Lot 84
Keats (John) Letters of John Keats to Fanny Brawne, written in the years MDCCCXIX and MDCCCXX and now given from the original manuscripts, edited by Harry Buxton Forman, rare copy on green paper, Printed for private circulation, 1878.
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
Keats (John) Letters of John Keats to Fanny Brawne, written in the years MDCCCXIX and MDCCCXX and now given from the original manuscripts, edited by Harry Buxton Forman, 'This is the only Copy printed on Paper of this Colour', printed on green paper, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece after Joseph Severn (engraved at foot 'London. Reeves & Turner 1878'), engraved within the plate '28 Jany 1821. 3 O'Clock morng', silhouette of Fanny Brawne on card, 4pp. facsimile of a letter, small marginal repair to half-title for Index, occasional spotting, or light marking, green endpapers, ?original light green boards, rebacked in modern darker green boards in compartments and with a printed paper label, lower cover stained, a few spots, rubbed, [MacGillivray F4 (but our copy with an index), mentioning copies on blue (BM) and pink paper (loan exhibition Boston, 1921); cf. Wise, Ashley Library Vol. III, p. 16], a very good copy, 8vo, Printed for private circulation, 1878.
⁂ An exceedingly rare copy on colour paper. A lot sold at Sotheby's in 1972 (bought by Hoffman & Freeman) included proof sheets for the work 'some printed on pink, green, blue, and sienna paper', and including an autograph note by Buxton Forman stating that '6 or 7' copies were produced on colour paper. We note Andrew Lang's copy on pink paper offered by Sotheby's in 1920, with his autograph note 'Happily this blushing copy is unique, the only Pink 'Un of the sort', and a copy on yellow paper offered by the same in 1918.
Description
Keats (John) Letters of John Keats to Fanny Brawne, written in the years MDCCCXIX and MDCCCXX and now given from the original manuscripts, edited by Harry Buxton Forman, 'This is the only Copy printed on Paper of this Colour', printed on green paper, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece after Joseph Severn (engraved at foot 'London. Reeves & Turner 1878'), engraved within the plate '28 Jany 1821. 3 O'Clock morng', silhouette of Fanny Brawne on card, 4pp. facsimile of a letter, small marginal repair to half-title for Index, occasional spotting, or light marking, green endpapers, ?original light green boards, rebacked in modern darker green boards in compartments and with a printed paper label, lower cover stained, a few spots, rubbed, [MacGillivray F4 (but our copy with an index), mentioning copies on blue (BM) and pink paper (loan exhibition Boston, 1921); cf. Wise, Ashley Library Vol. III, p. 16], a very good copy, 8vo, Printed for private circulation, 1878.
⁂ An exceedingly rare copy on colour paper. A lot sold at Sotheby's in 1972 (bought by Hoffman & Freeman) included proof sheets for the work 'some printed on pink, green, blue, and sienna paper', and including an autograph note by Buxton Forman stating that '6 or 7' copies were produced on colour paper. We note Andrew Lang's copy on pink paper offered by Sotheby's in 1920, with his autograph note 'Happily this blushing copy is unique, the only Pink 'Un of the sort', and a copy on yellow paper offered by the same in 1918.