Kentfield, California: The L-D Allen Press, 1956. 4to, viii, 43 pp. Quarter vellum, illustrated designs on front cover. Bookplate. Backstrip toned, occasional light foxing; a very good copy in slipcase. § One of 130 copies printed by the Allens in hand-set Romanée on handmade paper. Illustrated with wood-engraved vignettes &..... More
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London, W. E. Andrews, 1824-1826. 8vo, (4), 412, (4), 430 pp. Illustrated with woodcuts. Early diapered calf with gilt rolls, backstrip elaborately gilt. Binding rubbed and slightly worn but sound, some foxing and browning. Very good. § First edition in book form of volumes one and two, comprising 51 parts..... More
London: C, Bathurst, T. Payne and others, 1783. 5 vols, 8vo, [8], cxxxi, 335; [4], 407: [4], 427; [4], 438; [4], (16, subscribers and errata), 322, vi, (55, errata and index) pp., with a frontispiece also in each volume and 3 further plates in The Life of Ariosto following the..... More
[London : Dalla Stamperia di Gul. Bulmer, 1801]. Thick 4to, [2], [1], 1-721 pp. Printed in English and Italian. Contemporary red straight-grained goatskin, flat spine banded with double gilt rules, single gilt rule to the margins of the boards, all edges gilt, some foxing to the preliminaries, binding repaired and..... More
San Fransico: Book Club of California, 1941. Folio, (12), 74 pp. With 4 color plates (including frontispiece). Grey boartds, vellum backstrip, top edge a bit gnawed, internally fine. § Limited to 350 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. The historical introduction by Edith Coulter describes Beechey's visit en route to..... More
London: Studio, Limited, 1922. 4to, vii, 29 pp. With 16 color plates and 92 black-and-white plates. Original parchment, upper cover lettered in gilt, black label on backstrip, original gray cloth folding box. § Edition de luxe limited to 200 copies. Bentley, Blake Books, 404. More
London: Ernest Benn; New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926. 4to, xiv, 140 pp., 82 plates, with additional text on the tissue guards. White buckram backstrip, decorated boards in printed dust-jacket; a good copy. § First edition, limited to 1000 copies. There was also a de luxe edition of 100 copies..... More
Leicester: Black Knight Press, 1970. Slim Small 8vo, [9]pp. With four lino cuts by Duine Campbell in olive green, rust brown, or blue-green. Sewn with brown thread into moss green card covers, cut flush, printed in black on the front, as issued. § Limited to 100 copies, handset in Bembo..... More
N.p.: n.d. Single sheet, 8 x 5 ins, b/w engraving of a ship sinking, signed “Blake sc.”. § A print by the “wrong Blake” as Bentley described the various other Blakes who were artists or engravers roughly within Blake’s lifetime. The ship sank in 1803; curiously a similar image but..... More
London: Christie’s, 1993. Small 4to, original printed wrappers. Fine. § A small but choice sale of 13 lots most now in America, including the black and white copy of Jerusalem from which the Trianon Press facsimile was made (now in a private collection in Chicago) and several lots bought by..... More
London: Trianon Press, 1971. 2 vols., 4to and small 4to, with 20 color plates. Quarter brown morocco, slipcase a trifle worn. § Limited to 590 copies, this copy no. 89. Bentley, Blake Books, 202. More
London: J, Johnson, 1806. 2 vols. 4to, xviii, 423, (4, index and plate list); iv, 419 ( 6, index and plate list) pp, with 40 hand-coloured plates in both vol I and vol II as called for plus hand-coloured title page to vol I and coloured vignette to both volumes..... More
[N. P.]: The William Blake Trust, 2009. Folio, 95pp. Original black silk binding, with morocco labels, stamped in gilt, to top board and backstrip, black cloth-covered slipcase; illustrated throughout with color reproductions of watercolor drawings, as well as engravings. As new. § First edition, limited to 186 copies, out of..... More
London: Trianon Press, 1970. 4to, with 10 facsimile leaves, 5 pp. commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes, plus 32 pp. of the progressive collotype printings. Full green morocco, near fine with green marbled slipcase. § Copy III of 36 de luxe copies. The total edition was of 662 copies including 36..... More
London: Trianon Press, 1970. 4to, 10 facsimile leaves and 5 pp. of commentary. Original full green morocco, backstrip slightly faded as usual, slipcase. § Edition de luxe, this being copy h.c. ii, limited to 36 copies specially bound with extra suites of the plates, of an edition in all of..... More
Isle of Ely: Waterside Press, 1981. 8vo, 7 leaves, 3 with letterpress, the remainder blank. Bookplate of L. Turner on front pastedown on which has been hand-noted "Given to me by Sir Geoffrey Keynes when I visited him at his house". Green card wrappers with printed label on upper cover..... More
London and other UK Locations: Various, c 1990 - 2010. 25 items, mainly single 8vo sheets or smaller invitation cards, issued by The Tate Gallery, The Blake Society, The Termenos Academy, UK Universities and Colleges, and Publishers and various other organisations. All in very good or new condition. §. More
London: Frederick Hollyer, 1926. Small 4to, title, 10 leaves. Original quarter cloth, brown boards lettered in black. Board tips a little rubbed, internally fine. § Limited apparently to a small number of copies, of which some were colored. This copy, inscribed by Ann Hollyer as a gift, is stated to..... More
New York: United Book Guild, 1947. 8vo, (8; Half-title,with colour frontispiece of Thiralatha from "Visions of the Daughters of Albion" tipped-in, Title page, and 3pp foreword by Ruthen Todd), 18 pp : lithographs in dark green ink printed on yellow paper. Very good in quarter red cloth over black boards..... More
New York: United Book Guild, 1947. 8vo, (8; Half-title,with colour frontispiece of Thiralatha from "Visions of the Daughters of Albion" tipped-in, Title page, and 3pp foreword by Ruthen Todd), 18 pp : lithographs in dark green ink printed on yellow paper. Very good in quarter red cloth over black boards..... More
[New York: 1947]. 8vo, [19] pp. Woodblock prints on yellow paper. Quarter red cloth, black paper boards. Illustration affixed to front. Very good. § An odd reproduction, printed on yellow paper, with a color plate from ‘Visions’ on the upper cover and another color plate tipped in opposite the title-page..... More
Normal, Illinois: The American Blake Foundation, 1974. 4to, 21 pp. and 18 facsimile plates in black and white. Near fine in illustrated red wrappers, and an additional loose set of the 18 facsimilies and the Check-List of Secondary Materials in English which accompanies Easson’s Editorial Comments and Bentley’s Introduction. All..... More
Normal, Illinois: The American Blake Foundation, 1974. 4to, 21 pp. and 18 facsimile plates in black and white. Near fine in illustrated red wrappers, and an additional loose set of the 18 facsimilies and the Check-List of Secondary Materials in English which accompanies Easson’s Editorial Comments and Bentley’s Introduction. Original..... More
Normal, Illinois: The American Blake Foundation, 1974. 4to, 21 pp. and 18 facsimile plates in black and white. Near fine in illustrated red wrappers, and an additional loose set of the 18 facsimilies and the Check-List of Secondary Materials in English which accompanies Easson’s Editorial Comments and Bentley’s Introduction. Original..... More
New York: Dover, 1983. 4to, 47pp, with 35 colored illustrations. Near fine in original illustrated wrappers. Contains text version and brief commentary, plus facsimiles of copy M of America and B, G, and K of Europe. § First Dover edition. Reproduces copy M of America and copies B, G, and..... More
