ROSSETTI (DANTE GABRIEL) Poems, PRE-RELEASE 'REVIEW' BINDING OF THE FIRST EDITION, F.S. Ellis, 1870

ROSSETTI (DANTE GABRIEL) Poems, PRE-RELEASE 'REVIEW' BINDING OF THE FIRST EDITION, half-title, p.275 misnumbered p.27, publisher's green cloth by Burn & Co. (with binder's ticket), sides with single border in blind, lettered in gilt on spine, patterned endpapers, upper hinge cracked, 8vo, F.S. Ellis, 1870 Footnotes: ONE OF APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN COPIES SENT OUT BEFORE PUBLICATION FOR REVIEW IN A PLAIN BINDING OF ROSSETTI'S FIRST VOLUME OF POEMS. The bindings on these copies have plain sides, whilst the first edition had a gilt-blocked decoration added. On 11 April Rossetti wrote to his publisher F.S. Ellis with a suggested list of persons to receive review copies, and on the ensuing days corresponded on the necessity of sending out these before 'the brass block for the binding can be printed', which evidently occurred. These review copies do not include the 12 blank pages at the end that appeared in the first edition. This copy was sent to the Pall Mall Gazette, in which a review appeared on 21 April 1870. The first edition was published several days later on the 25 or 26 April in an edition of 1000 copies. Provenance: Frederick Greenwood, editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, to whom sent for review; E.J. Greenwood, with a 2-page note in his hand about the provenance and history of this copy ('There may not be more than three or four other extant...'); sold by Hodgson & Co., 1910; purchased by Robin de Beaumont from Foyles in 1960. A 3-page explanation of the binding's history (quoting contemporary correspondence, etc.) by Robin de Beaumont (December 1961) is included with the lot. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing