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ENGLISH LITERATURE AND HISTORY
Lot 60

KEATS (JOHN)
Endymion: A Poetic Romance, FIRST EDITION, Taylor and Hessey, 1818

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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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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