THE POEMS OF JOHN KEATS

Limited edition. Two volumes. Publisher's original cream cloth with borders and decoration in gilt to the upper board and spine, titles in gilt to the spine. Deckled fore- and bottom edge. Volume I with a black and white portrait frontispiece of Keats by W. Hilton R. A. Elaborate black and white woodcut borders to the title pages of both volumes. Tissue guard in volume II. Armorial bookplate to the pastedown of volume I. Printed in black and red throughout. A very good or better set, the bindings square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips of mildly toned spines, the cloth is lightly rubbed and marked, the titles a little rubbed. The contents, with an inscription by the first Mayor and Mayoress of Wimbledon on the front endpaper, and a little toning to the paper stock, are otherwise clean throughout.

Issued in an edition of 350 copies, from which this example is numbered 183. A lovely edition of Keats' poetry with an appealing London provenance. The inscription on the endpaper reads "From the Mayor + Mayoress of / Wimbledon. / W[illia]m Hamelin Hamshaw / D'Arcy Hamshaw./ Oct 25, [19]06." The bookplate features the crest of Wimbledon and its Latin motto "Sine Labe Decus [Honour without stain]".