[FINE PRESS -- VALE PRESS]. KEATS. Poems. LIMITED EDITION. 1898.
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Nov 14, 2024
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[FINE PRESS -- VALE PRESS]. KEATS, John (1795-1821). Poems. Charles J. Holmes, editor. London: Ballantyne Press for Hacon and Ricketts,1898.
2 volumes, 8vo. Printed in Vale type. Woodcut title-page and facing page with full woodcut page-border of pansies, 10-line and smaller initial capitals, woodcut device of the Vale Press on colophon, by Charles Ricketts. Early 19th-century red morocco gilt, covers with leafy vine borders, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettering in 2, others with leafy vines gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by The Knickerbocker Press for G.P. Putnam's; slipcases and morocco chemises.
LIMITED EDITION, one of 210 copies on paper. Ransom, Vale 20.
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