1925. Olney, Bucks.: The Blake Society, 1925. 4to, [24] pages. Six plates, additional illus. Original wrappers. Wrappers a bit soiled and worn. Very good. § One of 100 numbered copies. A scarce item from the eccentric Wright - not located in Bentley but probably there somewhere. More
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1788. London: J.R. Smith, 1788. 2 prints, images 21 x 26 cms., with full margins and imprints. Well printed in brown ink, cleaned and titles mounted below the prints, in very good condition. § Second state of The Idle Laundress, third state of Industrious Cottager, good impressions. These two prints... More
1825. London: [plates dated] 1825 [but published 1826]. Folio, 320 x 254 mm, engraved title and 21 plates. Proofs on India paper mounted on handmade paper, some leaves watermarked J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1825. Matted, a brilliant set, with the original printed label preserved. § First edition, limited to 150... More
1935. New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1935. Large 4to, text, illustrations including 63 color facsimile plates, in six fascicles in original wrappers with labels, enclosed in a blue cloth box worn. § A magnificent production, showing for the first time the three colored sets done by Blake and the drawings... More
1882. London: March 8, 1825 (but published 1826). Proof on India paper mounted on handmade paper, some leaves watermarked J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1825. A fine impression. Matted. § Single plate from the first edition, one of 150 proof sets on India paper. Bentley, Blake Books, 421A. Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 625–641C. More
1937. London: Dent, and New York: Dutton, 1937. 4to, [5], 22 color plates, 9pp.note at end. Original black cloth, gilt top. § Bentley, BB, 375 . The color illustrations are from the "New Zealand " set. More
1927. London: Ernest Benn, 1927. 4to, (6), 56, (4) pp, with 22 plates. In original black cloth with binding firm, but some wear to head and tail of spine, the latter with an neat sewn repair with black thread. § A scarce edition, well printed by the Westminster Press with collotype plates. Bentley, BB, 431. More
1951. London: Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust, 1951. 4to, (6), ix, 100 color plates. Very good in original dark blue buckram with protective acetate wrapper, in a folding box, with grey cloth spine and patterned paper covers, slight fraying to cloth at top and bottom of front cloth... More
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1951. London: Trianon Press, [1951] [and] London: Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, [1954]. Small 4to, 116 text, errata, 100 facsimile pp. [and] Small 4to, xv, 264 pp. Both vols. in original cloth, with gilt lettering and matching dust jackets. Both dust jackets a little age toned, some paste... More
1951. London: Trianon Press, [1951] [and] London: Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, [1954]. Small 4to, 116 text, errata, 100 facsimile pp. [and] Small 4to, xv, 264 pp. Both vols. in original orange cloth, with gilt lettering and dust jackets, a bit worn. § [Jerusalem:] 2500 copies printed... More
1951. London: Trianon Press, [1951] [and] London: Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, [1954]. Small 4to, 116 text, errata, 100 facsimile pp.[and] Small 4to, xv, 264 pp.Both vols. in original orange cloth, with gilt lettering and dust jacket. Good copies if slightly worn § [Jerusalem:] 2500 copies printed. Facsimile... More
1877. [London: John Pearson, 1877]. Large 4to, 100 plates, printed in black and white, with black framing lines. Original blue-gray wrappers, textblock untrimmed, internally slightly foxed, wrappers mended at backstrip and at edges. Bookplate of Pamela and Raymond Lister. § A wonderful facsimile of copy D (now at Harvard), limited... More
1947. New York: United Book Guild, 1947. Folio, 2-page introduction by Patchen and 22 tipped-on blue-hued plates. Original black cloth folder rather worn, internally good. § Bentley, Blake Books, 432: “evidently issued in several forms”, this copy without the essay by Damon sometimes present. More
1780. London: Harrison and co., [1780-81]. Single plate, 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges, very good. § First edition thus, issued originally in parts and perhaps thus of great rarity. The last copy to change hands was in 1993 when Essick bought his copy; he has... More
1780. London: Harrison and co., [1780-81]. Single plate, 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges, very good. § First edition thus, issued originally in parts and perhaps thus of great rarity. The last copy to change hands was in 1993 when Essick bought his copy; he has... More
1998. [London:] Designed and printed by Linda Anne Landers at Spoon Print Press, 1998. 8vo, (unpaginated), with a letterpress title and one leaf of text and 8 color-printed woodblock illustrations. As new. § Number 89 of 100 copies numbered and signed by Landers. A lovely production of Blake's famous poem;... More
1969. New York: Dell, 1969. Small 8vo, 159pp.; paperback. § 6th printing. A good selection of Blake’s poetry (reprinted many times and thus evidently well received), with illuminating notes by Ruthven Todd who also wrote on Blake’s art and printing techniques. The series was edited by Richard Wilbur. Bentley 226..... More
1926. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1926. 4to, ix pp., illustrated facsimiles of the original letters. Quarter gray cloth, marbled boards, printed label on upper cover. § Limited to 325 copies. Facsimiles of the only 10 letters known to have survived written by Blake to his friend and patron of thirty years... More
1906. New York: Scribners, 1906. 8vo, xlvii, 237, 40 (ads) pp. With a frontispiece and 11 plates. Original blue cloth gilt, ink stain and ink signature on front endpaper, a very good copy. § First edition of this collection. Bentley, Blake Books, 88. More
1976. Berlin: Insel Verlag, 1976. Small 8vo, 115pp. Pages 9-62 with full page, full-color plates. Illustrated wrappers. Very good. § Early but not first printing (9-13 thousand). Bentley, BB, C191: “persuasive facsimile... German translation..., and Hoffmann’s ‘Nachwort’.”. More
Printed for & sold by the Widow Spicer of Folkstone for the Benefit of her Orphans. [n.d.] 55.9 x 22.9 cm., single sheet folded once, with some traces of mounting tape on the vertical margin, some creases but very good. § The very fine William Muir facsimile, often mistaken in... More
1780. London: Harrison and co., [1780-81]. Single plate, 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges, very good. § First edition thus, issued originally in parts and perhaps thus of great rarity. The last copy to change hands was in 1993 when Essick bought his copy; he has... More
1905. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905. Small 8vo, li, 196 pp, with frontispiece from "Milton". Very good in original green cloth with ornate gilt cover and spine rules and decoration, and spine a touch darkened. § Bentley, BB, 275 A. First Sampson Edition. More
1885. Edmonton: William Muir, 1885. 4to, 1p.preface by Muir, 27 leaves hand-colored, 1p.appendix, 2 leaves at the end in facsimile of Blake’s manuscript arrangement of the Songs of Innocence and of Experience, and the separate plate ‘A Divine Image’. Original printed wrappers, bound into contemporary half navy calf gilt with..... More
1868. London: John Camden Hotten, 1868. 4to, 27 hand-coloured plates over lithographs, printed on paper replicating Blake's original supply. Rebound in full red morocco with gilt decoration and black leather gilt label to spine, in fitted red morocco slipcase. Very good with occasional pages spotted as usual in this edition... More
