[MILTON, JOHN]. The Complete Poetical Works. Edited After the Original Texts by H. C. Beeching. London: Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1921.
First edition thus. Full leather. Hardcover. Octavo (195 x 130 x 35 mm). Pp. xiii, [3], 554. Stunning binding of full panelled calf, by Riviere & Son (signed on the front endleaf with an ink pallet); five raised spine bands; compartments ruled, lettered and fully decorated in gilt; morocco title plate in second compartment; beautiful inlay and gilt ruled and tooled borders to boards with gilt floral-esque corner-pieces; board edges with gilt ruled lines; inner gilt dentelles; all page edges gilt; marbled endpapers; half-title present; portrait frontispiece of Milton with tissue guard; facsimile title-pages; appendix to rear; preface by H. C. Beeching. Condition: FINE. An immaculate copy without previous ownership markings.
