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Poetical Works and other Writings, The
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Item #06428
The Finest Collected Edition of John Keats's Works
KEATS, John. The Poetical Works and Other Writings of John Keats. Edited with notes and appendices by H. Buxton Forman. Revised with additions by Maurice Buxton Forman. With an introduction by John Masefield. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1938-1939.
Hampstead Edition. Limited to 1,050 numbered copies (of which this is number 717), signed by Maurice Buxton Forman (at the end of the Prefatory Note) and John Masefield (at the end of the Introduction).
Eight large octavo volumes (9 5/8 x 6 1/8 inches; 244 x 156 mm.). Photogravure frontispieces and plates.
Publisher's three-quarter dark blue morocco over blue cloth boards ruled in gilt, spines with four raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, pale blue marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Spines very slightly faded but still a very fine set housed in the original blue slipcases with printed paper labels on spines.
The bindings are stamp-signed by Macdonald of NY.
The Hampstead Edition is often regarded as the finest collected edition of Keats's works. It is renowned for its comprehensive compilation of Keats's literary contributions. Edited by H. Buxton Forman, with revisions and additions by Maurice Buxton Forman, it features an introduction by poet laureate John Masefield. The edition's name pays homage to Keats's residence in Hampstead, London, from December 1818 to August 1820. During this period, he composed several of his most celebrated poems, including "Ode to a Nightingale" and "La Belle Dame sans Merci". The house, originally called Wentworth Place, is now preserved as Keats House, a museum dedicated to his life and work.
MacGillivray H9.
Price: $3,500.00