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BUCKLAND WRIGHT (JOHN) KEATS (JOHN) The Collected Sonnets, ONE OF 35 COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER WITH 2 EXTRA SETS OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN FINAL STATE, Maastricht, The Halycon Press (2)
23 March 2022, 12:00 GMT
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BUCKLAND WRIGHT (JOHN)
KEATS (JOHN) The Collected Sonnets, ONE OF 35 COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER WITH 2 EXTRA SETS OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN FINAL STATE, signed by the artist on the colophon, from an overall edition of 376, this copy No. XXV, 11 wood-engraved plates, small 4to, 1930; Letters of John Keats to Fanny Brawne... Introductory Note by J.E. Otten, ONE OF 30 COPIES ON CHARLES I HAND-MADE PAPER WITH 2 ADDITIONAL PROOF PLATES SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, this copy No. XXVI, from an overall edition of 325, 8vo, 1931, original black niger by Louis Malcorps, gilt-blocked illustration after Buckland Wright on upper covers, t.e.g., joints neatly restored, preserved in fabric-lined chemise and slipcase [Reid A1 and A6], Maastricht, The Halycon Press (2)
Footnotes
Provenance: First work, James Fuller Spoerri, booklabel; both from the library of the late A.J. Karter.