Extra Illustrated with Original Illustrations by John Buckland-Wright

Keats (John)

Endymion: A Poetic Romance,

first edition facsimile, half-title, five line errata leaf, lacking the 2 leaves of advertisements, full vellum by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, lettered in gilt, with the initials J.B-W [John Buckland-Wright; his copy] applied to the spine, t.e.g., interleaved throughout, extra illustrated with 136 full-page illustrated and 6 unfinished pencil, pen, ink and wash illustrations, together with 3pp of mss text written by John Buckland-Wright of Als by Keats, cloth slipcase, [MacGilli-vray 2; Hayward 232], 8vo,T.Miller,Noble Street, Cheapside 1818 [1900].

A unique copy of Keats' first major work, containing one of his most enduring lines: "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever".