The Augustan Books of English Poetry. William Blake.
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
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The Blake-Varley Sketchbook of 1819 in the Collection of M.D.E. Clayton-Stamm. Introduction and Notes by Martin Butlin.
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
Blake’s America: A Prophecy [and] Europe: A Prophecy. Facsimile Reproductions of Two Illuminated Books with 35 Plates in Full Color.
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
The Book Collector Spring 1979 : Blake and Palmer Essay Edition.
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
The Book of Ahania.
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
The Book of Ahania.
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
The Book of Los.
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
The Book of Thel (and) Visions of the Daughters of Albion.
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
The Book of Thel.
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
The Book Of Urizen. Edited and with an Introduction by Kay Parkhurst Easson And Roger R. Easson.
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
The Book of Urizen. Introduction by Clark Emery.
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
“Calling Card” (sometimes called a bookplate) for George Cumberland.
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
“Calling Card” (sometimes called a bookplate) for George Cumberland.
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
Catalogue of a choice Selection of the original Productions of William Blake the property of the Earl of Crewe.
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
Catalogue of Drawings by William Blake the property of Captain Butts.
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
Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims Painted in Fresco by William Blake & by him Engraved & Published October 8 1810.
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
Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims Painted in Fresco by William Blake & by him Engraved & Published October 8 1810.
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
Compositions from The Works Days and Theogony of Hesiod. Designed by John Flaxman, engraved by William Blake. [with] Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus Designed by John Flaxman, Engraved by Thomas Piroli, and Frank Howard.
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
David Hartley, M.A. From a Painting by Shackelton.
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
Drawings of William Blake; 92 Pencil Studies: Selection, Introduction and Commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes.
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
Eight Songs of William Blake.
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
Eight Songs of William Blake.
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
El Libro de Urizen. Version en Castellano de Avantos Swan.
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
El Libro de Urizen. Version en Castellano de Avantos Swan.
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
An Exhibition of Original Works by William Blake...From the Graham Robertson Collection.
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