William Blake. A new kind of man.
1977. Berkeley: UC Press, [1977]. 8vo, 181 pp., 11 color plates and plates with 58 black-and-white illustrations. Paperback. § First American printing. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement p.449, B. More
1977. Berkeley: UC Press, [1977]. 8vo, 181 pp., 11 color plates and plates with 58 black-and-white illustrations. Paperback. § First American printing. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement p.449, B. More
1983. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1983. 8vo, 274pp. Yellow cloth in yellow illustrated dust-jacket. Sun fading to spine. Tightly bound. Very good. § First edition. Bentley, BBS, p.450: “a speculative attempt to see Blake’s myth as poetry.”. More
1983. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1983. 8vo, 274pp. Yellow cloth in yellow illustrated dust-jacket. Sun fading to spine. Tightly bound. Very good but for underlining in ink. § First edition. Bentley, BBS, p.450: “a speculative attempt to see Blake’s myth as poetry.”. More
1957. Oxford: OUP, 1957. 8vo, xx, 143 pp., 77 illustrations. Original blue cloth, with printed dust jacket, fine. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 1448: “These suggestive attempts to apply modern psychological distinctions to Blake’s art are most effective in the first chapter. The 77 plates include all of For..... More
1957. Oxford: OUP, 1957. 8vo, xx, 143 pp., 77 illustrations. Original blue cloth, with printed dust jacket with some chipping, inscribed in ink at front endpaper with Piers Gascoigne 1988. Fine. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 1448: “These suggestive attempts to apply modern psychological distinctions to Blake’s art are..... More
1957. Oxford: OUP, 1957. 8vo, xx, 143 pp., 77 illustrations. Original blue cloth, with worn printed dust jacket. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 1448: “These suggestive attempts to apply modern psychological distinctions to Blake’s art are most effective in the first chapter. The 77 plates include all of For..... More
1969. New Haven: Yale UP: 1969. 8vo, xv, 314 pp. Original brown cloth, dust-jacket, spine sunned, some wear on edges. Very good. § First edition. Bentley, BB, 1509: “a useful survey, concentrating on Gilchrist and Ellis & Yeats.”. More
1978. Boulder: Shambhala, 1978. Tall 8vo, 102 pp. including a full-color reproduction of the original. Wrappers, very good. § A very good-quality trade printing of Urizen, from copy G (Rosenwald) and with one plate from copy C (Mellon). Bentley, BBS, p.76. More
1992. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1992. Oblong 8vo, xxix, 287pp. Illustrated. Black cloth with illustrated dust-jacket. Very good. § First edition. Bentley, BBS, p.459: “an important essay in historiography”. More
1992. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1992. Oblong 8vo, xxix, 287pp. Illustrated. Black cloth with illustrated dust-jacket. Some scattered pencil annotations. Very good. § First edition. Bentley, BBS, p.459: “an important essay in historiography”. More
1907. London: Chatto and Windus, 1907. 8vo, xviii, 443pp. With a frontispiece and 12 plates. Original red cloth, backstrip faded and spotted, occasional foxing. § First Edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 1547: an amusing note praising some aspects of the book while ridiculing others (such as the suggestion that Blake was..... More
1970. New York: Haskell House, 1970. 8vo, xviii, 443pp. With a frontispiece and 12 plates. Green cloth. Very good. § Reprint. Bentley, Blake Books, 1547: an amusing note praising some aspects of the book while ridiculing others (such as the suggestion that Blake was Irish). More
1973. Normal: Illinois State University, 1973. 8vo, stapled as issued, with 16 illustrations, very good. § Offprint of Erdman’s article on Blake’s Milton. Inscribed by Erdman to Desirée Hirst with an affectionate note. More
1964. 1964 pp. [1]–54. 6 plates of illustrations. Printed wrappers, moderately soiled, a bit of staining and wear. § Presentation copy from the author (signed “David”) and with a three-line annotation by him to the text of the last page. Bentley, Blake Books, 1574. More
1977. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1977. Large 4to, xxxii plus 75 full-page plates and 6 other illustrations. Silver illustrated wraps with curling to edges. Bumping to corners. Inscribed to the American Blake Foundation from “Bob and Jenijoy” on title page. Very good. § Bentley, BBS, p.215: “useful introduction... slightly..... More
1973. London: OUP, 1973. 8vo, pp.50-59. With 6 illustrations. Original gray wrappers, stapled. § Offprint from William Blake: Essays in Honour of Geoffrey Keynes. Edited by Morton Paley and Michael Phillips. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p. 598. More
1994. New York: Abrams, 1994. 4to, 159pp. Illustrated with 64 color plates. Original wrappers, gift inscription in pencil on half-title; fine. § Perfect copy of this essential guide to one of the greatest Blake collections in the USA. More
1994. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. 8vo, 245pp. Green cloth with illustrated dust-jacket. Some pages with underlining. Otherwise very good. § First edition. Not in Bentley, BBS, which does mention two other works by her. More
1993. Glasgow: Hunterian Art Gallery, 1993. Slim small 8vo, 24 pp. Illustrated throughout in b/w. Original wrappers. § Introduction by Paul Stirton, focusing on Blake colections in Glasgow. More
1957. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC: 1957. 4to, 46 pp.; illustrations Original printed wrappers. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 674. More
1927. London: Privately Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1927. Large 4to, 63 pp., 48 of 49 plates, lacking the color plate. A good copy in original cloth. § A sumptuous catalogue with text by Binyon, Russell, and Keynes &c, and fine gravure plates. Bentley, Blake Books, 632A (the..... More
1906. London: Carfax, 1906. 8vo, 40 pp.. Original gray printed wrappers. Notice tipped-in opposite title page. Very good. § Rare catalogue wherein is reprinted parts of Blake’s original descriptive catalogue to accompany the paintings etc. in this show. Bentley, Blake Books, 600. More
1906. London: Carfax, 1906. 8vo, 40 pp.. Original gray printed wrappers, front cover intact but detached. Good. § Rare catalogue wherein is reprinted parts of Blake’s original descriptive catalogue to accompany the paintings etc. in this show. Bentley, Blake Books, 600. More
1947. [London]: Tate Gallery, 1947. 8vo, 40 pp., with 24 illustrations. Original wrappers, very good. Bentley, Blake Books, 657A. §. More
1974. Purchase, New York: Manhattanville College, 1974. 8vo, 14 page introduction, 27 plates with accompanying text, bibliography. Original wrappers, fine. § Well illustrated catalogue with commentary for each plate. Bentley, Blake Books, A 710. More