Endymion : A Poetic Romance
by John Keats
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
93 Fleet Street London : Taylor & Hessey, 1818. A very fine copy of this very rare first edition, very finely rebound in a very dark marroon full leather, spine with five raised bands edged with gilt lines & titles , gilt ruling and wavy line with corner devices on front and back boards, marroon marbled endpapers and pastedowns , new eps, half title, five line errata slip inserted before publication as called for in the true first edition. 207pp. An exceptionally rare and handsome book. . First Edition. Full Calf.. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Vanessa Parker Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003110
- Title
- Endymion : A Poetic Romance
- Author
- John Keats
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Taylor & Hessey
- Place of Publication
- 93 Fleet Street London
- Date Published
- 1818
- Keywords
- First Edition Keats, Rare Keats , Rare Poetry, Rare English Poetry, English Poet, Classic English Poetry, A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever.
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Poetry;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
Biblio member since 2011
Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo
About Vanessa Parker Rare Books
We are the most westerly Books and antiques shop in Europe ,trading in rare & used books since 1977,we operate from a 17thc Irish thatched cottage overlooking the beautiful Clew bay in the West of Ireland, which is stuffed to the rafters with books including secondhand, Antiquarian, to Fine & Rare books, with an emphasis on children`s, illustrated, Irish, country persuits, literature, poetry & much more. We also have a very large selection of genuine old Prints wrapped ready for framing, and Antiques. Only a fraction of our stock is online See our website www.antiquesandbooks.com
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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