Claribel" and "Mariana", which remain some of Tennyson's most celebrated poems, were included in this volume. Although described by some critics as overly sentimental, his poems ultimately proved popular and brought Tennyson to the attention of well-known writers of the day, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Tennyson's early poetry, with its medievalism and powerful visual imagery, was a major influence on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.