JOHN KEATS
Written by Robert Gittings.
Stock no. 1831305
Published by Heinemann Educational Books. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

A biography offering insights into Keats's family background, his financial difficulties, illnesses and unhappy love affair with Fanny Brawne, interpreting evey poem in the context of Keats's experience. Red cloth boards, black title block to spine with silver title. A few b/w illustrations. xv and 469 pages including index. Top edge red. Spine lightly sunned, a few minor marks to boards. Spine is slightly cocked. Text block lightly browned, top edge lightly faded. A few minor foxspots present else contents clean.

THE FLYING HORSES: TALES FROM CHINA
Written by Jo Manton; Robert Gittings. Illustrated by Derek Collard.
Stock no. 1828847
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Chinese stories taken from translations of Chinese history and literature, the dialogue and poems often embody and give substance to ancient Chinese sayings. They range in time from the earliest popular legends, which deal with the origins of the universe, to a twentieth-century account of the Revolution. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Full page b/w illustrations. 172 pages. ISBN: 041683440X. Text block lightly browned. Light browning to vertical edge of front endpaper and small foxspot else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and a little scuffed.