POEMS by KEATS, John; illustrated by BELL, Robert Anning; introduction by RALEIGH, Walter: - 1897.

London: George Bell & Sons., 1897.. First edition thus. Octavo. Publisher's original cloth decorated with Arts and Crafts Movement design of scrolling vines and grapes by Robert Anning Bell to the upper board and spine; the spine with titles in gilt. Top edge gilt, the others untrimmed. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated throughout with full-page and in-text black and white illustrations by Robert Anning Bell, including frontispiece, title page, and section headings printed in red and black. A very good copy, the binding firm with some scattered marking to the boards, minor chipping to the spine ends, and bumping to the corners. The contents with toning to the endpapers and some light occasional foxing to the preliminary pages and page edges are otherwise in very good order. The first Robert Anning Bell edition of Keats's poetical works, sumptuously illustrated in the Arts and Crafts Movement style.

Part of the publisher's 'Endymion' series.