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Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agnes & Other Poems by Keats, John - 1928

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Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agnes & Other Poems by Keats, John - 1928

Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agnes & Other Poems

by Keats, John

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(Waltham Saint Lawrence): Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Gibbings, Robert and Eric Gill. Quarto. 101pp. One of 500 copies. Illustrated with wood engravings and all but two initial capitals by Robert Gibbings. The remaining two capitals-"Lamia" on the title page and "IT" on page 18-were engraved by Eric Gill. A fine copy of what the Press calls "an almost perfectly proportioned book." In a variant binding of quarter black sharkskin (versus green sharkskin) and cloth boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. T.e.g. Lower corners slightly bumped, minor fading to spine, else fine. (Cave & Manson 62; Kirkus 36).

  • Bookseller Bromer Booksellers US (US)
  • Illustrator Gibbings, Robert and Eric Gill
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Golden Cockerel Press
  • Place of Publication (Waltham Saint Lawrence)
  • Date Published 1928

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Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agners & Other Poems; with Engravings by Robert Gibbins
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Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agners & Other Poems; with Engravings by Robert Gibbins

by GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS / Keats, John

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Waltham St.Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Limited Edition. Near fine. Robert Gibbins. Quarto, 12 x 7 1/2 inches (305 x 190mm); pp. 104; with nineteen wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings (1889-1958); copy 178 of 345 copies printed Batchelor hand-made paper, special Cockerel watermark; red ink on title page, red and blue ink for incidental initials by Eric Gill and David Jones's colophon device; 1/4 brown sharkskin and green cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London; gilt titling; top edge gilt, others uncut; slight staining to head of spine, clean, fresh, and bright inside and out. [Chanticleer 62; Ransom p. 298, no. 60]. An elegant and beautifullly proportioned and illustrated version of John Keat's (1795-1825) famous poems, which constitute the final volume Keats lived to see, published in July 1820. From the Oxford text edited by H. Buxton Forman. Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) was and Irish wood engraver and sculptor, know for his work on natural history and travel books. He was one of the… Read More
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