Golden Cockerel Press.- Keats (John) Endymion: A Poetic Romance, number 69 of 100 specially-bound copies signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 500, wood-engraved illustrations by John Buckland Wright some full-page, foxing to a few leaves (as usual), bookplate of Margaret & John Streeter, original pictorial vellum, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with Cynthia Goddess of the Moon by Buckland Wright in gilt on upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, cloth slip-case, [Cockalorum 175; Reid A47a], small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1947. ⁂ Buckland Wright took over four years to produce this work and considered it to be his greatest achievement. "In his 58 illustrations Buckland Wright is both as classical and as romantic as the poet could have desired. His vision, it seems to me, approaches that of Keats as closely as is possible for any artist working in our generation. While there is more than a hint of classicism in his admirable figures, their groupings and settings are romantic." Christopher Sandford in Cockalorum.
Golden Cockerel Press.- Keats (John) Endymion: A Poetic Romance, number 69 of 100 specially-bound copies signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 500, wood-engraved illustrations by John Buckland Wright some full-page, foxing to a few leaves (as usual), bookplate of Margaret & John Streeter, original pictorial vellum, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with Cynthia Goddess of the Moon by Buckland Wright in gilt on upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, cloth slip-case, [Cockalorum 175; Reid A47a], small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1947. ⁂ Buckland Wright took over four years to produce this work and considered it to be his greatest achievement. "In his 58 illustrations Buckland Wright is both as classical and as romantic as the poet could have desired. His vision, it seems to me, approaches that of Keats as closely as is possible for any artist working in our generation. While there is more than a hint of classicism in his admirable figures, their groupings and settings are romantic." Christopher Sandford in Cockalorum.
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