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
1817. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1817-1831. Oblong folio, (2), 34 plates, 30 from Piroli's original set, plus 4 by Howard); Hesiod title page, 37 Blake plates, the first a second title page. Bound in original half brown morocco and cloth, gilt title to front cover, wear to... More
1791. London: Johnson, 1791. Single sheet copperplate engraving, frontispiece, 250 x 170 mm. Cleaned but still a little soiled, paper rubbed between title and imprint with no loss, signs of four folds. § Hartley’s Observations on Man, 1791 has this frontispiece engraved by Blake -- it was also issued as... More
1970. New York: Dover, 1970. Large 8vo, xiv, [184]pp, with 92 illustrations. Near fine in original illustrated wrappers. § A combination (though not complete) of the 1927 and 1956 editions of the drawings from Nonesuch. Bentley, BB, 405. More
1926. New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1926. 8vo, 16 leaves, unpaginated. Gray paper covered boards. Paper label affixed to front cover. Boards worn. Very good. § Limited edition of 200 copies. Bentley, BB, 252B. More
1926. New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1926. 8vo, 16 leaves, unpaginated. Gray paper covered boards. Top portion of spine missing. Paper label affixed to front cover. Boards worn. Glassine wrapper. Very good. § Limited edition of 200 copies. More
1984. Madrid: Swan, 1984. 8vo, 141pp. with 28 full-color plates. Illustrated wrappers, edges curled with minor soiling. Very good. § First edition. Bentley, BBS, p.76. More
1984. Madrid: Swan, 1984. 8vo, 141pp. with 28 full-color plates. Illustrated wrappers, with minor soiling. Very good. § First edition. Bentley, BBS, p.76. More
1949. Bournemouth: Bournemouth Arts Club, 1949. 8vo, 12pp, with decorated card wrappers, printed in red and black. Very good with rear cover slightly dusted. § From the inside rear cover of the catalogue it appears the compiler was Kerrison Preston. Bentley, BB, 658. More
1945. London: Faber and Faber, 1945. Slim 4to, 24 pp with 10 tipped-in color plates. Very good sewn into decorated pink wrappers as issued; slightly dusty at edges. § A selection of Blake’s best-known images in color. Bentley, BB, 398. More
2219. London: Christie’s, July 22, 1949. 8vo, 44 pp, illustrated with 16 full page black and white plates. Very Good in original wrappers, slightly dusty, with pencil annotations of prices and buyers for all 90 lots. § Bentley, Blake Books 659. More
1882. London: George Bell, 1882. Oblong quarto, bound in original pale brown cloth with gilt title on cover, lightly worn at edges and corners. The Hesiod Works and Days and Theogeny follows the Iliad and Odyssey, and collates: - (4, half title and contents list of plates), 37 plates, being... More
1888. Edmonton: William Muir, 1888. 4to, intaglio title page, iv ( text prologue), 18 leaves with Muir's black and white intaglio engraved plates, sewed, and more recently bound in vellum and new endpapers, and fitted into a modern marbled slipcase. Original Muir wrappers not bound in. § Possibly one... More
1796. London: by S. Gosnell for William Miller, 1796. Frontispiece only, 8 x 6.5 in. Trimmed to the image so losing the text below, but retaining the imprint at the foot “Blake inv. Perry sc.” One or two light spots of foxing, generally very good. § Frontispiece only. Blake’s illustrations... More
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1888. Edmonton: William Muir, 1888. 4to, intaglio title page, iv ( text prologue), 18 leaves with Muir's black and white intaglio engraved plates, sewed. [with] [25] leaves including the preliminary and final blank. Original wrappers, upper cover lettered in manuscript and signed and numbered by Muir. [with] 1 leaf signed... More
1991. Tate Gallery Publications, London: The William Blake Trust, [1991]. Folio, 302 pp., including 105 pages of color plates. Brown cloth in pictorial dust-jacket, with protective plastic. As new. § The first volume in this series of Blake’s illuminated books. The hard-bound edition has been long out of print. More
1995. Princeton: The William Blake Trust, [1995]. Lge. 4to, 367 pages, including 77 pages of color illustrations. Brown cloth in pictorial jacket. § The fourth volume in this series of Blake’s illuminated books, edited overall by David Bindman. As new. The hard-bound edition has been long out of print. More
1995. Princeton: The William Blake Trust, [1995]. Lge. 4to, 231 pages, including 57 pages of color illustrations. Brown cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. As new. § The sixth volume in this series of Blake’s illuminated books, edited overall by David Bindman. As new. The hard-bound edition has been long out of print. More
1995. Princeton: The William Blake Trust, [1995]. Folio, 231 pp., including 57 pp. of illustrations. Brown cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. The sixth volume in this series of Blake’s illuminated books. As new. § The sixth volume in this series of Blake’s illuminated books, edited overall by David Bindman. As... More
