Blake’s Humanism.
1968. Manchester: Manchester UP; New York: Barnes & Noble, [1968]. 8vo, xiii [1], 269 pp., frontispiece and 54 illustrations. Original red cloth, dust-jacket. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 1143. More
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Blüthe und Frucht in dekorativer Anordnung. Nach der Natur aufgenommen. Eine Sammlung von Studien für das moderne Kunstgewerbe, enthaltend Friese, Pilaster, Flächenmuster, Füllungen, Gehänge, Stilleben und dergleichen nach natürlichen Pflanzen und Geräthen.
1900. Berlin and New York: Bruno Hessling, n.d. [circa 1900]. Folio, title-page, 36 b&w heliotypes tinted with yellow. Disbound plates housed in a quarter blue cloth portfolio with beige paper boards printed in raw umber with floral illustrations, and cloth ties. Portfolio is a bit rubbed around the edges, some..... More
"The Thomas Bell library." The catalogue of 15000 volumes of scarce & curious printed books and unique manuscripts comprised in the unrivalled library collected by the late Thomas Bell ... between the year 1797 & 1860, which will be sold by auction ... by Mr. Geo. Hardcastle on Monday, 15. Oct. 1860 and following days.
Newcastle upon Tyne, Imprinted by J.G. Foster, 1860. 8vo, [6], 276 pp. Title in red and black, engraved initials and ornaments, several by Bewick. Untrimmed in original printed stiff card wrappers, rebacked. Small printed announcement pasted to last leaf: "Gentlemen who cannot attend the sale of Mr. Bell's Library, may..... More
Dangling Man.
1944. New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944. 8vo,191 pp. Original green cloth, lettered in brown on backstrip and with publisher’s device on upper cover, cloth faded in places, internally very clean. Original clipped dust-jacket, faded in places and with some wear to the top edge. Very good. § First Edition..... More
Humboldt’s Gift.
1975. New York: Viking Press, [1975]. 8vo, (7), 487pp. Original printed yellow wrappers, tiny stain on backtrip, edges just browned. § Advance reading copy with insert from the publisher. Signed by Bellow, who won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Nobel Prize in Literature the same year. The..... More
Nightmare at Noon. (Two copies).
1940. New York, Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1940. 12mo, (iv), 8 pp. One copy in original wraps, near fine with a little toning, signed by Benét on the half title. One copy in original boards, boards toned, backstrip worn and dampstained. § Both formats of the first edition of..... More
The Wrath of John Steinbeck, or, St. John Goes to Church.
1939. Los Angeles: The Albertson Press in Association with Bunster Creely, 1939. 8vo, 17 pp. Original red boards with gold paper title label on upper cover, frontis. plate present but detached, boards irregularly faded, some paste action to front blanks. § Edition limited to 1000 copies signed by Bennett..... More
A Blake Bibliography.
1964. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1964. 8vo, xix, 393pp, with illustrations. Very good in original dust-jacket, worn at edges. § First edition. The Bible until Bentley’s BB and Essick’s various books came along. Bentley, BB, 686. More
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. Noble collection of Blake given to the PML; this catalogue was written by G.E. Bentley with an introduction by..... More
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
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
William Blake's Works in Conventional Typography...
1984. Delmar NY: Scholar's Facsimiles and Reprints, 1984. 8vo, xiii, 210pp. Illustrated and with a folding plate (of the Canterbury Pilgrims). Original red cloth, as new. § A collection of rare early titles by Blake; facsimile reproductions of Poetical Sketches; The French Revolution; Appreciation of Master Malkin from A Father's..... 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
A Blake Bibliography.
1964. UMinnP: 1964. 8vo, xix, 393pp. 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
The Early Engravings of Flaxman’s Classical Designs.
1964. New York: The New York Public Library, 1964. 8vo, 63pp. Illustrated. Stapled wrappers with a few very small closed tears along edges. Very good. § The only significant study of the subject. 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
Mele Hawaii. By H. Berger.
1884. Honolulu: J.H. Soper / The Hawaiian News Co, [1884-1888?]. Folio, 18 sets of sheet music, 16 are 3pp, one is 5pp, and one is 7pp. Full dark red velvet over flexible boards, upper cover lettered in gold and blind. Loss of gilt to "Mele" on upper board, a touch..... More
William Blake Poet and Mystic. Authorised Translation from the French by Daniel H. Conner.
1914. London: Chapman and Hall, 1914. Thick 8vo, xii, 420 pp. Original green buckram. Reynold Boden bookplate to front pastedown, owner inscription to front free endpaper dated 1918. Some bumping to top and bottom of backstrip. Good. § First edition in English. Bentley, Blake Books, 1185. 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
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: 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. § Bentley, Blake Books, 411. More