{"product_id":"john-keats-lamia-isabella-the-eve-of-st-agnes-and-other-poems-1820-london-first-edition","title":"KEATS, John. Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1820. True First Edition.","description":"\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eThe Pinnacle of English Romanticism: John Keats’s Final and Supreme Lifetime Collection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eAn exceptional, bibliographically complete copy of the \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"55\"\u003etrue first edition\u003c\/b\u003e of John Keats’s third and final volume of poetry, published in London in early July 1820.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eThis legendary collection is universally recognized as one of the most important and influential works in the history of English literature. Written over the course of a single year—an astonishingly fertile period of creative brilliance—the volume features Keats's absolute masterpieces, including \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"298\"\u003eLamia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"305\"\u003eIsabella\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"315\"\u003eThe Eve of St. Agnes\u003c\/i\u003e, and the unfinished epic \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"361\"\u003eHyperion\u003c\/i\u003e. Crucially, it houses his unrivaled, celebrated sequence of Great Odes: \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"442\"\u003e\"To a Nightingale\"\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"462\"\u003e\"On a Grecian Urn\"\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"482\"\u003e\"To Psyche\"\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"499\"\u003e\"On Melancholy\"\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eBy the time this book emerged from the press, the 24-year-old poet was already gravely ill with the consumption (tuberculosis) that had claimed his mother and brother, and which would tragically take his own life in Rome just seven months later, in February 1821.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAn Absolute Rarity in Complete State:\u003c\/b\u003e Most surviving copies lack the essential preliminary leaves or the publisher's advertisements. This pristine example is exceptionally rare for containing the original \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"205\"\u003ehalf-title\u003c\/b\u003e, the vital \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"227\"\u003eadvertisement leaf\u003c\/b\u003e (stating that \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"260\"\u003eHyperion\u003c\/i\u003e was left unfinished at the publisher's request), all \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"322\"\u003efly-titles\u003c\/b\u003e, and the highly elusive \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"357\"\u003e8-page publisher's catalogue\u003c\/b\u003e bound at the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"15,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Keats (1795–1821)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"15,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"15,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eImprint:\u003c\/b\u003e London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, Fleet-Street, 1820.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"15,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e First Edition, First Printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15,4,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"15,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Duodecimo (12mo) | approx. 7 x 4 inches (17.8 x 10.4 cm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15,5,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"15,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePagination:\u003c\/b\u003e pp. [11], [4], 199, [1].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15,6,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"15,6,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCompleteness:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"15,6,0\" data-index-in-node=\"14\"\u003e100% Complete.\u003c\/b\u003e Retains the half-title, the publisher's advertisement leaf dated June 26, 1820, all individual fly-titles, and the original 8-page Taylor \u0026amp; Hessey advertisement catalogue bound in at the rear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15,7,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"15,7,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"17\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBinding \u0026amp; Condition Report\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Beautiful and structurally sound \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"42\"\u003econtemporary half leather\u003c\/b\u003e over marbled boards. The spine features elegant gilt ruling and a leather title label. A wonderful, authentic period binding that perfectly preserves the character of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eInternal Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e A very clean, crisp, and outstanding copy. The text block is solid and tight. The paper remains exceptionally fresh with only the minor, natural age-toning typical of early 19th-century rag paper. Free from any modern washing or invasive restoration. 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