The Early Engravings of Flaxman's Classical Designs.
1964. New York: The New York Public Library, 1964. 8vo, 63pp, extensively illustrated throughout. Near Fine in original wrappers. § The only significant study of the subject. More
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Thorne Collection. The Blake Collection of Mrs Landon K. Thorne.
1971. New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971. Royal 8vo, 65 pp, with 30 plates. Very good in original illustrated wrappers, slightly worn at spine edges. One of 1500 copies, with an introduction by Charles Ryskamp. § Limited to 1500 copies. Noble collection of Blake given to the Morgan Library; this..... More
Blake Books. Annotated Catalogue of William Blake’s Writings in Illuminated Printing, in Conventional Typography, and in Manuscripts and Reprints thereof, Reproductions of his Designs, Books with his Engravings, Catalogues, books he owned, and scholarly and critical works about him.
1977. [Oxford: University Press, 1977] Martino Publishing: 2000. Very thick 8vo, 1200 pages. Original cloth, fine. § Second edition, with a new 15 page preface and 37 page post script by Bentley. The Blake Bible, with additional material. More
A Unique Prospectus for Blake’s Grave Designs.
1974. Princeton: Library Chronicle, 1974. Slim 8vo, pp. 321–324, one plate. Original red printed wrappers, stapled. ‘Extracted from the Princeton University Library Chronicle, Volume XXXV, Number 3, Spring 1974.’ Very good. § Offprint, inscribed by Bentley to George Goyder. Bentley, Blake Books, A1177. More
William Blake. The Critical Heritage.
1975. London and Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, [1975]. 8vo, xix, [1], 294 pages, 20 plates. Dust-jacket with minor sunning and soiling at spine. § Bentley, Blake Books, A1181. More
William Blake’s Conversations. A Compilation, Concordance, and Rhetorical Analysis.
2008. Lewiston, Queenston, Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2008. 8vo, xlix, (2), 297, (3) pp., 1 plate in color. Orange cloth with full-color Blake illustration (‘The Sun at his Eastern Gate’) to top cover, author photograph to bottom cover. Fine. § In print. More
William Blake’s Writings edited by G.E. Bentley, Jr. Volume I Engraved and Etched Writings. Volume II Writings in Conventional Typography and in Manuscript.
1978. Oxford: 1978. 2 vols., 8vo, lvi, 745; vii, [746]-1820 pages, illustrated throughout and with maps of Blake’s Britain at the end of vol. II. Original blue cloth, dust-jackets, fine. § The first volume contains all the text of the illuminated books, along with numerous reproductions and bibliographical details; the..... More
A Blake Bibliography.
1964. University of Minnesota Press, 1964. 8vo, xix, 393 pp. Illus. Original cloth, dust-jacket in protective plastic. A very good copy. § First edition. The Bible until Bentley’s Blake Books and Essick’s various books came along. More
Blake Records Supplement.
1988. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988. 8vo, xlviii, 152 pp, wth 5 black and white illustrations. Near fine in original blue cloth and clear acetate wrapper. § Reprinted in 2004 in one volume with additions, at $125. See Bentley, BB, 1158. More
Blake, Hayley and Lady Hesketh (Reprint from The Review of English Studies, July 1956).
1956. Oxford: Oxford University Press( for The Review of English Studies), 1956. 8vo, 23 pp.Inscribed offprint by Bentley for George Goyder, very good in stapled wrappers, with Goyder's pencil underlinings throughout. § Bentley, BB, 1157. More
Two Contemporary facsimiles of "Songs of Innocence and Experience".
1970. Bibliographical Society of America, 1970. 8vo, 16pp.Very good in gray wrappers. Inscribed offprint from vol 64, Fourth Quarter, of the Papers of The Bibliographical Society of America, from Bentley for George Goyder. Very good in stapled wrappers. § Bentley's thorough analysis of the two facsimiles dates both before 1825..... More
Sunrise-Land: Rambles in Eastern England. By Mrs Alfred Berlyn, ("Vera").
1894. London: Jarrold & Sons, 1894 [c.1898]. Sm. 8vo, vi (ads, including pastedown), x, [9]-346, (ix)-xxvii (ads, including pastedown) pp. With 75 black and white illustrations by Rackham plus illustrations by other artists. Original blue cloth, lettered in red and black, upper board with the image of sunrise behind an..... More
Geofroy Tory Painter and Engraver: First Royal Printer: Reformer of Orthography and Typography under François I...
1909. Cambridge, MA: Riverside Press, 1909. Large 8vo, (20), 332, (8, index) pp. Illustrated throughout. Original green paper over boards stamped in gilt on both covers, dust-jacket, slipcase, a fine copy with the Joseph Halle Schaffner bookplate. § Number 302 of 370 copies on handmade paper printed in red and..... More
The Eternal Body: A Collection of Fifty Nudes.
2005. Carmel, CA: Photography West Graphics, 2005. Oblong 4to (12.25 x 12 inches), 124 pp. 50 full-page tri-toned black and white plates. Pink cloth lettered in silver, pictorial dust-jacket, matching slipcase. Near fine; one corner slightly bumped. § Centennial edition, no. 33 of 100 copies signed by Bernhard. First issued..... More
William Blake and the Moderns.
1982. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1982. 8vo, xv, 294pp. Orange printed wrappers. Sunning to backstrip. Very good. § First paperback edition of this collection of essays examining Blake’s influence on modern poetry; by Adams, Pease, Ostriker, Gleckner, etc. Bentley, BBS, p.370 (listing the titles of the 14..... More
William Blake. The World’s Masters-New Series.
1948. London & New York: Studio Publications, [1948]. Small 4to, 64 pp., portrait and 48 numbered illustrations, many full-page. Decorated boards, head and foot of backstrip chipped away. A reading copy. § A simple introductory guide to Blake. Bentley, Blake Books, 411. More
William Blake. The World’s Masters-New Series.
1948. London: The Studio Publications, 1948. Small 8vo, 64 pp, portrait and 48 numbered illustrations, many full-page. Decorated boards, with slight wear to rear lower spine edge. § A simple introductory guide to Blake. Bentley, BB, 411. More
William Blake. The World’s Masters-New Series.
1948. London & New York: Studio Publications, [1948]. Small 4to, 64 pp., portrait and 48 numbered illustrations, many full-page. Decorated boards, a little light soiling, minor creasing to backstrip cover, rubbed along joints. § A simple introductory guide to Blake. Bentley, Blake Books, 411. More
History of British Birds.
1797. Newcastle: Sol. Hodgeson for Beilby & Bewick, 1797-1804. 8vo, 2 vols., xxx, 1, 335, (1); xx, 400 pp. Finely bound in early 20th century full green morocco gilt by Ramage, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Backstrip and boards faded, light foxing; bookplates of the distinguished collector Charles Williams Dyson Perrins..... More
THOMAS BEWICK & THE FABLES OF AESOP. Biographical Sketch by John W. Borden. History of the Fables by Janet S. Krueger. With an Original Leaf from the First Edition (1818) of "The Fables of Aesop" and a New Impression from One of Bewick's Original Wood Engravings.
1983. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1983. 4to. 58,(4)pp. Frontispiece, 8 illustrations, an original leaf, and a proof from an original block. Original brown boards, white paper spine label. As issued, in perfect condition. § Edition limited to 518 numbered copies. The inserted leaf is “ Jupiter and..... More
Fables by Walter Brown. With Cuts by Thomas Bewick.
1884. London: Published by S. Grosvenor, 324, Upper Street, Islington, MDCCCLXXXIV [1884]. Small 4to, (12), (1)-68, (6) pp. Original half cloth and blue paper wrapped boards, edges uncut, considerable wear to boards and backstrip, endpapers toned, occasional foxing throughout, but pages generally bright and with good impressions of the woodcuts..... More
A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible, 1535; With an Historical Introduction by Allen P. Wikgren, and A Census of Copies Recorded...
1974. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1974. Folio, 45 pp., illustrated throughout including a sepia portrait of Coverdale and a folding facsimile of the original map; and with an original leaf tipped in. A very good copy. § Limited to 425 copies including a number of “special” copies, thus..... More
The Rhemes New Testament. Being a Full and Particular Account of the Origins, Printing, and Subsequent Influences of the First Roman Catholic New Testament in English, with the Divers Controversies Occasioned by Its Publication Diligently Expounded for the Edification of the Reader by ...Accompanied by a Leaf from the Original Edition...
1990. San Francisco Book Club of California 1990. 4to, [vi] 40pp. Original quarter red morocco, backstrip lettered in gilt, as new. § Limited to 395 copies printed by W. Thomas Taylor Also known as the Douai Bible, the Rhemes New Testament is one of the most important and influential Biblical..... More
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and The New: Translated out of the Original Tongues, and With the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By His Majesty’s Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches.
1763. Cambridge: Printed by John Baskerville, Printer to the University, 1763. Royal folio, 573 unnumbered leaves. A2, 1, B-13D2, *a-*e2, *f1. English binding of contemporary full blue-green morocco, covers with elaborate gilt border, backstrip richly gilt with red morocco lettering pieces stamped in gilt "HOLY BIBLE" and at the foot..... More
La Sainte Bible en latin et en françois, avec des notes litterales, critiques et historiques : des préfaces et des dissertations tirées du Commentaire de Dom Augustin Calmet, Abbé de Senones, de M. l'Abbé de Vence, & des auteurs les plus célébres : pour faciliter l'intelligence de l'Écriture Sainte. Seconde édition augmentée, enrichie de figures en taille-douce & cartes géographiques.
1767. Paris: Boudet, Desaint et Avignon, Merande, 1767-1773. 17 vols, 4to, 33 engraved plates (some folding), 6 letterpress tables (some folding). Contemporary/original mottled calf, spines gilt and gilt-lettered. A bit dry and worn but quite sound. § A lovely quarto edition of the Bible in Latin and French, also issued..... More