The Engraved Designs of William Blake
by Binyon, Laurence
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.
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The Engraved Designs of William Blake
by Binyon, Laurence
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. § Facsimile reprint. First published in 1926. Bentley, Blake Books, 627 B.
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The Drawings and Engravings of William Blake. Edited by Geoffrey Holme
by Binyon, Laurence. Blake, William
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.
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Blake's Hayley. The Life, Works, and Friendships of William Hayley
by Bishop, Morchard
1951. London: Gollancz, 1951. 8vo, 372 pp. With 22 illustrations. Original green cloth, dust-jacket somewhat chipped and soiled. Very good. § First edition, a scarce book. Bentley, Blake Books, 1210: "this excellent work".
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Blake's Hayley: The Life, Works and Friendships of William Hayley
by Bishop, Morchard
1951. London: Gollancz, 1951. 8vo, 372pp, with 22 illustrations. Very good original green cloth with acetate protected dust-jacket. First Edition. § First edition, a scarce book. Bentley, BB, 1210: "this excellent work".
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English Blake
by Blackstone, Bernard
1966. Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1966. 8vo, xiii, 455 pp. Frontispiece portrait, 10 plates. Blue cloth with printed dust-jacket, chipped. "Roger Easson" in blue ink written on front free endpaper. Very good. § Reprint of 1949 first edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 1212: "a useful, rather miscellaneous book; the most stimulating section is on the Island in the Moon".
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English Blake
by Blackstone, Bernard
1966. Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1966. 8vo, xiii, 455 pp. Frontispiece portrait, 10 plates. Blue cloth with printed dust-jacket, fine. § Reprint of 1949 first edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 1212: "a useful, rather miscellaneous book; the most stimulating section is on the Island in the Moon".
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English Blake
by Blackstone, Bernard
1966. Hamden, Ct: Archon Books, 1966. 8vo, xviii, 455 pp, with 10 plates and portrait frontispiece. Good in original dark blue/black cloth; slight bubbling at base of rear cover. Internally clean, slight spotting to foredge and slight buckling at bottom of last few pages. § Reprint of 1949 first edition. Bentley, BB, 1212: "a useful, rather miscellaneous book; the most stimulating section is on the Island in the Moon".
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Infant Sorrow
by Black Knight Press. Blake, William
1970. Leicester: Black Knight Press, 1970. Slim Small 8vo, [9]pp. With four lino cuts by Duine Campbell in olive green, rust brown, or blue-green. Sewn with brown thread into moss green card covers, cut flush, printed in black on the front, as issued. § Limited to 100 copies, handset in Bembo, signed by the artist and inscribed as a proof copy; printed on green Glastonbury Antique laid paper. A fine copy.
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Monumethensis Comitatus. Vernacule Monmouth Shire
by Blaeu, Johannes
1643. [Novus Atlas: 1643]. Folio 20 x 24", hand-colored engraving 15 x19 1/2", two cartouches with pastoral figures and putti, the Royal coat of arms, the local coat of arms, and a plumed crown with "Sche Diene" along the rim, Latin text to verso. § From an early edition of Blaeu's atlas which focused on England and Wales. This brightly colored, decorative map describes the county in the south east of Wales which in Welch is... Read More
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The Grave
by Blair, Robert
1813. London: Ackermann, 1813. 4to, single leaf, "The Day of Judgment" etched by Schiavonetti after Blake. A little browned at edges, wear at foot of blank margin. § Second edition, 4to issue. Bentley, Blake Books, 435D. Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 465-476. See also Essick and Paley, "The Printing of Blake's Designs for Blair's Grave" The Book Collector, Winter 1975.
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William Blake and His Circle
by Exhibition catalogue (William Blake)
1993. Glasgow: Hunterian Art Gallery, 1993. Slim small 8vo, 24 pp. Illustrated throughout in b/w. Original wrappers. § Introduction by Paul Stirton, focusing on Blake colections in Glasgow.
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William Blake Engraver: A Descriptive Catalogue... by Charles Ryskamp. With an Introductory Essay by Geoffrey Keynes
by Exhibition Catalogue. (William Blake)
1969. Princeton: 1969. 8vo, 61pp, illus. Original marbled wrappers, slightly worn but good. § Only edition, an excellent account of Blake's engravings. Bentley, Blake Books, 700.
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Blake an Illustrated Quarterly. Vol. 12, no. 1 through vol. 34, no. 4 (a partial set)
by Blake. Bentley, G.E. Jr., Essick, Robert N., Eaves, Morris, Paley, Morton, et al. editors
1978. [var.places: var. pubs.], 1978-2001. 57 issues, 4to, illustrated (a few in color). Original wrappers, a good collection though lacking numerous issues within the years. § Vol. XII, 1, 2; XIII, 1, 2, 4; XV, 1-4; XVI, 1-4; XVII, 1-3; XVIII, 1-4; XIX, 1-4; XX, 1, 2, 4; XXI 1-4; XXII 1-4; XXIII, 1-4; XXIV, 1; XXV, 4; XXVI, 4; XXVII, 4; XXVIII, 4; XXIX, 4; XXX, 2, 4; XXXI, 4; XXXII, 2, 3, 4; XXXIII,... Read More
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Loss of the Hindostan by Fire
by Blake, (not William)
N.p.: n.d. Single sheet, 8 x 5 ins, b/w engraving of a ship sinking, signed "Blake sc.". § A print by the "wrong Blake" as Bentley described the various other Blakes who were artists or engravers roughly within Blake's lifetime. The ship sank in 1803; curiously a similar image but reversed and unsigned was found in Google images.
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Illustrations of the Book of Job. Plate #8 "Let the Day Perish Wherein I was born.
by Blake, William
1826. 1826. Folio, single sheet 16 1/4 x 11, image (inc. platemark) 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 ins. Fine. § First edition, from the printing of 65 sets with the word "Proof" on French wove paper. A fine impression of one of the most affecting plates in this series, in which Job laments his unfortunate existence while his friends bear witness to his grief in silence (Job 3:3). Illustrations of the Book of Job was Blake's... Read More
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El Libro de Urizen. Version en Castellano de Avantos Swan
by Blake, William
1984. Madrid: Swan, 1984. 8vo, 141pp. with 28 full-color plates. Illustrated wrappers, with minor soiling. Very good. § First edition. Bentley, BBS, p.76.
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Narrative of a Five Year's Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam
by Blake, William (illus). Stedman, Captain John Gabriel
1806. London: J, Johnson, 1806. 2 vols. 4to, xviii, 423, (4, index and plate list); iv, 419 ( 6, index and plate list) pp, with 40 hand-coloured plates in both vol I and vol II as called for plus hand-coloured title page to vol I and coloured vignette to both volumes. 16 of the plates and the two title page vignettes are by Blake. Contemporary diamond calf with gilt rules and decoration, including to spine, with general... Read More
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The Followers of William Blake: An Exhibition at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery November 1, 1972 through January 31, 1973
by [Blake, William. Exhibition Catalogue]
1972. [San Marino, CA]: Henry E. Huntington, 1972. 12mo, 32pp. Illustrated. Red printed wrappers, stapled. Near fine. §.
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Collection of Paul Hyde Bonner. First Editions and Manuscripts of Outstanding Importance
by [Blake, William. Auction Catalogue]
1934. New York: American Art Association Anderson Galleries, Inc., 1934. 8vo, 67pp. Frontispiece William Blake's Visions of the Daughters of Albion (lot 11). Lightly soiled wrappers with some edgewear and chipping. Water damage to spine visible on frontispiece and titlepage. Pages browned. Good. § An important catalogue apparently overlooked by Bentley.
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For Friendship's Sake. William Blake and William Hayley
by [Blake, William. Exhibition Catalogue]
1969. Manchester: City Art Gallery, The William Morris Press, Ltd., 1969. Oblong 8vo, 15pp. Stapled wrappers, salmon-colored paper. Very good. § A preliminary study of the Blake heads - see William Blake's Heads of the Poets for Turret House the residence of William Hayley Felpham. City Art Gallery Manchester. 29th April to 18th May 1969. Organised for the Manchester Cathedral Arts Festival. Bentley, BB, 697.
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The Complaint and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts, Page 57, "Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl
by Blake, William. Young, Edward
1797. London: R. Noble, 1797. Large 4to, pp. 57/58, 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. § First edition, perfect for display or for teaching as the leaf is quite sturdy and can be carefully handled or matted for framing. The leaf is from from "Narcissa," the third night of Young's poem, and the illustration shows a... Read More
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All Religions are One
by Blake, William (Trianon Press)
1970. London: Trianon Press, 1970. 4to, 10 facsimile leaves and 5 pp. of commentary. Original full green morocco, backstrip slightly faded as usual, slipcase. § Edition de luxe, this being copy h.c. ii, limited to 36 copies specially bound with extra suites of the plates, of an edition in all of 662 copies. Bentley, Blake Books, 5. All Religions are One (c. 1788) is "a small tractate, perhaps Blake's first experiment in his illuminated printing, [it]... Read More
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The Letters of William Blake with Related Documents
by Blake, William. Keynes, Sir Geoffrey
1980. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980. 8vo, xxviii, 235 pp, with 25 black and white plates and one text illustration. The third edition, revised and amplified. Near fine in original black cloth and dust-jacket. § Third edition. Bentley, BBS, refers to this edition but does not include it (see p.96n.).
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Poetical Sketches
by Blake, William
1926. London: Noel Douglas, 1926. 8vo, 70 pp. Original paper over boards with title on spine. Very good, with spine a touch darkened and light dusting to original cream boards, and slight spotting to endpapers. § Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. "The original 1783 copies were seventy-two pages in length, printed in octavo by John Flaxman's aunt, who owned a small print shop in the Strand, and... Read More
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