THE POEMS OF JOHN KEATS; Selected, Edited, and Introduced by Aileen Ward / Illustrated by David Gentleman / Collector's Edition / Bound in Genuine Leather
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1980. David Gentleman. First Easton Press Collectors Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped leather. Quarto (10 1/2" x 6 1/2"), genuine full brown leather with four raised hubs and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and covers; Selected, Edited, and Introduced by Aileen Ward; Illustrated with B&W frontispiece of John Keats by David Gentleman, plus 7 colored plates & B&W in-text delineations by David Gentleman; a.e.g. with .22k gold; tan silk page-marker & tan silk moiré endpapers, xxii, [xxiii-xxiv] + 337 pages. Weight: 2 lb. 5.6 oz. Very Fine / None. Item #6880
John Keats (1795 - 1821) was an English Romantic poet who became one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantics, along with Lord Byron and Shelley, Keats' sonnets are famous and he is considered one of the most beloved of all English poets.
VERY GIFTABLE: lovely leather binding with attractive illustrations and attractively printed poems. Clean, tight copy in a rich brown leather binding with all page edges' gilt. Slight age-toning.
Price: $65.00