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John Keats

Carr reported that he had published four impressions of poems by John Keats (1795-1821) in his History of the QTP (1987). Only two impressions have been seen, which are presumed to be the first and second. It is possible that he simply reprinted an earlier edition and did not change anything, so later impressions cannot be distinguished. This was one of the first titles to be edited by someone else, Elizabeth Farrer, who lived in Barton Seagrave. She mixed letters sent by Keats with poems and short biographical notes. The small book was sold at Keats' former house, now a museum in London.

(Last updated on 25/5/2023)

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Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)

Inside rear cover (click to enlarge)

Content: Brief biography; short history. Poems: On first looking into Chapman's Homer; When I have fears that I may cease to be; two letters; La belle dame sans merci; three letters; Ode to a nightingale; letter; Ode on a Grecian urn; letter; two letters; Ode on melancholy; To autumn; three letters; letter; Last sonnet.

Notes: The background colour of the cover is white rather than the pale pink used for the second impression (though it could have faded), and Christopher Fiddes' name is not recorded as the cover artist. His name was added to the second impression, perhaps because it was left it off the first? I suspect that the text inside the rear cover may have been used on another small book and was simply used again, to avoid new type setting, so Chris Fiddes' name was omitted.

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Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)

Inside rear cover (click to enlarge)

Content: Brief biography; short history; On first looking into Chapman's Homer; When I have fears that I may cease to be; two letters; La belle dame sans merci; three letters; Ode to a nightingale; letter; Ode on a Grecian urn; letter; two letters; Ode on melancholy; To autumn; three letters; letter; Last sonnet.

Notes: The background colour of the cover is pale pink rather than white, but has a tendency to fade. Christopher Fiddes' name has been added to the text inside the back cover.

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Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)

Inside rear cover (click to enlarge)

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Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)

Inside rear cover (click to enlarge)

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