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KEATS (JOHN) Endymion: A Poetic Romance, FIRST EDITION, Taylor and Hessey, 1818
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KEATS (JOHN)
Endymion: A Poetic Romance, FIRST EDITION, issue with "T. Miller, Printer, Noble street, Cheapside" on verso of half-title, with 5 line errata on p.xi, without advertisements, occasional light spotting, crushed brown morocco gilt by Winstanleys (1973) [Hayward 232], 8vo, Taylor and Hessey, 1818
Footnotes
"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever;/Its loveliness increases..." - First edition of the second of only three books published during Keats' lifetime.
Provenance: George Rust, inscribed "George Rust Esq. from his sincere friend Whittle, Pemb. Coll. Oxon, July 1 1841" on the front free endpaper; George Bernard Rust, bookplate.

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