1975. London: Trianon Press, 1975. 4to, 8 plates, 8 pp. commentary by Keynes with another plate, plus 22 additional progressive proof plates, and with a metal pochoir stencil mounted at the end. Full brown morocco, prospectus inserted, a fine copy in slipcase. As new. § #28 of 32 de luxe... More
1928. New York: Macmillan Company, 1928. 8vo, 42pp. Illustrated. Green cloth, some soiling to covers. Very good. § First edition. A charming children’s book, scarce in the dust-jacket. Bentley, BB, 270. More
1981. Isle of Ely: Waterside Press, 1981. 8vo, (20 pp), 3 with letterpress, the remainder blank, but one with Sir Geoffrey Keynes’s inscribed dedication of this copy to Terry Buckley. Near fine in original green calf over marble papered boards. § #59 of 100 copies in all, of a poem... More
1990. London and other UK Locations: Various, c 1990 - 2010. 25 items, mainly single 8vo sheets or smaller invitation cards, issued by The Tate Gallery, The Blake Society, The Termenos Academy, UK Universities and Colleges, and Publishers and various other organisations.. All in very good or new condition. §. More
1780. London: Harrison and co., [1780-81]. Single plate, 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges, very good. § First edition thus, issued originally in parts and perhaps thus of great rarity. The last copy to change hands was in 1993 when Essick bought his copy; he has... More
1802. Chichester. Printed by J. Seagrave, and sold by him and P. Humphry (et al.) for W. Blake, 1802. Frontispiece, 250 x 174 (sheet), 175 x 160 (platemark) mm, printed in black on wove paper. Recently cleaned, trimmed close to the right plate mark but not touching it, other margins... More
1970. London: Trianon Press, 1970. 4to, with 10 facsimile leaves, 32 pp of the progressive collotype printings,plus the 5 pp.commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes. Full green morocco, near fine with green marbled slipcase. § De luxe edition limited to 36 copies. All Religions are One (c. 1788) is “a small... More
1926. London: Frederick Hollyer, 1926. Small 4to, title, 10 leaves. Original quarter cloth, brown boards lettered in black. Fine. § Limited apparently to a small number of copies, of which some were colored. This copy, inscribed by Ann Hollyer as a gift, is stated to be a trial or proof... More
1947. New York: United Book Guild, 1947. 8vo, (8; Half-title,with colour frontispiece of Thiralatha from "Visions of the Daughters of Albion" tipped-in, Title page, and 3pp foreword by Ruthen Todd), 18 pp : lithographs in dark green ink printed on yellow paper. Very good in quarter red cloth over black... More
1947. New York: United Book Guild, 1947. 8vo, (8; Half-title,with colour frontispiece of Thiralatha from "Visions of the Daughters of Albion" tipped-in, Title page, and 3pp foreword by Ruthen Todd), 18 pp : lithographs in dark green ink printed on yellow paper. Very good in quarter red cloth over black... More
1947. [New York: 1947]. 8vo, [19] pp. Woodblock prints on yellow paper. Quarter red cloth, black paper boards. Illustration affixed to front. Very good. § An odd reproduction, printed on yellow paper, with a color plate from ‘Visions’ on the upper cover and another color plate tipped in opposite the... More
1974. Normal, Illinois: The American Blake Foundation, 1974. 4to, 21 pp and 18 facsimile plates in black and white. The non limited edition version, without the 9 extra facsmile plates from variant copies. Near fine in illustrated red wrappers, and an additional loose set of the 18 facsimilies and the... More
20 postcard reproductions of Blake's (16) and Palmer's (4) pictures and drawings from various galleries, many from the Tate, plus a few from The Fitzwilliam Museum and one from Boston. §. More
1968. Bronxville: Valenti Angelo, 1968. Slim tall 8vo, 9pp. Original pink boards, printed label. § Limited to 35 copies, this one of a very few in boards as most copies were sewn in blue wrappers, Bentley, Blake Books, 224 (not noting limitation). Auguries of Innocence is a poem from one... More
1975. Burford: Cygnet Press, 1975. Slim 8vo, 18, (1, colophon) pp. Original orange printed wrappers, as new. § Limited to 375 copies, this copy is number 95. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p.148. Auguries of Innocence is a poem from one of William Blake's notebooks now known as The Pickering Manuscript... More
1928. London: Ernest Benn, [1928]. Slim 8vo, 31pp. Original printed wrappers. § One in a series of printings of English poets, this one containing 34 of Blake’s best known poems. More
1969. London: Heinemann, 1969. 2 vols., oblong 8vo, text vol. xiv, 40 pp., with 12 illustrations; facsimile vol. to match, in calf-backed green buckram, slipcase faded, backstrip scuffed on volumes 1 and 2. Facsimile volume with loose leaves, repaired. § Limited to 800 copies. The facsimile of the notebook... More
1983. New York: Dover, 1983. 4to, 47pp, with 35 colored illustrations. Near fine in original illustrated wrappers. Contains text version and brief commentary, plus facsimiles of copy M of America and B, G, and K of Europe. § First Dover edition. Reproduces copy M of America and copies B, G.... More
1979. London: The Collector Ltd, 1979. 8vo, 176 pp.Very good in magenta wrappers. § There are 5 essays covering Blake and Palmer, including those by Michael Phillips, Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Raymond Lister and Arnold Fawcus. More
1973. London: Trianon Press, 1973. 4to, 6 color facsimile leaves, 5 pp.of commentary. Quarter black morocco, slipcase. As new. Joseph Holland's copy. § Limited to 808 copies. Bentley, BB, A15. “Blake suppressed the “Book of Ahania” and recast her tale in “The Four Zoas”. She is Urizen’s ‘Shadowy Feminine Semblance’..... More
1973. London: Trianon Press, 1973. 4to, 6 color facsimile leaves, 5 pp.of commentary. Quarter black morocco, slipcase. As new. § #283 of 808 copies. Bentley, BB, A15. “Blake suppressed the “Book of Ahania” and recast her tale in “The Four Zoas”. She is Urizen’s ‘Shadowy Feminine Semblance’ ”. (Damon, Blake..... More
1976. London: Trianon Press, 1976. 4to, 5 colour plates and commentary by Sir Geoffery Keynes. Near Fine in marbled boards and quarter brown morocco. Slipcase. § Limited to 538 copies. The companion volume to the Book of Ahania. One copy of The Book of Los is known. Bentley, BB, supplement p.62. More
1885. Edmonton: William Muir, 1885. 4to, 1 (preface by Muir), 8 hand- colored leaves; 1(preface by Muir), 11 hand-colored leaves, bound with tissue guards in original gray wrappers as issued by Muir: copies 24 and 30. Bound in contemporary half navy calf gilt with navy morocco and gilt label on... More
1928. London: Gollancz, 1928. Thin 4to, 8 facsimile leaves plus colophon. Original black cloth with gilt decoration and titling: a few slight gray speckles to cloth. § Facsimile limited to 1700 copies for the UK and the USA. Bentley, BB, 22. More
1979. London: Thames and Hudson, 1979. 8vo, 102pp, with colored reproduction of the original (Copy G) and a 35 page commentary. Very good in original illustrated wrappers, with slight crease to one corner of rear wrapper. § Reissue of 1978 Shambhala edition. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement 76. More
