Blake and Antiquity
by Raine, Kathleen
1979. London: Routledge and Keegan Paul, 1979. 8vo, xv, 116 pp with 91 black and white illustrations. Very good in acetate protective jacket to wrappers. § See Bentley, BBS, 613. This presents her massive "Blake and Tradition" (1968) in abbreviated form.
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The Oval Portrait and Other Poems
by Raine, Kathleen
1977. London: Enitharmon Press, 1977. Slim 8vo, 67 pp. Original cloth, dust-jacket printed in red and blue. A very good copy with occasional foxing and a hint of fading to the spine of the dust-jacket. § First edition, a pleasing copy of this collection of poems. Kathleen Raine (1908-2003), was a mystical poet, scholar, and critic of Yeats, Coleridge, and Blake. "A visionary poet whose work probed the intersection of science and mysticism, Raine bridged elements... Read More
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William Blake
by Raine, Kathleen
1951. London: Longmans Green for the British Council and the National Book League, [1951]. 8vo, 40 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Blake and four plates, illustrations in the text. Original printed wrappers, very good. § First edition of this study. Bentley, Blake Books, 2491: "not remarkable for accuracy." Kathleen Raine (1908-2003), was a mystical poet, scholar, and critic of Yeats, Coleridge, and Blake. "A visionary poet whose work probed the intersection of science and mysticism, Raine bridged... Read More
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Blake and Antiquity
by Raine, Kathleen
1979. Princeton: Bollingen, 1977. 8vo, xv, 116 pp with 91 black and white illustrations. Very good. § See Bentley, BBS, 613. This presents her massive "Blake and Tradition" (1968) in abbreviated form.
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La Sculpture Décorative Moderne documents reunis par Henri Rapin
by Rapin, Henri
1925. Paris: Editions Charles Moreau, 1925. Folio, lithographed title leaf, iv [plate list and introduction], 32 heliotype plates. Housed in a half-black cloth portfolio with blue paper boards, upper board pictorially titled in black. Joints and corners of the boards are a bit frayed, slight foxing at edges; very good. § A collection of examples of the finest French sculpture, including architectural, decorative and utilitarian, curated lovingly by Henri Rapin, and beautifully printed in velvety... Read More
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Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game; and an improved method of making Plantations and Covers, explained and illustrated
by Rawstorne, Lawrence
1837. London: Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1837. 8vo, xiv, (15)-208 pp. with errata. 15 colored aquatints after T. J. Rawlins. Publisher's original full green morocco with wide gilt-tooled borders, backstrip titled in gilt, and gilt edges. Binding very lightly worn, pages showing some offsetting from the plates and occasional spotting, cracked at page 192. Overall a very good unrestored copy with splendid, vibrant plates almost entirely free from browning, well-preserved in a custom morocco-backed cover and... Read More
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The Poet and the Messenger
by Ray, Milton S.
1945. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1945. 4to. With initials by Mallette Dean in red and numerals in blue. Original quarter vellum and patterned paper boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, bookplate on front pastedown. A near fine copy with a hint of wear to the boards. § One of 250 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. The first printing of a collection of poems by Milton Ray "an arresting comment upon the United Nations Conference, addressed... Read More
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Le Meuble au XXe Siècle
by Raynal, Gustave
1913. Paris: Libraries Imprimeries Reunies, [circa 1913]. Folio (13.5 x 18 ins.), 2 preliminary leaves, 30 leaves of color pochoir plates printed to recto only, with a folio that includes the title page and plate list. Quarter red pebbled cloth portfolio, pink paper boards with title printed in black and bookseller's sticker affixed to upper board, and black cloth ties. Portfolio has some fading and chipping around corners, title page is significantly browned, otherwise the plates are... Read More
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City of Night
by Rechy, John
1963. New York: Grove Press, 1963. 8vo, 410 pp. Publisher's black cloth, lettered in silver on backstrip, blue top-stain, in original unclipped ($5.95) photo-illustrated dust-jacket. Light marks to the top stain, light toning and edgewear to the jacket, closed tear in center of the back panel and short split in front flap hinge repaired with tape to verso. Overall a very good copy without any marks of former ownership. § First edition, first printing, of Rechy's... Read More
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The Young Arithmetician; or, The Reward of Perseverance
by [Redfield, J.S.]
1843. New York: Redfield, [between 1843 and 1852]. 12mo, 16 pp. With 4 full-page illustrations and two more in the text. Wood engraving on p. [6] signed "W.H." (i.e., William Howland?). Original yellow wrappers, top corner stained. Light pencil gift inscription on the title page "John W. Poole from Miss Jane Hutting(?)". § Redfield's Toy Books third series, No. 5. Justus Starr Redfield was located at 137 Nassau St. (i.e., Clinton Hall), between 1843 and 1852.... Read More
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William Blake: catalogues 26 - 29 - 32
by Blake reference
1995. San Francisco: John Windle, 1995-98-2001. 3 vols., 8vo, 241, 221, 410 lots, illustrated. Original wrappers, as issued. § Three of the earliest catalogues devoted to Blake and his circle by Windle -- the latest catalogue (available on request) is # 65 and contains some 800 entries.
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New Paths and Old, Address to the Convocation Upon the Fiftieth Anniversary of Leland Stanford Junior University. Stanford, June 20, 1941
by Reynolds, Jackson Eli
1941. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1941. 4to, 10 pp. Quarter beige cloth, and blue gray cloth boards. Backstrip damaged. Bookplate. A good copy, but clean within. § Edition of 200 copies. Jackson Eli Reynolds endowed two professorships, Law and Humanities, at Stanford. "We of the earlier days have faith that Stanford too will never give herself to the Philistines. If in the next fifty years we could offer militant leadership in the humanities, and emphasize... Read More
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Lesser Known Examples of Blake's Engraving Skill
by Rice, Howard C., Jr.
1970. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 1970. 4to, 36pp. Full page Blake illustration on page 2. Blake article with accompanying illustrations on pages 26-32 published in University: A Princeton Quarterly (Fall 1970, Number 46). Yellow and red printed wrappers with ink note on front cover. Address label affixed to rear. Very good. § Bentley, BB, 2515.
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Literature, Education, and Romanticism: Reading as Social Practice, 1780-1832
by Richardson, Alan
1994. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. 8vo, 327pp. Frontispiece. Dark blue cloth in illustrated dust-jacket. Very good. § First edition. With numerous references to Blake. Not in Bentley, BB or BBS.
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Heliomaster Constanti [and] Helianthea Bonapartei
by Richter, Henry Constantine and Gould, John. Hullmandel & Walton [imp]
1849. [circa 1849-87]. Two hand-colored lithographs, 14 1/2 x 21 1/4", both with a second leaf of text; matted, very good and ready for framing. § Plates 236 and 260 with original corresponding text from A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds, Volume 4. Plates lithographed after John Gould, H.C. Richter and W. Hart, drawn for the most part by Hullmandel & Walton. Gould supervised the lithographers, who applied gold and silver leaf underneath... Read More
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Old and Happy
by Ridge, W. Pett
1917. London: Printers' Pension Corporation, [1917]. 8vo. 92, [1 leaf] pp. With 3 photogravure plates (incl. frontis. portrait, the other 2 after drawings by John Hassall & Will Owen). Original full vellum, slightly wrinkled and soiled. Gilt decoration on upper cover. Sir A.E. Richardson's bookplate in front pastedown. § Number 255 of an edition of 500, signed by Ridge on the limitation leaf. An account by Ridge of visits to the Almshouses in Wood Green, with... Read More
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William Blake A Natural Visionary
by Rienaecker, Victor
1957. London: John M. Watkins, 1957. 8vo, 12 pp. Stiff brown stapled wrappers. Some light spotting to title page. Very good. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books, A 2520.
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Paul Landacre
by Ritchie, Ward
1982. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1982. Sm. 8vo, 59pp. Decorated paper boards, black cloth backstrip, fine with prospectus (creased). § Limited to 650 copies. Paul Landacre (1893-1963) is renowned for his linocuts, woodcuts and wood engravings. Rockwell Kent considered him "the finest wood engraver in America" (Wikipedia).
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Paul Landacre
by Ritchie, Ward
1982. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1982. Sm. 8vo, 59pp. Decorated paper boards, black cloth backstrip, lettered in gilt, plain cream paper dust jacket. A fine copy, prospectus laid in, bookplate tipped to front free endpaper. § Limited to 650 copies. Paul Landacre (1893-1963) is renowned for his linocuts, woodcuts and wood engravings. Rockwell Kent considered him "the finest wood engraver in America" (Wikipedia).
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Ten Etchings: Examples of the Etched Work of Masse - Casanova - Rhead - Gravesend - Jacomb-Hood - Ballin - L'hermitte - Jacquemart - Steele - Veyrassat
by Rithcie, G. W. H. and Riordan, Roger
1886. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1886. Folio. Green beveled cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Boards with some wear, rubbing, and staining, plates near fine. Library labels on front and rear pastedowns, shelf mark at foot of backstrip, closed tear in front free endpaper. A good ex-library copy, properly released. § Ten finely-printed etchings by masters of the art form, each with a tissue guard and a page of descriptive text by G.... Read More
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Europe's Morning After
by Roberts, Kenneth
1921. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1921. 8vo, (6), 410 pp. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and blue. A near fine copy in a very good original unclipped dust-jacket, priced $3.00, with very minimal wear to spine panel, a few pencil marks to upper panel. § First edition of Roberts' first book with undated title page but publisher's code B-V for February 1921 beneath copyright statement.
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Trending into Maine
by Roberts, Kenneth
1938. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1938. 8vo. Illustrated in color. Original quarter linen with blue cloth boards; a fine copy in the original plain dust-jacket and numbered card slipcase. Dust-jacket slightly age-toned, slipcase slightly soiled and with some joints split. § No. 705 of 1075 "Arundel" large-paper edition, signed by Roberts and N.C. Wyeth. With a second set of 14 offset illustrations by Wyeth.
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A Code for the Collector of Beautiful Books
by Robert, Maurice and Frederic Warde
1936. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1936. 8vo, xiv, 55 pp. Blue cloth spine lettered in gilt, decorated paper boards. Paper rubbed and worn at foot of boards, a few age spot to the endpapers; very good. § Preface by Francis de Miomandre. "This manuscript was originally written by Maurice Robert and published under the title "Code de la Bibliophile Moderne" by the Union Latine d'Editions in Paris. It was translated from the French by... Read More
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A Code for the Collector of Beautiful Books
by Robert, Maurice and Frederic Warde
1936. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1936. 8vo, xiv, 55 pp. Blue cloth spine lettered in gilt, orange striped paper boards. Paper lightly rubbed and worn at tips, internally clean. § Preface by Francis de Miomandre. "This manuscript was originally written by Maurice Robert and published under the title "Code de la Bibliophile Moderne" by the Union Latine d'Editions in Paris. It was translated from the French by Jacques LeClercq. The text was revised for... Read More
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Land-Travel and Sea-Faring
by Roberts, Morley
1891. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1891. 8vo, (i-vii), viii, (1)-259 pp. With seven full-page engravings and numerous vignettes by A. D. McCormick. Blue cloth with gilt backstrip and green coated endpapers. Corners bumped, page edges a little browned. Small loss to top margin of p. 129 due to the signature being improperly cut. § First edition. In 1876, travel writer and novelist Morley Roberts (1857-1942) took steerage passage to Australia to work on sheep stations in... Read More
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