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KEATS (JOHN) Endymion: A Poetic Romance, FIRST EDITION, Taylor and Hessey, 1818
25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
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KEATS (JOHN)
Endymion: A Poetic Romance, FIRST EDITION, later issue with "T. Miller, Printer, Noble street, Cheapside" on verso of half-title, with 1-line errata slip, without advertisements, blue crushed morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf (signed on front turn-in), sides with 5-line gilt fillet border enclosing central panel of strapwork in brown morocco inlay and elaborate gilt decoration of dots, spine similarly tooled within 6 compartments, decorative blue morocco doublures, t.e.g., original cloth chemise and morocco-lipped marbled board slipcase [Hayward 232], 8vo, Taylor and Hessey, 1818
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"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever". First edition of Endymion in a very fine example of a Zaehnsdorf binding.
