Arrows of Intellect. A Study in William Blake’s Gospel of the Imagination.
1965. Aligarh, India: Naya Kitabghar, 1965. 8vo, 248pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to backstrip. Very good. § First edition. Bentley, BB, 1085. More
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Orlando Furioso, Translated and with Notes by John Hoole.
1783. London: C, Bathurst, T. Payne and others, 1783. 5 vols, 8vo, [8], cxxxi, 335; [4], 407: [4], 427; [4], 438; [4], (16, subscribers and errata), 322, vi, (55, errata and index) pp., with a frontispiece also in each volume and 3 further plates in The Life of Ariosto following..... More
Unfinished proof print of a scene from Paradise Lost (Awake, arise, or be forever fallen!)
1840. c. 1840. Proof on india paper mounted on wove paper (image 247 x 342 mm, wove sheet 360 x 485 mm), engraved signature "Aubert pere" [sic]. Considerable foxing to the wove paper, some foxing and spotting to the engraving. § Proof print of an unfinished engraving of what must..... More
Catalogue of William Blake’s Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library. Enlarged and revised by R. R. Wark.
1969. San Marino, California: The Huntington Library, 1969. 8vo, 55pp. plus 38 plates in rear. Quarter cloth with pictorial boards. Label pasted to backstrip. A very good copy. § Second Edition, Third Printing. Bentley, Blake Books, 646 C. More
Catalogue of William Blake’s Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library.
1938. San Marino: 1938. 8vo, 42 pp, 24 plates. Original green quarter cloth with brown paper-covered boards. Pencil notes to front and rear endpapers. Very good. § Pencil notes at front and back. Bentley, Blake Books, 646A. More
Catalogue of William Blake’s Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library.
1938. San Marino: 1938. 8vo, 42pp., 24 plates. Original quarter cloth, backstrip toned, pages somewhat toned but very good. Bookplate affixed to rear pastedown. § First of several printings, a very good copy. Bentley, Blake Books, 646A. More
Catalogue of William Blake’s Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library. Enlarged and revised by R.R. Wark.
1963. San Marino: 1963. 8vo, vii, 55 pp., 38 plates. Original quarter cloth; a very good copy. § Second edition, revised and enlarged by Wark from the 1957 edition. See Bentley, Blake Books, 646. More
Catalogue of William Blake’s Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library. Enlarged and revised by R.R. Wark.
1963. San Marino: 1963. 8vo, vii, 55 pp., 38 plates. Original quarter cloth; a very good copy. § Second edition, revised and enlarged by Wark from the 1957 edition. See Bentley, Blake Books, 646. More
Catalogue of William Blake’s Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library. Revised and enlarged by R.R. Wark.
1957. San Marino: 1957. 8vo, vii, 55 pp., 38 plates. Original quarter cloth; a very good copy. § Revised and enlarged by Wark from the 1938 edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 646C. More
Catalogue of William Blake’s Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library. Revised and enlarged by R.R. Wark.
1957. San Marino: 1957. 8vo, vii, 55 pp., 38 plates. Original quarter cloth; a very good copy. § Revised and enlarged by R. R. Wark from the 1938 edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 646C. More
Mind Forg’d Manacles. Evil in the Poetry of Blake and Shelley.
1981. Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1981. 8vo, x, 210 pages. Full green cloth, lettered in gilt. Very good. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p.359. More
Blake’s Humanism.
1968. Manchester: Manchester UP; New York: Barnes & Noble, [1968]. 8vo, xiii [1], 269 pp., frontispiece and 54 illustrations. Original red cloth, dust-jacket. Kay Easson’s copy, signed and with her annotations and underlinings. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 1143. More
William Blake’s Conversations. A Compilation, Concordance, and Rhetorical Analysis.
2008. Lewiston, Queenston, Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2008. 8vo, xlix, (2), 297, (3) pp., 1 plate in color. Orange cloth with full-color Blake illustration (‘The Sun at his Eastern Gate’) to top cover, author photograph to bottom cover. Fine. § In print. More
William Blake and the Moderns.
1982. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1982. 8vo, xv, 294pp. Orange printed wrappers. Sunning to backstrip. Very good. § First paperback edition of this collection of essays examining Blake’s influence on modern poetry; by Adams, Pease, Ostriker, Gleckner, etc. Bentley, BBS, p.370 (listing the titles of the 14..... More
William Blake. The World’s Masters-New Series.
1948. London & New York: Studio Publications, [1948]. Small 4to, 64 pp., portrait and 48 numbered illustrations, many full-page. Decorated boards, head and foot of backstrip chipped away. A reading copy. § A simple introductory guide to Blake. Bentley, Blake Books, 411. More
William Blake. The World’s Masters-New Series.
1948. London & New York: Studio Publications, [1948]. Small 4to, 64 pp., portrait and 48 numbered illustrations, many full-page. Decorated boards, a little light soiling, minor creasing to backstrip cover, rubbed along joints. § A simple introductory guide to Blake. Bentley, Blake Books, 411. More
William Blake Catalogue of the Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.
1970. Cambridge: Heffer, 1970. Oblong small folio, viii, 88 pp., color frontispiece and 74 illustrations. Original wrappers, very good. § First edition (also issued in cloth). Bentley, Blake Books, 703. More
William Blake Catalogue of the Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.
1970. Cambridge: Heffer, 1970. Oblong small folio, viii, 88 pp., color frontispiece and 74 illustrations. Original brown cloth, lacking dust-jacket. § First edition (also issued in wrappers). Bentley, Blake Books, 703. More
William Blake Catalogue of the Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.
1970. Cambridge: Heffer, 1970. Oblong small folio, viii, 88 pp., color frontispiece and 74 illustrations. Original brown cloth, dust-jacket. § First edition (also issued in wrappers). Bentley, Blake Books, 703. More
William Blake Catalogue of the Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.
1970. Cambridge: Heffer, 1970. Oblong small folio, viii, 88 pp., color frontispiece and 74 illustrations. Original wrappers. § First edition (also issued in cloth). Bentley, Blake Books, 703. More
The Engraved Designs of William Blake.
1967. New York: Da Capo Press, 1967. 4to, xiv, 140pp followed by 82 plates. Green cloth with gilt lettering to front and backstrip. Illustrated dust-jacket. Some edgewear and soiling. Very good. § Facsimile reprint. First published in 1926. Bentley, Blake Books, 627 B. More
The Engraved Designs of William Blake.
1967. New York: Da Capo Press, 1967. 4to, xiv, 140pp followed by 82 plates. Green cloth with gilt lettering to front and backstrip. Slightly sun-faded spine. Very good. § Facsimile reprint. First published in 1926. Bentley, Blake Books, 627 B. More
The Drawings and Engravings of William Blake. Edited by Geoffrey Holme.
1922. London: Studio, Limited, 1922. 4to, vii, 29 pp. With 16 color plates and 92 black-and-white plates. Original parchment, upper cover lettered in gilt, black label on backstrip, original gray cloth folding box, ties missing, otherwise fine. § Edition de luxe limited to 200 copies. Bentley, Blake Books, 404. More
The Drawings and Engravings of William Blake. Edited by Geoffrey Holme.
1922. London: Studio, Limited, 1922. 4to, vii, 29 pp. With 16 color plates and 92 black-and-white plates. Original parchment, upper cover lettered in gilt, black label on backstrip, original gray cloth folding box. § Edition de luxe limited to 200 copies. Bentley, Blake Books, 404. More
The Engraved Designs of William Blake.
1926. London: Ernest Benn; New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926. 4to, xiv, 140 pp., 82 plates, with additional text on the tissue guards. White buckram backstrip, decorated boards in printed dust-jacket; a good copy. § First edition, limited to 1000 copies. There was also a de luxe edition of 100..... More