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 about A Blake Bibliography
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 Charles Ryskamp.Bentley, BB, 706. More about The Blake Collection of Mrs Landon K. Thorne
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 about The Early Engravings of Flaxman's Classical Designs
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 about Thorne Collection. The Blake Collection of Mrs Landon K. Thorne
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 about A Unique Prospectus for Blake’s Grave Designs
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 about A Blake Bibliography
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 about Blake Records Supplement
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 about The Early Engravings of Flaxman’s Classical Designs
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 about Blake, Hayley and Lady Hesketh (Reprint from The Review of English Studies, July 1956
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. Bentley, BB, 1177. More about Two Contemporary facsimiles of "Songs of Innocence and Experience"
1932. n.p. 1932. Folio. Paperback. Large piece of material missing from back cover, shoddy backstrip repair with scotch tape. Library markings. Severe tanning. §. More about The Mosaics of the Dome of the Rock at Jerusalem and of the Great Mosque at Damascus
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. § "During 1884 and 1886 Honolulu bandmaster Henry Berger had... More about Mele Hawaii. By H. Berger
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 about William Blake Poet and Mystic. Authorised Translation from the French by Daniel H. Conner
1894. London: Jarrold & Sons, 1894. Sm. 8vo, vi, x, 346 pp, xxvii pp ads. With 75 black and white illustrations by Rackham. Original grey cloth, upper cover with color illustration of sunrise behind island with windmill on front board. A very good copy. § First edition, first binding, and... More about Sunrise-Land. Rambles in Eastern England
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 about Geofroy Tory Painter and Engraver: First Royal Printer: Reformer of Orthography and Typography...
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 essays). More about William Blake and the Moderns
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 about 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 about 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. § Bentley, Blake Books, 411. More about William Blake. The World’s Masters-New Series
1824. n.p.: [circa 1824]. Square 12mo. (145 x 110 mm), ll. 24 unnumbered, 8 with proof printings of woodcut vignettes bound in landscape format. Contemporary straight-grained blue morocco, with gilt roll border and emblematic tools (an angler’s basket and a fish) in corners and at the center, gilt dentelles, a.e.g.... More about An Album of Bewick Vignettes or ‘Tale-Pieces’ presented to Richard Arkwright
3241. 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 about Fables by Walter Brown. With Cuts by Thomas Bewick
1826. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, by Samuel Collingwood and Co. Printers to the University, 1826. 12mo (3.5 x 5.5 inches), 805, [1], 251, [1], pp. Text in double columns. Finely bound in green straight-grain morocco with elaborate gilt borders, backstrip pannelled in gilt, all edges gilt, brown coated... More about The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out Of the Original Tongues
1824. London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Straham, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty... 1824 12mo (3.5 x 5.75 inches), 1119, 343 pp. Text in double columns. Finely bound in dark brown morocco, upper board elaborately pannelled in gilt and blind with diamond-shaped lozenge framing the gilt-stamped initials... More about The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out Of the Original Tongues
1613. London: Robert Barker, 1613. Single leaf 15 1/2 x 11”, printed on both recto and verso in two columns, with woodcut initials. Mounted; very good. § From the second edition, with 72 lines as opposed to 52 for the first edition. “John: 11:1, Christ raiseth Lazarus...” One of the... More about A leaf from...] The Holy Bible: Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated
1880. Nashville: Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1880. Small 8vo, 271 pp. Original dark purple cloth somewhat worn but sound. Signed at the front “Emma Gill 1880”. § Scarce early edition of this children’s tale. Records show a copyright of 1874 (no copy located), 1878, and thereafter 1885, 1891, and 1902. More about Vinny Leal’s Trip to the Golden Shore
