1926. London: Frederick Hollyer, 1926. Small 4to, title, 10 leaves. Original quarter cloth, brown boards lettered in black. 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 be a trial or proof..... More
1947. 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..... More
1947. 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..... More
1947. [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..... More
1974. Normal, Illinois: The American Blake Foundation, 1974. 4to, 21 pp and 18 facsimile plates in black and white. The non limited edition version, without the 9 extra facsmile plates from variant copies. Near fine in illustrated red wrappers, and an additional loose set of the 18 facsimilies and the..... More
20 postcard reproductions of Blake's (16) and Palmer's (4) pictures and drawings from various galleries, many from the Tate, plus a few from The Fitzwilliam Museum and one from Boston. §. More
1968. Bronxville: Valenti Angelo, 1968. Slim tall 8vo, 9pp. Original pink boards, printed label. § Limited to 35 copies, this one of a very few in boards as most copies were sewn in blue wrappers, Bentley, Blake Books, 224 (not noting limitation). Auguries of Innocence is a poem from one..... More
1975. Burford: Cygnet Press, 1975. Slim 8vo, 18, (1, colophon) pp. Original orange printed wrappers, as new. § Limited to 375 copies, this copy is number 95. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p.148. Auguries of Innocence is a poem from one of William Blake's notebooks now known as The Pickering Manuscript..... More
1928. London: Ernest Benn, [1928]. Slim 8vo, 31pp. Original printed wrappers. § One in a series of printings of English poets, this one containing 34 of Blake’s best known poems. More
1969. London: Heinemann, 1969. 2 vols., oblong 8vo, text vol. xiv, 40 pp., with 12 illustrations; facsimile vol. to match, in calf-backed green buckram, slipcase faded, backstrip scuffed on volumes 1 and 2. Facsimile volume with loose leaves, repaired. § Limited to 800 copies. The facsimile of the notebook..... More
1983. 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...... More
1979. London: The Collector Ltd, 1979. 8vo, 176 pp.Very good in magenta wrappers. § There are 5 essays covering Blake and Palmer, including those by Michael Phillips, Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Raymond Lister and Arnold Fawcus. More
1973. London: Trianon Press, 1973. 4to, 6 color facsimile leaves, 5 pp.of commentary. Quarter black morocco, slipcase. As new. Joseph Holland's copy. § Limited to 808 copies. Bentley, BB, A15. “Blake suppressed the “Book of Ahania” and recast her tale in “The Four Zoas”. She is Urizen’s ‘Shadowy Feminine Semblance’..... More
1973. London: Trianon Press, 1973. 4to, 6 color facsimile leaves, 5 pp.of commentary. Quarter black morocco, slipcase. As new. § #283 of 808 copies. Bentley, BB, A15. “Blake suppressed the “Book of Ahania” and recast her tale in “The Four Zoas”. She is Urizen’s ‘Shadowy Feminine Semblance’ ”. (Damon, Blake..... More
1976. London: Trianon Press, 1976. 4to, 5 colour plates and commentary by Sir Geoffery Keynes. Near Fine in marbled boards and quarter brown morocco. Slipcase. § Limited to 538 copies. The companion volume to the Book of Ahania. One copy of The Book of Los is known. Bentley, BB, supplement..... More
1885. Edmonton: William Muir, 1885. 4to, 1 (preface by Muir), 8 hand- colored leaves; 1(preface by Muir), 11 hand-colored leaves, bound with tissue guards in original gray wrappers as issued by Muir: copies 24 and 30. Bound in contemporary half navy calf gilt with navy morocco and gilt label on..... More
1928. London: Gollancz, 1928. Thin 4to, 8 facsimile leaves plus colophon. Original black cloth with gilt decoration and titling: a few slight gray speckles to cloth. § Facsimile limited to 1700 copies for the UK and the USA. Bentley, BB, 22. More
1979. London: Thames and Hudson, 1979. 8vo, 102pp, with colored reproduction of the original (Copy G) and a 35 page commentary. Very good in original illustrated wrappers, with slight crease to one corner of rear wrapper. § Reissue of 1978 Shambhala edition. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement 76. More
1969. Florida: University of Miami Press, 1969. Small 8vo, 54pp. plus 27 black and white plates. Printed wrappers. Signs of wear. Very good. § Second edition. Bentley, BB, 41B: “ dealing largely with Gnosticism”. More
Sheet 10.2 x 12.8 cm., image and plate mark as per Essick (3.1 x 7.8 cm., and 3.3 x 8.1 cm. respectively). Printed in pale brown on a small 8vo sheet. Delicately printed, with three tiny ink spots within the margins, in very fine condition. § Blake’s last engraving, executed..... More
1827. [London: William Blake, 1827]. Printed in black ink on thick card. Very finely printed, in good condition though trimmed very close to the image at the left and right edges, once pasted down and thus with traces of mounting on the verso and pencil notes from an earlier collector..... More
1903. London: Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge, 1903. 8vo, title-page and 4 pages of text. Original printed wrappers, a bit worn. § A sale of the first order of importance, though only comprising 18 lots. Each lot is priced; the highest price was £5600 for the Illustrations of the Book of..... More
1903. London: Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge, 1903. 8vo, title-page and 4 pages of text. Original printed wrappers, in later cloth-backed marbled boards. § A sale of the first order of importance, though only comprising 42 lots, of which 23 were from the Butts collection comprising 18 original drawings, 4 printed..... More
5188. [London: Colnaghi printing, after 5 March 1881]. Impression measures 93.9 x 30 cm., printed on laid India paper; recently cleaned. § Final state: it is worth noting that the only difference between the so-called fourth and fifth states is the absence of the scratched dry-point inscriptions clearly visible in..... More
1940. [London: Sessler printing, c.1940's]. Impression measures 93.9 x 30 cm., an excellent impression, in deep, rich black ink on wove paper, watermarked FRANCE, lower right, watermark partially trimmed; recently cleaned. § Final state, lacking the drypoint inscriptions added in the fourth state. it is worth noting that the..... More
