Author Name
John Keats
Title Isabella or the Pot of Basil
Binding Hard Cover
Book Condition Very Good
Publisher Kegan Paul 1898
Illustrator W.B Macdougall
Seller ID 000052
4to in gilt decorated brown cloth. Titepage in red and black with evenly toned tissue-guard. textblock printed on handmade deckle edged laid paper. Top edge gilt. Each page has an elaborate full page floral border against a field of black with the text in the middle. Every 9 or 10 stanzas there is a plate, [7 total countng the frontis]. A fine example of a period private press, Arts and Crafts-influenced book production. A little rubbing to the board tips and gilt-decorated spine strip, some light expert repairing otherwise the front hinge, With moderate even toning to the tissue-guard and titlepage.
Price =
750.00 USD
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