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Blake Books. Annotated Catalogue of William Blake’s Writings in Illuminated Printing, in Conventional Typography, and in Manuscripts and Reprints thereof, Reproductions of his Designs, Books with his Engravings, Catalogues, books he owned, and schola [Bentley, G.E. Jr.] [Oxford: University Press, 1977] Martino Publishing: 2000. Very thick 8vo, 1200 pages. Original cloth. Second edition, with a new 15 page preface and 37 page post script by Bentley. The Blake Bible, reissued rather poorly but useful for the additions by Bentley though it is unfortunate that Blake Records and the two Supplements were not reissued at the same time. The original editions of both (and Supplements) are usually in stock for those who prefer the original format and printing. ... $200.00

Blake Records Supplement. [Bentley, G.E. Jr.] Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1988. 8vo, xlviii, 152 pp., plates. Reprinted in 2004 in one volume with additions, at $125. See Bentley, Blake Books, 1158. ... $45.00

Blake Records [and] Blake Records Supplement. [Bentley, G.E. Jr.] Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1969–88. 8vo, xxviii, 678, [1], 60 plates; xlviii, 152 pages, plates. Dust-jacket with a little wear to edges. Reprinted in 2004 in one volume with additions, at $125. Bentley, Blake Books, 1158. ... $90.00

What is the Price of Experience? William Blake and the Economics of Illuminated Painting. [Bentley, G.E. Jr.] Toronto: University of Toronto, 1999. 8vo, [25]pp. Stapled offprint, pages numbered [617] -641. Corners curled. Else very good. Stapled offprint from University of Toronto Quarterly, Volume 68, Number 2, Spring 1999. ... $15.00

William Blake. The Critical Heritage. [Bentley, G.E. Jr.] London and Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, [1975]. 8vo, xix, [1], 294 pp., 20 plates. Dust-jacket with minor sunning and soiling at backstrip. Bentley, Blake Books, A1181. ... $35.00

“Blake’s Engravings and His Friendship with Flaxman.” [in] Studies in Bibliography. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. Volume Twelve. [Bentley, G.E., Jr.] Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1959. 8vo, 260 pp. 8 plates. Brown cloth with paper label affixed to front and backstrip. Pages deckled. Light bumping to corners. Very good. Bentley, Blake Books, 1161: “Blake’s relationship with Flaxman traced through manuscript references, some of them new.” ... $30.00

The Early Engravings of Flaxman’s Classical Designs. [Bentley, G.E., Jr.] New York: The New York Public Library, 1964. 8vo, 63 pp. Illustrated. Stapled wrappers with a few very small closed tears along edges. Very good. The standard catalogue of the subject. ... $20.00

Vala; or, The Four Zoas. A Facsimile of the Manuscript, a Trancript of the Poem and a Study of its Growth and Significance by G. E. Bentley, Jr. [Blake, William. Bentley, G.E. Jr.] Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1963. Large folio, xviii, 220 pages. 142 pages of plates. With the editor’s presentation slip laid in. Cloth a bit faded, with one smudge to the spine. Bookplate of George Goyder. First edition thus. A fine production of the only facsimile of this huge manuscript. Bentley, Blake Books, 212. ... $400.00