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Lamia, Isabella, The Eve Of St. Agnes, And Other Poems (First Edition, 1820, With Half Title And Near Fine Spine Label Bound In Riviere Binding)
by Keats, John [Bookplate Of Maurice Baring]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
London: Taylor And Hessey, 1820. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. [200] Pp. First Edition, Half Title Present, Original Paper Spine Label Bound In. Keats' Last Book, Of Modest Success When Published, Later Found To Have Some Of The Finest Poems In The English Language. When Shelley's Body Was Recovered In The Roads Of Viareggio (Not The Gulf Of Spezia) In 1822, Identification Was Made Possible By Two Books He Carried In His Pocket, A Sophocles, And A Copy Of "Lamia" Doubled Back At "The Eve Of St. Agnes". Binding By Riviere, In Late 19Th Or Early 20Th Century Full Calf, Five Bands, Gilt In All Compartments, Gilt Rules On Boards With Small Devices At Corners. Binding Re-Backed Preserving The Riviere Spine, Boards And Green Endpapers.17.2 X 10.7 Cm [The Uncut Leaves Were 7" X 4", Thus These Leaves Trimmed At Top And Bottom, Presumably When Bound]. Complete, Including The Half Title, And The "Advertisement" Leaf After The Title Page. With The Correct "London: Printed By Thomas Davison, Whitefriars." On The Verso Of The Half-Title. The Ads At Rear, Found In Some Copies But Not Required, Are Not Present Here. The Entire Original Spine Label From The Original 1820 Publication In Boards Has Been Attached By The Binder To A Final Blank. Elaborate And Artistically Engraved Decorative Bookplate Of Author Maurice Baring [Of The English Banking Family] Dated June 1897 In The Plate. Slight Chipping To Edges Of Endpapers, Contents Otherwise Clean And Complete, No Foxing To Pages, Touch Of Wear At Corners Of Page Block.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029621
- Title
- Lamia, Isabella, The Eve Of St. Agnes, And Other Poems (First Edition, 1820, With Half Title And Near Fine Spine Label Bound In Riviere Binding)
- Author
- Keats, John [Bookplate Of Maurice Baring]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Taylor And Hessey
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1820
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Rare And Unusual Books; Antiquarian Books and Leather-Bound Books;
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- Re-backed
- Describes a book that has had the material covering the spine replaced or joints mended.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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