1963. London: Trianon Press, 1963. Folio, 18 color facsimile leaves and 8 pp of commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes. Mint in quarter blue morocco over blue marbled boards in the original slipcase within another slipcase. § Limited to 480 copies, this is #372. Bentley, BB, A9. “America was the first..... More
1969. London: Trianon Press, 1969. Folio, 17 colour and one monochrome facsimile leaves and 9 pp of commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes. Very fine in quarter brown morocco over marbled boards in slipcase, as issued. § Copy #164 from an edition limited to 526 copies including 20 de luxe copies..... More
1975. London: Trianon Press, 1975. 4to, 8 plates and 10 pp. of commentary. Original quarter brown morocco, marbled boards and slipcase. A fine copy. § Limited to 400 numbered copies bound in quarter morocco, this is #278. There were also 32 deluxe copies and 26 hors commerce for a total..... More
1871. London: Chapman and Hall, 1871-1872. 47 parts in original blue printed wrappers: parts 1-23 and 40-55, plus parts 29, 32, 33, 34, 68, 72, 74, and a duplicate copy of part 44. Numerous full page plates and in-text illustrations as well as inserted advertisements. Condition generally good to very..... More
1970. London: Trianon Press, 1970. 4to, 10 facsimile leaves and 5 pp. of commentary. Original quarter green morocco, marbled boards and slipcase. Kenneth Garth Huston bookplate. Backstrip quite faded as often. § 166 of 662 copies including 36 de luxe copies numbered I-XXXVI, 600 regular copies numbered 1-600 and 26..... More
Nuremberg: c. 1770-1800. Full sheet, 15 x 12 ins., folded once as always. Matted: in perfect condition. § A superb example, signed at the bottom edge PAUL REYMUND NURNBERG NO. 19. It is a floral diamond pattern on uncolored paper, using shades of blue and orange applied by stencil, with..... More
1805. London: T. Woodfall, 1805. 4to, lacks pp. 19-22 and pp. 33-34, with 23 of 24 hand-colored aquatint plates (some text leaves watermarked 1801; some plates watermarked 1802), disbound, lacking covers. Recently lightly washed and cleaned, staining and spotting still visible on text and plates but not offensive; preserved in..... More
1813. London: William Bulmer and Co., 1813. 4to, 118 pp. 15 wood engravings by Charlton Nesbit and John Thurston printed on India paper; pages untrimmed. Original boards, printed paper label, a couple of chips along outer front hinge, and very light spotting. Paper spine label chipped with some loss. Overall..... More
1977. New York: Harmony Books, 1977. Small folio, 142 pp, with numerous illustrations including some in color. Original wrappers as issued. § Second printing. An inexpensively produced book on Blake with a good number of useful illustrations. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p. 182. More
1978. New York: Greenwich House, 1978. 4to, 192 pp.; with 161 illustrations including 16 in color. Original brown cloth, dust-jacket with one tear (no loss). § First edition, nicely printed and illustrated. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p. 182. 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
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1983. New York: Dover, 1983. 4to, 47pp, with 35 colored illustrations. Original illustrated wrappers, slightly creased but internally good. § First Dover edition. Reproduces copy M of America and copies B, G, and K to create a ‘complete’ Europe; with very brief commentary and a complete transcription of the text..... More
1972. Normal, Illinois: The American Blake Foundation, 1972. 4to, xv, 55 pp, with XI plates comprising 63 pages of monochrome illustrations of engravings at various states. Good in original illustrated wrappers. § Vol. 1 (of two), complete in itself and covering only book illustrations both designed and engraved by Blake..... More
1979. Princeton: Bollingen, 1977. 8vo, xv, 116 pp with 91 black and white illustrations. Original brown paper wrappers, creased, price sticker on upper cover. A good reading copy. § See Bentley, BBS, 613. This presents her massive “Blake and Tradition” (1968) in abbreviated form. More
1937. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1937. Slim folio, [i], xxii, [2] pp., original leaf from Nehemiah chapters 7 and 8 tipped in between pages 16 and 17. Double columns printed in red and black throughout, initials hand-illuminated in red, blue, yellow, and gold. Original quarter cloth, paper backstrip..... More
1980. Boston: The Steinhour Press for the Club of Odd Volumes, 1980. 8vo, 37 pp. Original papered boards with printed label on backstrip. Boards lightly spotted, else fine. Original prospectus laid in. § One of 200 copies. Sidney Ives' lively work on the mysterious affair of the trial of Jane..... More
1970. San Francisco: Printed by Andrew Hoyem, 1977. Royal 8vo, [11]pp. Printed in black and red. Original orange printed wrappers, thread bound. Very light staining and creasing to wrappers, very good. § One of 125 copies. Presented to members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco on the occasion of..... More
1934. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. Royal 8vo, [4]pp. Original orange wrappers over cardboard. Very slight chipping of top and bottom edge of wrappers, small stain at top right corner of front wrapper, else fine. § One of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press for Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc...... More
1942. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1942. 4to, 163 pp. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Green cloth with round, green pictorial inlay to upper cover illustrated in gilt, gilt lettering to backstrip. A near fine copy with a few marks of former tape to the endpapers in the..... More
1945. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Sm. 4to, 70 pp. Hand-colored illustrations. Full ostrich skin, backstrip lettered in gilt, original slipcase. A near fine copy with very slight rubbing to the board corners, in the worn and chipped card slipcase. § Edition limited to 1500 copies signed by the..... More
1931. Offenbach, Germany: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club by Wilh. Gerstung, 1931. 8vo, XI, 96 pp. Illustrated with hand-colored woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. Brown cloth, gilt monogram on upper board, gilt lettering on backstrip. Backstrip slightly faded otherwise a very good copy in a slightly worn slipcase..... More
1936. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. 8vo, x, 55 pp. Full calf, upper board embossed with map design, backstrip lettered in gilt. Backstrip faded, some toning from the binding glue on pastedowns and in the page gutters, original slipcase a little faded and worn. § Limited to 1500 copies..... More
1934. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1934. 4to, 131 pp. Full sheep with Greek key border in blind and gold embossed medallion on upper cover, backstrip lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Near fine copy, backstrip faintly sunned, light wear to board tips, in the worn and stained original slipcase..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, n.d. Tall 8vo, 219 pp. Illustrated. Linen backstrip, patterned paper boards, paper label. Label toned and a little worn, otherwise a clean, square copy in a worn and split original card slipcase. § Illustrated by Raymond Lufkin. More
1974. Purchase, New York: Manhattanville College, 1974. 8vo, 1 page preface and 6 page introduction, 27 plates with accompanying text, bibliography. Original wrappers, very good. Ruth Fine's copy, signed. § Well illustrated catalogue with commentary for each plate. Bentley, Blake Books, A 710. More
