1970. Cambridge: Heffer, 1970. Oblong small folio, viii, 88 pp., color frontispiece and 74 illustrations. Original brown cloth, dust-jacket. § First edition (also issued in wrappers). Bentley, Blake Books, 703. More
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
1978. New York: Putnam, 1978. 4to, 494 pp, with 765 illustrations on 655 plates. Near fine in original brown cloth, dust-jacket. § First edition. Indispensable single volume reference to Blake. Bentley, BBS, pages 150–51 issue B. More
1982. Yale Center and the AGO Toronto: 1982. 4to, 192 pp, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations, 20 in color. Ink signature at front, very good in color-illlustrated wrappers. § Softback edition of the catalogue for the Mellon collection exhibitions at the Yale Centre for British Art and The Art Gallery..... More
1982. London: Thames and Hudson, 1982. 4to, 192 pp, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations, 20 in color. Near fine in color-illlustrated wrappers. § Softback edition of the catalogue for the Mellon collection exhibitions at the Yale Centre for British Art and The Art Gallery of Ontario. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement..... More
1904. London: Methuen, 1904. Sm. slim 8vo, (8), 1-95, [96]pp. Original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, very good. § First edition, presentation copy inscribed by Binyon to his mother: "M.B. with love from Laurence Octr. 1903". Loosely inserted are two manuscript leaves, being the dedication poem "To..... More
1922. London: The Studio, 1922. 4to, x, 29 pp, with 106 plates, of which 16 are in color and tissue guarded and the remaining 88 designs and 2 portraits are monochrome. Ex- Library copy, from Bootle Reference Library: good,with rather plain library stickers to inside of front and rear covers..... More
1967. New York: Da Capo Press, 1967. 4to, xiv, 140pp followed by 82 plates. Green cloth with gilt lettering to front and backstrip. Illustrated dust-jacket. Some edgewear and soiling. Very good. § Facsimile reprint. First published in 1926. Bentley, Blake Books, 627 B. More
1967. New York: Da Capo Press, 1967. 4to, xiv, 140pp followed by 82 plates. Green cloth with gilt lettering to front and backstrip. Slightly sun-faded spine. Very good. § Facsimile reprint. First published in 1926. Bentley, Blake Books, 627 B. More
1967. New York: Da Capo Press, 1967. 4to, xiv, 140pp followed by 82 plates. Green cloth with gilt lettering to front and backstrip. Illustrated dust-jacket. § Facsimile reprint. First published in 1926. Bentley, Blake Books, 627 B. More
1922. London: Studio, Limited, 1922. 4to, vii, 29 pp. With 16 color plates and 92 black-and-white plates. Original parchment, upper cover lettered in gilt, black label on backstrip, original gray cloth folding box, ties missing, otherwise fine. § Edition de luxe limited to 200 copies. Bentley, Blake Books, 404. More
1922. London: Studio, Limited, 1922. 4to, vii, 29 pp. With 16 color plates and 92 black-and-white plates. Original parchment, upper cover lettered in gilt, black label on backstrip, original gray cloth folding box. § Edition de luxe limited to 200 copies. Bentley, Blake Books, 404. More
1926. London: Ernest Benn; New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926. 4to, xiv, 140 pp., 82 plates, with additional text on the tissue guards. White buckram backstrip, decorated boards in printed dust-jacket; a good copy. § First edition, limited to 1000 copies. There was also a de luxe edition of 100..... More
1926. London: Ernest Benn; New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926. 4to, xiv, 140 pp., 82 plates, with additional text on the tissue guards. White buckram backstrip, decorated boards in printed dust-jacket; a good copy. § First edition, limited to 1000 copies. There was also a de luxe edition of 100..... More
1951. London: Gollancz, 1951. 8vo, 372pp, with 22 illustrations. Very good original green cloth with acetate protected dust-jacket. First Edition. § First edition, a scarce book. Bentley, BB, 1210: “this excellent work”. More
1951. London: Gollancz, 1951. 8vo, 372pp, with 22 illustrations. Very good original green cloth with acetate protected dust-jacket. First Edition. § First edition, a scarce book. Bentley, BB, 1210: “this excellent work”. More
1951. London: Gollancz, 1951. 8vo, 372 pp. With 22 illustrations. Original green cloth, dust-jacket somewhat chipped and soiled. Very good. § First edition, a scarce book. Bentley, Blake Books, 1210: “this excellent work”. More
1970. Leicester: Black Knight Press, 1970. Slim Small 8vo, [9]pp. With four lino cuts by Duine Campbell in olive green, rust brown, or blue-green. Sewn with brown thread into moss green card covers, cut flush, printed in black on the front, as issued. § Limited to 100 copies, handset in..... More
1700. London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, 1700. Folio, (40), 291 pp. Full contemporary speckled calf, backstrip with five raised bands, compartments decorated in gilt, all edges speckled red. Boards rubbed with several scuffs, joints cracked in places but binding nicely sound and..... More
1966. Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1966. 8vo, xiii, 455 pp. Frontispiece portrait, 10 plates. Blue cloth with printed dust-jacket, fine. § Reprint of 1949 first edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 1212: “a useful, rather miscellaneous book; the most stimulating section is on the Island in the Moon”. More
1966. Hamden, Ct: Archon Books, 1966. 8vo, xviii, 455 pp, with 10 plates and portrait frontispiece. Good in original dark blue/black cloth; slight bubbling at base of rear cover. Internally clean, slight spotting to foredge and slight buckling at bottom of last few pages. § Reprint of 1949 first edition..... More
1949. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1949. 8vo, xiii, 455 pp. Frontispiece portrait, 10 plates. Blue cloth with dust jacket, some wrinkling at edges of dust jacket, minor spotting to pages. Ink signature at front. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 1212: “a useful, rather miscellaneous book; the most stimulating..... More
1966. Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1966. 8vo, xiii, 455 pp. Frontispiece portrait, 10 plates. Blue cloth with printed dust-jacket, chipped. “Roger Easson” in blue ink written on front free endpaper. Very good. § Reprint of 1949 first edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 1212: “a useful, rather miscellaneous book; the most stimulating..... More
1643. [Novus Atlas: 1643]. Folio 20 x 24”, hand-colored engraving 15 x19 1/2”, two cartouches with pastoral figures and putti, the Royal coat of arms, the local coat of arms, and a plumed crown with "Sche Diene" along the rim, Latin text to verso. § From an early edition of..... More
1813. London: Ackermann, 1813. 4to, single leaf, “The Day of Judgment” etched by Schiavonetti after Blake. A little browned at edges, wear at foot of blank margin. § Second edition, 4to issue. Bentley, Blake Books, 435D. Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 465-476. See also Essick and Paley, “The Printing..... More
