Selected Poems Edited with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by F. W. Bateson
by Blake, William
1964. London: Heinemann, 1964. Small 8vo, xxx, 144 pp., color frontispiece. Original black cloth, orange illustrated dust-jacket. Jacket is chipped and has noticeable shelf wear, front endpaper is creased; very good copy. ß Reprint of the 1957 edition, with corrections. Bentley, Blake Books, 318 D: the notes are original and illuminating .
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All Religions are One
by Blake, William (Trianon Press)
1970. London: Trianon Press, 1970. 4to, with 10 facsimile leaves, 5 pp. commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes, plus 32 pp. of the progressive collotype printings. Full green morocco, near fine with green marbled slipcase. ß Copy III of 36 de luxe copies. The total edition was of 662 copies including 36 de luxe copies numbered I-XXXVI, 600 regular copies numbered 1-600, and 26 copies lettered A-Z reserved for the trustees of the William Blake Trust... Read More
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Wood Engravings of William Blake. 17 Subjects commissioned by Dr. Robert Thornton for his Virgil of 1821. Newly printed from the original blocks now in the British Museum. Introduction by Andrew Wilton
by Blake, William. Bain, Iain
1977. London: BM Publications Ltd., 1977. 8vo, introductory pamphlet and 17 woodcuts on special paper, each in an individual folder, all contained in a brown cloth folding box with black leather gilt-lettered labels on upper cover and backstrip. As issued. ß Limited to 150 sets (this copy unnumbered), this superb reprinting of Blake s only woodcuts from the original blocks was executed by Iain Bain (the Bewick authority) and sold out immediately. Very few sets... Read More
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Blake s Poetical Sketches with an Essay by Jack Lindsay on Blake s Metric
by Blake, William; ed. by Jack Lindsay
1927. London: The Scholartis Press, 1927. Small 4to, xxiv, 86pp. Quarter-cloth with patterned boards. Bottom edgewear with bumping and wear to corners. Sun fading to backstrip. Lacking dust jacket. Pages untrimmed along bottom. Very good. ß First edition, with an introduction by Eric Partridge to Blake s lyrical poetry. A pleasing piece of bookmaking with the feel of a private press book. Bentley, BB, 133.
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The Counseller, King, Warrior, Mother & Child, in the tomb : in The Grave
by Blake, William. Blair, Robert. (separate plate)
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, trimmed to the image, recently cleaned. ß From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A.
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Manifold Review
by [Blake, William. Sale Announcement]
1980. Hancock, VT: Top Drawer Enterprises, 1980. Oblong 12mo, 4 double-sided folding panels with 11 reproductions of Blake images. The Sixfold Postcard/Poster/Periodical/Book. Very good. ß.
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William Blake Engraver: A Descriptive Catalogue& by Charles Ryskamp. With an Introductory Essay by Geoffrey Keynes
by [Blake, William. Exhibition Catalogue]
1969. Princeton: Princeton University Library, 1969. 8vo, 61pp, illus. Original marbled wrappers, slightly worn but good, with original label detached but loosely inserted. Very good. ß First edition, an excellent account of Blake s engravings. Bentley, Blake Books, 700.
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Paul Grinke. Catalogue Five. Miscellany of Fifty Books, Manuscripts and Drawings, with a Note by Ruthven Todd on Stothard s Drawing of the Battle of Ai
by [Blake, William. Sale Catalogue]
London: Paul Grinke, [No Date]. Oblong 8vo, 28pp. Wrappers. ß Item 32 page 17-19 The Battle of Ai by Thomas Stothard with engravings by Blake during his development as a commercial engraver.
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Illustrations to Young s Night Thoughts done in water-colour by William Blake... from the original water-colours in the library of William Augustus White, with an introductory Essay by Geoffrey Keynes
by Blake, William
1927. Cambridge: Fogg Museum, 1927. Large 4to, with 5 color plates and 25 monochrome plates, and introductory text. Original blue cloth portfolio slightly worn, internally fine. ß Limited to 500 copies. An excellent job of color facsimile showing the glory of the watercolors. Bentley, BB, 395.
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Eight Songs of William Blake
by Blake, William
1926. New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1926. 8vo, 16 leaves, unpaginated. Gray paper covered boards. Paper label affixed to front cover. Boards worn. Very good. ß Limited edition of 200 copies. Bentley, BB, 252B.
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A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland; Comprising Literary Memoirs and Anecdotes of Their Lives; and a Chronological Register of Their Publications, With the Number of Editions Printed; including Notices of some Foreign Writers whose Works have occasionally been published in England. Illustrated by a Variety of Communications from Persons of the first Eminence in the World of Letters
by [Blake, William]. J. Watkins and F. Shoberl
1816. London: Henry Colburn, 1816. 8vo, viii, 449 pp. With 2 leaves of ads at the front, and another 2 at the back, dated 1818. Original boards, paper backstrip (slightly rubbed with loss of label), some wear to boards, a very fine copy entirely uncut and in original state as issued. ß First edition of a fascinating contemporary reference work. It includes one of the earliest biographical references to William Blake an eccentric and... Read More
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Christ descending into the Grave : in The Grave
by Blake, William. Blair, Robert. (separate plate)
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, margins slightly soiled, image clean. ß From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A.
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![Jerusalem. Foreword by Geoffrey Keynes. [with] Wicksteed, Joseph. William Blake s Jerusalem. Foreword by Geoffrey Keynes](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/099/644/1036644099.0.l.jpg)
Jerusalem. Foreword by Geoffrey Keynes. [with] Wicksteed, Joseph. William Blake s Jerusalem. Foreword by Geoffrey Keynes
by Blake, William
1951. London: Trianon Press, [1951] [and] London: Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, [1954]. Small 4to, 116 text, errata, 100 facsimile pp. [and] Small 4to, xv, 264 pp. Both vols. in original orange cloth, with gilt lettering and dust jackets, a bit worn. ß [Jerusalem:] 2500 copies printed. Facsimile of the Rinder copy, a black-and-white version, published to accompany the Stirling colored copy. Bently, Blake Books, 79. [Commentary:] First edition, 1500 copies printed. This... Read More
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![America: A Prophecy. Materials for the Study of William Blake Volume I. [With Editorial Comments by Roger Easson, A Bibliographical Introduction by G.E. Bentley, Jr., and a Check List of Secondary Materials in English by Easson]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/707/956/1150956707.0.l.jpg)
America: A Prophecy. Materials for the Study of William Blake Volume I. [With Editorial Comments by Roger Easson, A Bibliographical Introduction by G.E. Bentley, Jr., and a Check List of Secondary Materials in English by Easson]
by Blake, William
1974. Normal, Illinois: The American Blake Foundation, 1974. 4to, 21 pp. and 18 facsimile plates in black and white. Near fine in illustrated red wrappers, and an additional loose set of the 18 facsimilies and the Check-List of Secondary Materials in English which accompanies Easson s Editorial Comments and Bentley s Introduction. All in the original illustrated envelope (Blake Packet 1) published in 1976 by the American Blake Foundation, addressed to Joseph Holland. ß... Read More
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The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death : in The Grave
by Blake, William. Blair, Robert. (separate plate)
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, trimmed to the image, recently cleaned. ß From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A.
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Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Books Illuminated & Illustrated by William Blake... Monday, May 19, 1958
by [Blake, William. Auction Catalogue]
1958. London: Sotheby & Co., 1958. 8vo, 20pp. plus 10 plates, tipped in, some in color. Original printed wrappers. Scattered notations in ink on wrappers and pages. With results, prices and buyers. Very good. ß.
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William Blake Exposition Organisee par The British Council. Mai-Juin 1947
by [Blake, William. Exhibition Catalogue]
1947. Bruxelles: Editions de la Connaissance, S. A., 1947. 8vo, 32pp. plus 32pp of plates. Color frontispiece, all other plates in black and white. Illustrated wrappers, chipping to spine. Text in French. Very good. ß Limited to 2000 copies, this catalogue has articles by AndrÈ Gide, Philippe Soupault, Jean Wahl, Sir Eric MacLagan, and Archibald Russell; at the end is an abbreviated bibliography by Sir Geoffrey Keynes. It was organized by the British Council and the... Read More
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The Book of Los
by Blake, William. (Trianon Press)
1976. London: Trianon Press, 1976. 4to, 5 color plates and commentary. Quarter brown morocco, slipcase. A fine copy. ß Regular copy #166. Limited to 538 copies including 32 de luxe copies numbered I-XXXII, 480 regular copies numbered 1-480, and 26 copies lettered A-Z reserved for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust and the publishers. Bentley, BBS, p. 62. The Book of Los is the companion volume to the Book of Ahania. The... Read More
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience showing the two contrary states of the human soul... edited and prefaced by Richard Herne Sheperd
by Blake, William
1868. London: Pickering, 1868. Small 8vo, xiv, 112 pp. and 8 pp. of ads at the front. Original cloth, red printed paper backstrip label darkened, some pencil annotations in the text. A very good copy. Ink signature at front of Wm. C. Pritchard. ß New edition, taken largely from the 1866 edition with some slight changes, including an expanded preface and two more poems. Although a typographic issue of the Songs had appeared in 1839 and... Read More
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Tate Gallery: William Blake Calendar for 2015
by Blake, William
2015. London: Tate Gallery, 2015. Square 4to, 12 pp, color illustrated calendar for wall hanging - overall size 30 x 30 cm. With 12 good quality colored designs by Blake from the Tate's holdings mainly from the Large Designs or paintings, each 28 x 20.5 cm. As new . Staple bound with repeat of the " Newton" design to cover, with hole cut for pinning to wall in each right hand margin. ß.
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Illustrations of the Book of Job. Plate 21: So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job
by Blake, William
8182. London: March 8, 1828 (i.e 1825 but published 1826). Single leaf, recently cleaned. ß First edition, one of 100 sets printed directly onto Whatman wove with the word proof removed.†Bentley, Blake Books, 421A. Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 625 641C.
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The Royal Universal Family Bible..
by Blake, William
1780. London: Fielding and Walker, 1780 and J. Fielding: 1781. Two vols. in one, large thick folio, vol. 1 frontispiece, title page printed in red and black, 6, 632 pp., with 46 plates including 5 maps and a plan; vol. 2 with title page dated 1781, 494 pp., with 33 plates, indices etc., 79 of 80 plates in total. Very early calf very worn and rubbed, newly consolidated and now stable. Internally very good and the plates... Read More
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The Complaint and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts
by Blake, William. Young, Edward
1797. London: R. Noble, 1797. Large 4to, pp. 55/56, with a full-page engraving by Blake surrounding the letterpress text. A loose sheet, fore-edges untrimmed (some still with deckle), minimal trimming to top and bottom edges. Only five leaves in the book have engravings recto and verso. ß First edition, perfect for display or for teaching as the leaves are quite sturdy and can be carefully handled or matted for framing. Blake, virtually in a frenzy, completed... Read More
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William Blake
by [Blake, William. Exhibition Catalogue]
1947. London: Tate Gallery, 1947. 4to, 42pp. 2 full-color tipped-in illustrations plus 8 double-sided tipped-in black and white illustrations. Original red printed wrappers, detached. In protective glassine cover. Typed letter from the British Council loosely inserted. Very good. ß Limited edition, number 307 of 2000. Text in French. Prefaces by Philippe Soupault, Eric Maclagan, Jean Wahl, and Archibald Russell. The works to be shown were chosen by Eric Maclagan, Geoffrey Keynes, Archibald Russell, and John... Read More
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The Complaint and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts
by Blake, William. Young, Edward
1797. London: R. Noble, 1797. Large 4to, pp. 23/24 with 2 full-page engravings by Blake surrounding the letterpress text. A loose sheet, fore-edges untrimmed (some still with deckle), minimal trimming to top and bottom edges. Only five leaves in the book have engravings recto and verso. ß First edition, perfect for display or for teaching as the leaves are quite sturdy and can be carefully handled or matted for framing. Blake, virtually in a frenzy, completed... Read More
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