Blake’s Poetry and Designs. Norton Critical Edition.
1979. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, 1979. 8vo, xlviii, 618pp. 32 color plates. Red printed wrappers. Some signs of use. Very good. § First edition. More
1979. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, 1979. 8vo, xlviii, 618pp. 32 color plates. Red printed wrappers. Some signs of use. Very good. § First edition. More
1971. New York: Haskell House, 1971. 4to, 175 pp., illustrations. Original cloth. § Reprint of the scarce work by the Japanese scholar. Bentley, Blake Books, 1970: “meticulous transcript”. More
1975. New York: Academy Edition, 1975. 4to, paperback, 9 pp. text and 81 pp. illustrations, including 4 in color. § Bentley, Blake Books, A517 and see Supplement p. 18n: “Of the scholarly and reproductive qualities [of Keay’s book] it is most charitable to be silent.”. More
1975. New York: Academy Edition, 1975. 4to, 9 pp. text and 81 pp. illustrations, including 4 in color. Illustrated wrappers, faintly toned, very good. § Bentley, Blake Books, A517 and see Supplement p. 18n: “Of the scholarly and reproductive qualities [of Keay’s book] it is most charitable to be silent.”..... More
1953. New York: Grolier Club, 1953. 4to, xix, 125 pages. With 8 plates. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt, fine. § Limited to 400 copies. Bentley, Blake Books, 666. More
1945. [London]: Faber and Faber, [1945]. Slim 4to, 24 pp., 10 tipped-in color plates. Original printed wrappers. § A selection of Blake’s best known images in color. Bentley, Blake Books, 398. More
1969. New York: Kraus Reprint, 1969. Thick large 4to, xvi, 516 pages, with 44 black-and-white plates, and 12 illustrations in the text. Original blue quarter cloth, cloth lightly rubbed, internally very good. § Bentley, Blake Books, 617 B: “still of very great importance for independent judgements.” See also Breslauer and..... More
1971. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971. 4to, xii, 263 pp. With a frontispiece and 55 illustrations. Original cloth, dust-jacket torn, a very good copy. § Second edition, greatly enlarged and revised. An important collection of essays even though some of the scholarship has been superseded. Bentley, Blake Books, 2010 B.... More
1956. Dublin: Emery Walker, 1956. Large 4to, xiii, 87 pp.; with 45 plates in collotype, including 4 in color. Quarter blue morocco, gray cloth-covered boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good copy. § Limited to 500 copies. Although Essick’s work on the separate plates adds much material and corrects..... More
1956. Dublin: Emery Walker, 1956. Large 4to, xiii, 87 pp.; with 45 plates in collotype, including 4 in color. Quarter blue morocco, gray cloth-covered boards, backstrip lettered in gilt,backstrip and covers slightly stained, a very good copy. § Limited to 500 copies. Although Essick’s work on the separate plates adds..... More
1950. London: Faber and Faber, [1950]. 4to, 30 pp. of text, 118 plates followed by the Virgil woodcuts and eight relief etchings from the Songs. Original full gray cloth, dust jacket is quite worn and tucked inside. § First edition of this useful reference work with selected plates from all..... More
1950. London: Faber and Faber, [1950]. 4to, 30 pp. of text, 118 plates followed by the Virgil woodcuts and eight relief etchings from the Songs. Original full gray cloth. Slight browning around edges of cloth. § First edition of this useful reference work with selected plates from all of Blake’s..... More
1950. London: Faber and Faber, [1950]. 4to, 30 pp. of text, 118 plates followed by the Virgil woodcuts and eight relief etchings from the Songs. Original gray cloth, dust-jacket chipped. § First edition of this useful reference work with selected plates from all of Blake’s major works. Bentley, Blake Books..... More
1950. London: Faber and Faber, [1950]. 4to, 30 pp. of text, 118 plates followed by the Virgil woodcuts and eight relief etchings from the Songs. Original cloth, dust-jacket is very worn and torn. § First edition of this useful reference work with selected plates from all of Blake’s major works..... More
1972. London: The Book Collector, 1972. 8vo, 112 pp. Printed wrappers, slightly sunned. § A pleasant and educational festschrift with essays by Blake scholars of the time. Includes Keynes’s own article, “Blake’s Engravings for Gay’s Fables” with 12 plates. Bentley, Blake Books, 2015A. More
1964. New York and Paris: The Orion Press with The Trianon Press, 1964. 4to, [103] pp. With 32 color plates. Original cloth in lightly soiled and chipped dust-jacket. Warmly inscribed from “Kay & Roger” [Easson] to a close friend. §. More
1964. New York and Paris: The Orion Press with The Trianon Press, 1964. 4to, [103] pp. With 32 color plates. Original cloth, dust-jacket slightly browned, with mylar cover. Very good. § Trade edition of 1964 Trianon Press facsimile. More
1964. New York and Paris: The Orion Press with The Trianon Press, 1964. 4to, [103] pp. With 32 color plates. Original cloth, dust-jacket slightly browned, with mylar cover. Very good. § Trade edition of 1964 Trianon Press facsimile. More
1991. New York: St, Martin’s Press, 1991. 8vo, xviii, 263 pp. With a frontispiece, 21 plates, and numerous illustrations in the text. Original black cloth, dust-jacket. As new. § First US edition, well illustrated. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p. 535. More
1991. London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1991. 8vo, xviii, 263 pp. With a frontispiece, 21 plates, and numerous illustrations in the text. Original brown cloth, dust-jacket. As new. § First edition, well illustrated. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p. 535. More
1969. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, [1969]. 8vo, [8], 438 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Eliade. Dust-jacket, light wear, sunning at backstrip. § Desirée Hirst’s copy; nothing on Blake. More
1977. New York: Harmony Books, 1977. Small folio, 142 pp, with numerous illustrations including some in color. Original wrappers as issued. § An inexpensively produced book on Blake with a good number of useful illustrations. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p. 182. More
1977. New York: Harmony Books, 1977. Small folio, 142 pp, with numerous illustrations including some in color. Original cloth, dust-jacket, as issued. § An inexpensively produced book on Blake with a good number of useful illustrations. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p. 182. More
1907. Berlin: Oesterheld, 1907. Slim tall 8vo, 84pp. Original printed grey wrappers, a little worn, bookseller’s stamp on title-page. § Limited to 650 copies on handmade paper (there were also 20 deluxe copies in a vellum binding on Japan paper). Knoblauch published two volumes of translations of Blake’s poems; this..... More
1966. New York: Haskell House, 1966. 8vo, 174 pp. Bright pink cloth with gilt to backstrip. Very good. § First published in 1928. Bentley, BB, 2077, dismissing the text as too general in its broad definition of mysticism. More