Lot 358 , Keats, John - Isabella or The Pot of Basil. Illustrated and Decorated by W.B.Macdougall. decorated half and title page (printed in red and black), 8 wood engraved illus., these and text all within intricately decorated b

° Keats, John - Isabella or The Pot of Basil. Illustrated and Decorated by W.B.Macdougall. decorated half and title page (printed in red and black), 8 wood engraved illus., these and text all within intricately decorated borders; publisher's brown buckram, gilt lettered and decorated spine, overall gilt decorated upper board, gilt top and other edges uncut, 4to. Kegan Paul (etc.), 1898, sold with: (Hughes, Thomas) Tom Brown's School Days. pictorial vignette title, contemp. gilt decorated red morocco with panelled spine, gilt edges and marbled e/ps., sm. 8vo. 1885 (2)
£100-140

Condition:
1) Spine lt. faded and sl. wear head and tail, inner hinges weak, 11 line ms. dedicatory verse beneath half title. (55)pp.; 2) sl. rubbed spine, but gen. good, lt. title foxing, more last page and e/p. Hulme GS. prize inscription (1890). MacMillan's Golden Treasury series; binding by Charles Winstanley (Manchester)

Sold for £85