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POEMS
by KEATS, John; illustrated by BELL, Robert Anning; introduction by RALEIGH, Walter:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Bell & Sons., 1897.. First edition thus. Octavo. Publisher's original cloth decorated with Arts and Crafts Movement design of scrolling vines and grapes by Robert Anning Bell to the upper board and spine; the spine with titles in gilt. Top edge gilt, the others untrimmed. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated throughout with full-page and in-text black and white illustrations by Robert Anning Bell, including frontispiece, title page, and section headings printed in red and black. A very good copy, the binding firm with some scattered marking to the boards, minor chipping to the spine ends, and bumping to the corners. The contents with toning to the endpapers and some light occasional foxing to the preliminary pages and page edges are otherwise in very good order. The first Robert Anning Bell edition of Keats's poetical works, sumptuously illustrated in the Arts and Crafts Movement style.
Part of the publisher's 'Endymion' series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sky Duthie Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1322
- Title
- POEMS
- Author
- KEATS, John; illustrated by BELL, Robert Anning; introduction by RALEIGH, Walter:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: George Bell & Sons.
- Date Published
- 1897.
- Keywords
- Literature|Illustrated Books|Poetry
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About the Seller
Sky Duthie Rare Books
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
About Sky Duthie Rare Books
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Following a period in academia focusing on the history of ideas and after several years working for a prominent rare bookseller, the business was established in 2022 by Dr Sky Duthie.
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
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