1828. London: Henry Colburn, 1828. 2 vols, 8vo, x, 424; vi, 488 pp. Portrait frontispiece of Nollekens. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt titles on red labels. Generally a fairly good copy with some foxing of first and last signatures of each vol. apparently as usual since our last four..... More

1927. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. Royal 8vo, xvi, 398, (4) pp. With a frontispiece and 24 plates. Original quarter parchment, very good. § No. 605 of 1480 copies, beautifully printed and illustrated. Bentley, BB, 2981 A: “scrupulously use[d] contemporary accounts of Blake which had not appeared in print before..... More

Pencil, 8 x 6 inches; 203 x 152 mm. § Butlin, The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake, 692.64: “Inscribed with colour-notes on the monarch’s clothes, ‘Crimson’ and ‘Green.’ Sold Christie’s 15 June 1971… 240 guineas bt. Essex.”. More

1987. University Park and London: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1987. 8vo, xiv, 161pp. Burgundy cloth with gilt to backstrip. Illustrated dust-jacket. As new. § First edition. Bentley, BBS, p.598: “a reading of ‘Songs’... as a basis for a sense of Blake’s psychology of redemption”. 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

1973. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973. 4to, xvi, 390 pp, with 82 black and white illustrations. Near fine in original cloth and dust-jacket. § First edition. Contents: I. Blake's Early Poetry by Michael Phillips; II. Blade's 'Gothicised Imagination' and the History of England by David Bindman; III. The Altering Eye..... More

1806. London: Richard Phillips, 1806. 8vo, xxiv, 270, ii (publisher’s booklist)pp., with Blake’s engraved frontispiece of Sir Joshua Reynolds design “The Graphic Muse.” Original blue-grey boards, spine slightly darkened and worn at edges. § First edition, a very scarce book, especially in boards. With the bookplates of Gilbert Redgrave and..... More

1806. London: Longman, 1806. 8vo, iv, xlviii, 172 pp. With a frontispiece by Blake, engraved by Cromek, and 3 plates (one folding). Very good in original gray boards slightly darkened and worn at corners and with later spine showing wear at edges at rear. Contained in a red morocco gilt..... More

1813. London: J. Johnson, 1813. 4to, 8 plates from the 1813 (third) edition. The plates are clean and in good condition hand-coloured with the standard palette, measuring 26.5 x 20.5 cm. § The plates are - "A Free Coromantyn Negro", "A Private Marine...." , "The Mecoo and Kishee Monkeys", "The..... More

1796. London: J. Johnson, 1796. 2 vols., 4to, [vol. I] xviii, 407 (i.e. 415), (7, index, plates, errata) pp., frontispiece, engraved title-page, 39 plates and 2 folding maps; [vol. II] iv, 404, (7, index, plates, errata) pages, engraved title-page and 40 plates. Contemporary calf rebacked, lettered in gilt, some browning..... More

1795. London: Boydell and Company, c.1795. Oblong large folio on wove paper (plate mark 583 x 455 mm on sheet 650 x 490 mm). An exceptionally fine, dark impression on bright paper, with the original wide margins untrimmed. § Third and best state (of seven, see below) of the single..... More

1928. London and Toronto: Dent, (and New York: Dutton,) 1928. Small thick 4to, 301 pp., with 4 color plates, 55 monochrome plates, and 20 reproductions from manuscripts. Original green cloth lettered in gilt, original printed dust-jacket, backstrip browned, otherwise a fine copy. § First edition of an attractive and well-produced..... More

1795. [London: c. 1795]. 11 5/8 x 6 in. (29.5 x 17.2 cm.). A contemplative woman seated, head resting on her right arm with inscription 'Fuseli' (lower right) and extensive numbers and sums (verso). Pencil and grey wash. Very good. § A lovely drawing very much in the style of..... More