1622. London: Printed by w. Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret, 1622. Folio, (6, of 8), 1-248pp. Fine engraved portrait of Henry VII by John Payne, title within elaborate woodcut border of columns, strapwork, and scrolling vines, woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials, text within ruled borders. Contemporary calf, sides..... More
1945. London: MacMillan & Co., LTD, 1945. 8vo, x, 146, [2]pp. plus frontispiece and 15 plates in black and white. Original black cloth titled in gilt to backstrip; frontispiece from an engraving, with 15 black-and-white plates. Some staining and rubbing to boards, slight bumping to bottom right corner. Signed by..... 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
1791. London: 1791. Single sheet, 175 x 261 sheet, 134 x 177 (image) mm, being a good impression of the plate extracted from the book; recently cleaned. § A famous image with familiar Blake themes including the raging horse, a maiden laid out on a rock, a terrified figure tearing..... More
1906. London: Methuen, 1906. 8vo, xlvii, 237 pp. With a frontispiece and 11 plates. Half red morocco, gilt top, fine. § First edition of this collection, this copy very pleasantly bound. Bentley, Blake Books, 88. More
1906. London: Methuen, 1906. 8vo, xlvii, 237pp, plus 40pp publisher's booklist. 12 black and white plates. Very good in original dark blue cloth with top edges gilt and gilt embossed figure on spine. Spine slightly faded, and some minor spotting to edges of first signature. § First and only edition..... More
1816. London: Henry Colburn, 1816. 8vo, viii, 449 pp. With 2 leaves of ads at the front, and another 2 at the back, dated 1818. Original boards, paper backstrip (slightly rubbed with loss of label), some wear to boards, a very fine copy entirely uncut and in original state as..... More
1826. London: William Pickering, and Oxford: Talboys and Wheeler, 1826. 4 vols., 8vo, (xxi), 394; 416; 395; 428 pp. Original red buckram, black labels, engraved portrait of Boswell and Round Robin plate and a facsimile of Johnson's handwriting; a very good copy of the large-paper edition in the original binding..... More
1976. New York: Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co., 1976. 8vo., 229 pp. Original blue cloth with title printed in white to backstrip, original dust jacket with title printed to the upper cover in op art style, and photo of the author by George Kalinsky to lower cover. Some foxing..... More
1851. London: Bradbury & Evans for John Murray, 1851. 8vo, xxiv, 246 pp. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text. Original printed boards, rebacked, hinges strengthened, otherwise a good copy. § First edition of this standard work, often found extra-illustrated. More
1946. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1946. 8vo., 38, (31) pp. frontispiece and feather decorations in green and brown, designed by Mallette Dean. Original patterned paper boards and white cloth, backstrip with printed title. Ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, backstrip slightly faded, else very good. §..... More
1822. London: Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1822. 8vo, xxiii, 514, vii (index) pp. Half pebbled maroon morocco with blue marbled boards and endpapers, gilt decorated backstrip with 5 raised bands. Binding lightly worn, scattered foxing, faint remains of former owner’s name on recto of frontispiece, very good..... More
1896. London, Paris and Edinburgh: Boussod, Valadon & Co., 1896. Folio, [i], 202, [1, colophon] pp., color facsimile frontispiece heightened in gold, 39 photogravure plates of which 23 are full-page inserted plates, including one double-page spread and one facsimile letter printed on both sides, all with original captioned tissue guards..... More
1836. London: J. Major, 1836. 2 vols., royal 8vo. (i-v), vi-xxxii, (4),(1) 2- 556 pp.; (2), 557-982 pp.+ 44 pp. index. 10 plates. Later polished brown calf, gilt backstrips, red and green labels, gilt edges, bookplates of Charles Sebag-Montefiore. § First edition, the regular edition which was printed in an..... More
1891. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1891. 2 vols., 8vo, xvi, 268; viii, 306, 48 pp. Portrait frontispiece and numerous plates and in-text illustrations. With 48pp. publisher's catalogue dated November 1881. Original red cloth, backstrips lettered in gilt, gilt device on upper covers. Cloth a little rubbed and spotted, frontispiece..... More
1949. New York: Chanticleer Press, Inc. 1949. 4to, 79 pp. plus 106 pages of plates. Color frontispiece. Full red cloth with gilt lettering to front cover and backstrip. Illustrated dust-jacket with light chipping to edges. Very good. § First printing. More
1793. London: John Stockdale, 1793. 2 vols. in one, royal 8vo, xi, 225; vii, 187,(1, advertisement) pp. Engraved title to each part, frontispiece to vol. I, and 70 plates including 12 by Blake. Old calf rebacked, lower cover rehinged, scuffed and untidy, internally very good without the usual browning and..... More
1880. London: Macmillan, 1880. 2 vols., 8vo, xvii, 431; ix, 383 pp., with a portrait frontispiece in each volume and numerous illustrations. Original blue cloth with elaborate gilt-stamped designs. A very good copy of this attractive binding with the binder’s ticket “Bound by Burn & Co” at the back. §..... More
1880. London: Macmillan, 1880. 2 vols., 8vo, xvii, 431; ix, 383 pp., with a portrait frontispiece on India paper in each volume and numerous illustrations. Original blue cloth with elaborate gilt-stamped designs. A fine copy of this attractive binding with the binder’s ticket “Bound by Burn & Co” at the..... More
1969. London: Phaeton Press, 1969. 2 vols., 8vo, xvii, 431; ix, 383 pp., with a portrait frontispiece in each volume and numerous illustrations. Original red cloth, as new. § Facsimile reprint of the second and best edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 1680 H. Gilchrist was Blake’s first full-scale biographer and the..... More
1863. London: Macmillan, 1863. 2 vols, 8vo, [i-v], vi-xv, [1]-389; [i-v], vi-vii, [1-3] 4-268 pp. In addition to the portrait frontispiece in vol. 1, the folding frontispiece of the Canterbury Pilgrims in vol. 2, and numerous illustrations from Job and Songs, this is an extra-illustrated copy with 34 bound, tipped-in..... More
1942. London: J.M. Dent, [1942]. Small 8vo, xii, 420 pp. Original pink cloth with slight fading to spine. § First edition thus. Bentley considered this Todd edition to be " .. probably the best biography of Blake that has appeared." Bentley, BB, 1680 F. More
1909. London : Otto, 1909. 4to, lv, 75, (xvi, ads)pp. With 67 illustrations including a frontispiece and five color plates. Quarter red cloth, somewhat soiled. § "Connoisseur" extra number, comprising essentially a catalogue raisonné of Ward’s work. Notes: xvi p. of advertisements at back. More
