Blake
Blake’s Innocence and Experience Retraced.
1986. London: Athlone Press; New York: St. Martin’s Press, (1986). 8vo, xviii, 211 pp. 16 leaves of plates, illus. Original green cloth in dust-jacket. As new. § Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p. 482: “A critical examination illuminatingly informed...”. More
William Blake Painter and Poet.
1895. London: Seeley and Co., 1895. 8vo, 80 pp. Half-morocco with marbled boards, original soft wrappers bound in. Gilt-lettered. Light edge wear. Very good. § Edition of The Portfolio: Monographs on Artistic Subjects with many Illustrations Published Monthly, Number 22, October 1895. George Goyder’s copy. More
William Blake Painter and Poet.
1895. London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1895. 8vo, 80 pp. with 6 colour plates and numerous full-page and in-text illustrations. Quarter-morocco with cloth boards, gilt-lettered backstrip, patterned endpapers, light edge wear. A good copy. § An edition of The Portfolio: Monographs on Artistic Subjects, Number 22, October 1895, here in..... More
Arrows of Desire. A Study of William Blake and his Romantic World.
1956. London: Museum Press, 1956. 8vo, 200 pp. Frontispiece and 16 plates. Original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly toned, very good. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 1671: “this superficial book”. More
Arrows of Desire. A Study of William Blake and his Romantic World.
1956. London: Museum Press, 1956. 8vo, 200pp. Frontispiece and 16 plates. Original cloth, dust-jacket. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 1671: “this superficial book”. More
William Blake: The John Bull Who Saw Visions.
1955. London, New York and Paris: Realites Monthly Magazine, 1955. 4to, 72pp. Illustrated magazine (January 1955, number 50) with the William Blake article on pages 38-43. Includes 12 Blake illustrations. Wrappers showing slight edgewear. Very good. § Bentley, BB, 1676: “Brief general account of ‘a typical Englishman’ inspired.”. More
Fables. With a life of the Author and embellished with 70 Plates.
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
Fables. With a life of the Author and embellished with 70 Plates.
1793. London: John Stockdale, 1793. 2 vols., 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. Full contemporary calf rebacked, a bit scuffed and untidy but quite sound, internally good despite the usual browning..... More
Life of William Blake. With Selections from his Poems and Other Writings. A New and Enlarged Edition illustrated from Blake’s own Works. With additional Letters and a Memoir of the Author.
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. One volume a little worn, else a very good copy of this attractive binding with the binder’s ticket “Bound by Burn..... More
Blake’s Contrary States. The “Songs of Innocence and of Experience” as dramatic poems.
1966. Cambridge: At the university Press, 1966. 8vo, vii, [1], 257 [258] pp. Green cloth, dust-jacket. “Kay Long” inscribed to front free endpaper along with notes in her hand throughout text. Very good. § Bentley, Blake Books, 1688. More
Blake’s Contrary States. The “Songs of Innocence and of Experience” as dramatic poems.
1966. Cambridge: At the university Press, 1966. 8vo, vii, [1], 257 [258] pp. Green cloth, with dust jacket. 3 book plates from previous owners, 2 on inside cover and 1 inside dust jacket. Dust jacket has some mild wear on the back and upper spine, otherwise, copy is in good..... More
Blake’s Contrary States. The “Songs of Innocence and of Experience” as dramatic poems.
1966. Cambridge: At the university Press, 1966. 8vo, vii, [1], 257 [258] pp. Green cloth. § Bentley, Blake Books, 1688. More
Blake’s Prelude: Poetical Sketches.
1982. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1982. 8vo, xi, 202 pp. Original brown cloth, dust-jacket, light edgewear to jacket, near fine. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p. 487. More
Blake’s Prelude: Poetical Sketches.
1982. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1982. 8vo, xi, 202 pp. Original brown cloth, dust-jacket. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p. 487. More
Blake’s Prelude: Poetical Sketches.
1982. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1982. 8vo, xi, 202 pp. Original brown cloth, dust-jacket § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p. 487. More
Eros Plays: Parts & Pieces from a Left-handed Psychology.
1990. Lanham, New York, London: University Press of America, 1990. 8vo, 142pp. Burgundy cloth. Inscribed at front by the author. Very good. § First edition. More
Mental Forms Creating. William Blake Anticipates Freud, Jung and Rank.
1985. Lanham, New York, London: University Press of America, 1985. 8vo, 173 pp. Frontispiece plus 9 illustrations. Burgundy cloth. Inscribed at front by the author. Very good. § First edition. Anecdotally rare, as of March 2009 only one copy online, for $200. Seems silly for a paperback, especially as WorldCat..... More
Uriel’s Eye. Miltonic Stationing and Statuary in Blake, Keats, and Shelley.
1985. Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1985. 8vo, xiii, 262 pp. Yellow cloth in yellow printed dust-jacket. As new. § First edition. Bentley, BBS, p.491: “Blake transforms Milton from speaker and witness to sculptor.”. More
Discussions of William Blake.
1961. Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1961. 8vo, xi, 114 pp. Printed wrappers. Light edgewear; very good. § First edition. Discussions of Literature series. 13 essays on William Blake. Bentley, BB, 1724, noting that 4 of the essays were revised for this printing and the others are reprinted from other..... More
Speak Silence. Rhetoric and Culture in Blake’s Poetical Sketches.
1996. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1996. 8vo, 221pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Illustrated dust-jacket. As new. § First edition. Contributors are: Wolfson, Peterfreund, Vogler, de Luca, Hilton, and Gleckner. Bentley, BB supplement 2000, p.23. More
Grafica Lui William Blake.
1983. Bucuresti, Romania: Editura Meridiane, 1983. 8vo, 42 pp. plus 89 illustrations. Printed wrappers with some wear. Very good. § A selection of Blake’s images printed in b/w, with a 32-page introduction in Romanian. Bentley, BBS, p.182. More
A Trio of Underestimated Virtues--I.
1955. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1955. 4to, 42pp (numbered 682-724). Newspaper, The Listener (Volume LIV, No. 1391, October 27, 1955), in which the Blake article appears on pages 700-701. Illustration of William Blake at Hampstead from a line drawing by John Linnell, about 1825. Staples rusting. Some edgewear. Pages browned..... More
William Blake Poet and Painter. An introduction to the illuminated verse.
1964. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, [1964]. 8vo, xi [xii], 156 pp. 80 plates. Original cloth, dust-jacket, light extremity wear to covers. Signed letter loosely inserted from author. Very good. § Bentley, Blake Books, 1770: “on the relationship of text and design.”. More