Description
Keats (John) Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and other Poems, first edition, lacking half-title and advertisement leaves, some light foxing, later full polished calf, gilt, by Root and Son, g.e., [Ashley 3:15; Grolier/English 167; Hayward 233], 12mo, for Taylor and Hessey, 1820.
⁂ A very good copy of Keats's last and most important book, which includes some of his best-loved poems - "Ode to a Nightengale," "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "Ode to Psyche," and "Ode to Melancholy." Lamia was published in July 1820, less than a year before his death from tuberculosis in Rome.
Lot 73
Keats (John) Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and other Poems, first edition, for Taylor and Hessey, 1820.
Hammer Price: £5,000
Description
Keats (John) Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and other Poems, first edition, lacking half-title and advertisement leaves, some light foxing, later full polished calf, gilt, by Root and Son, g.e., [Ashley 3:15; Grolier/English 167; Hayward 233], 12mo, for Taylor and Hessey, 1820.
⁂ A very good copy of Keats's last and most important book, which includes some of his best-loved poems - "Ode to a Nightengale," "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "Ode to Psyche," and "Ode to Melancholy." Lamia was published in July 1820, less than a year before his death from tuberculosis in Rome.