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
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. Bentley, BB, 1177. More
The Mosaics of the Dome of the Rock at Jerusalem and of the Great Mosque at Damascus.
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
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. § "During 1884 and 1886 Honolulu bandmaster Henry Berger had... 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
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 essays). 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
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
An Album of Bewick Vignettes or ‘Tale-Pieces’ presented to Richard Arkwright.
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
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
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out Of the Original Tongues...
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
[A leaf from...] The Holy Bible: Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated...
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
Vinny Leal’s Trip to the Golden Shore.
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
William Blake Catalogue of the Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.
1970. Cambridge: Heffer, 1970. Oblong small folio, viii, 88 pp., color frontispiece and 74 illustrations. Original wrappers. § First edition (also issued in cloth). Bentley, BB, 703. More
William Blake Catalogue of the Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.
1970. Cambridge: Heffer, 1970. Oblong small folio, viii, 88 pp., color frontispiece and 74 illustrations. Original wrappers. § First edition (also issued in cloth). Bentley, Blake Books, 703. More
William Blake Catalogue of the Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.
1970. Cambridge: Heffer, 1970. Oblong small folio, viii, 88 pp., color frontispiece and 74 illustrations. Original brown cloth, lacking dust-jacket. § First edition (also issued in wrappers). Bentley, Blake Books, 703. More
The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake.
1978. [London]: Thames and Hudson, 1978. 4to, 492 pp. 655 plates. Brown cloth. Illustrated dust-jacket. Very good. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, pages 150–51 issue A. More