From the Library of an American Filmmaker
Keats, JohnEndymion: A Poetic Romance. London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1818
8vo. One line erratum to page xi, five line errata slip, uncut; very occasional light spotting. Publisher's boards; backstrip expertly repaired retaining original spine and paper label, boards with some staining, bumped at extremities, label chipped. Collector's clamshell box.
First edition of the poem with the iconic opening line: "A thing of beauty is a joy forever...".
Keats composed this graecophilic epic poem when he was just 21 years of age. In line with the epic nature of the piece, heroic couplets are used, and the subject draws from the Greek myth of Endymion, the handsome shepherd and beloved of the moon goddess Selene. It was originally disparaged by critics such as John Gibson Lockhart and John Wilson Croker (who, incidentally, coined the phrase the "Cockney School of Poetry"), but has unquestionably stood the test of time.
The issue points of the early issues have not been agreed upon; T.J. Wise states that the one-line erratum leaf which distinguishes the first issue was cancelled and replaced with a five-line leaf in the second issue. However, Hayward states that both leaves were printed before any copies of the book were issued, using Keats' own correspondence as evidence. Further, a second issue point concerns the advertisements, with some bibliographers calling for two leaves of Taylor and Hessey advertisements inserted at the end, but Wordsworth's copy lacked these as well as Wise's and the present copy. It can be said that the printers and binders did not pay heed to the precedence of these supplementary materials. Since this copy has the one-line erratum leaf and the five-line errata slip, we can cautiously call this the first issue, if there can be said to be more than one issue of the first edition.
REFERENCES:Hayward, 232; Palmer, p. 282; Smith, pp. 121-122
PROVENANCE:J.F. Bradley (ownership inscription to flyleaf)
From the Library of an American Filmmaker
Keats, JohnEndymion: A Poetic Romance. London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1818
8vo. One line erratum to page xi, five line errata slip, uncut; very occasional light spotting. Publisher's boards; backstrip expertly repaired retaining original spine and paper label, boards with some staining, bumped at extremities, label chipped. Collector's clamshell box.
First edition of the poem with the iconic opening line: "A thing of beauty is a joy forever...".
Keats composed this graecophilic epic poem when he was just 21 years of age. In line with the epic nature of the piece, heroic couplets are used, and the subject draws from the Greek myth of Endymion, the handsome shepherd and beloved of the moon goddess Selene. It was originally disparaged by critics such as John Gibson Lockhart and John Wilson Croker (who, incidentally, coined the phrase the "Cockney School of Poetry"), but has unquestionably stood the test of time.
The issue points of the early issues have not been agreed upon; T.J. Wise states that the one-line erratum leaf which distinguishes the first issue was cancelled and replaced with a five-line leaf in the second issue. However, Hayward states that both leaves were printed before any copies of the book were issued, using Keats' own correspondence as evidence. Further, a second issue point concerns the advertisements, with some bibliographers calling for two leaves of Taylor and Hessey advertisements inserted at the end, but Wordsworth's copy lacked these as well as Wise's and the present copy. It can be said that the printers and binders did not pay heed to the precedence of these supplementary materials. Since this copy has the one-line erratum leaf and the five-line errata slip, we can cautiously call this the first issue, if there can be said to be more than one issue of the first edition.
REFERENCES:Hayward, 232; Palmer, p. 282; Smith, pp. 121-122
PROVENANCE:J.F. Bradley (ownership inscription to flyleaf)
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