Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. First thus. One of 500 copies, printed and illustrated by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerell Press. Bound in original quarter dark brown "sharkskin" over cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamp-signed). Tall quarto. 101, [1, colophon] pp. With engraved title-page and elaborate head- and tailpieces by Gibbings and initials in red by Eric Gill. Minor soiling to lower board. With a printed illustration of Keats and a small twentieth-century newspaper clipping pasted to upper flyleaf. Some separation at upper gutter. Ink ownership inscription, dated 1950, to preliminary blank. Some toning to endpapers at gutter. Otherwise clean throughout. A Very Good+ copy.

Keats published the first edition of Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, his third and final volume of poetry, in the summer of 1820. He died of tuberculusis early the next year at the age of twenty-five. "This volume contains his greatest work, written in an astonishing burst of creative genius in 1819. It includes Lamia, his tale of love and betrayal in ancient Corinth as well as his six famous odes, now considered among the most famous verses in the English language" (Penguin). This edition pairs Keats' poetry with lively woodcuts that highlight the mythical, mystical, and romantic aspects of his work. Very Good (Item #7042)