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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Drawings of William Blake: 92 Pencil Studies
by Blake, William. Keynes, Geoffrey, editor
1970. New York: Dover, (1970). Large 8vo, xiv, [184] pp., illustrations. Pictorial wrappers. Very good paperback. ß A combination (though not complete) of the 1927 and 1956 editions of the drawings from Nonesuch. Bentley, Blake Books, 405.
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Imagination and Vision: Prints and Drawings of William Blake
by [Blake, William. Exhibition Catalogue]
1971. [Normal, IL]: Art Gallery, Illinois State University, 1971. 4to, 32 pages. illustrated. Original illustrated wrappers. Very good. ß Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Art No. 84. Bentley, BB, 704.
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Exhibition of the Works of William Blake: Catalogue of Books, Engravings, Water-Colors & Sketches By William Blake Exhibited at the Grolier Club from January 26 to February 25 MCMV [1905]
by [Blake, William. Exhibition Catalogue]
1905. The Grolier Club, New York (1905). The De Vinne Press. Small 8vo, 147 pp. Printed tan wrappers with titling and small illustration on front cover, pages untrimmed. Cover is detached, chipping along edges; good copy. ß A scarce detailed catalogue of 148 works mostly lent by W. A. White, M. J. Perry, and Hoe. Bentley, Blake Books, 599.
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William Blake: Supplement to the Catalogue of the Preston Blake Library
by [Blake, William. Collection Catalogue]. Preston, Kerrison. Goff, Phyllis
1972. Westminster: Westminster City Libraries, 1972. 4to, 24 single-sided leaves. Brown printed wrappers, stapled, lacking rear wrapper. Very good. ß Bentley, BBS, p.292.
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An Exhibition of Original Works by William Blake...From the Graham Robertson Collection
by Blake, William
1949. Bournemouth: Bournemouth Arts Club, 1949. 8vo, 12pp, with decorated card wrappers, printed in red and black. Very good with rear cover slightly dusted. ß From the inside rear cover of the catalogue it appears the compiler was Kerrison Preston. Bentley, BB, 658.
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William Blake. Exhibition Catalogue
by Blake, William
1947. London: Tate Gallery, 1947. 8vo, 40 pp, with 24 illustrations. Original illustrated wrappers. Very good, with slight wear and small marks to wrappers. ß Bentley, BB, 657A.
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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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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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Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. 1804
by Blake, William
1877. [London: John Pearson, 1877]. Large 4to, 100 plates, printed in black and white, with black framing lines. Original upper blue-gray wrapper, backstrip and lower wrapper supplied, text block untrimmed. ß A wonderful facsimile of copy D (now at Harvard), limited to 100 copies per Bentley and Keynes but an old Quaritch catalogue stated 250 (an unlikely number, although a copy is recorded with the number "385" on the front wrapper). This copy numbered 5... Read More
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The Complete Portraiture of William and Catherine Blake
by Blake, William. Keynes, Geoffrey. (Trianon Press)
1977. London: Trianon Press: 1977. 4to, 155 pp., 51 plates. Original quarter brown morocco, slipcase. Fine as issued. ß Limited to 562 copies. This is copy 67. The definitive work on all known portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Blake. Not in Bentley BB or supplement.
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Milton s Hymn On the Morning of Christ s Nativity with Illustrations by William Blake
by [Blake, William. Sale Catalogue]
1981. Gloucestershire, UK: The Whittington Press, 1981. Large 4to, bi-fold with tipped-in color plate of The Old Dragon (loose). Light soiling. Very good. ß Announcement of the May 1981 limited edition publication Milton s Hymn On the Morning of Christ s Nativity with Illustrations by William Blake by Whittington Press in association with Angscot Productions.
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Highly Important Natural History Books and Autographs..
by [Blake, William. Auction Catalogue]
1977. New York: Christie, Manson & Woods International, 1977. Large 8vo, 115pp. plus numerous tipped-in plates. Printed paper-covered boards with mild wear to extremities. List of estimates loosely inserted. Very good. ß Auction date May 26, 1977. Includes lot 20, William Blake s Illustrations of the Book of Job with black and white illustration opposite page 25.
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The Death of the Strong Wicked Man. A single plate from Robert Blair's The Grave
by Blake, William. Blair, Robert
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, margins slightly soiled and worn, image clean. ß From the first 4to edition, this is one of the best known plates in the series. It was designed by Blake and engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A.
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Illustrations of the Book of Job. Plate #4 And I only am escaped alone to tell thee
by Blake, William
1826. 1826. Folio, single sheet 16 1/4 x 11, image (inc. platemark) 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 ins. Light spotting, very good. ß First edition, from the printing of 65 sets with the word Proof on French wove paper. Blake's rendition of Job 1: 14-16, in which Job is told of the destruction of his herds and the servants who tended them. Bentley, Blake Books, 421A. Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 625... Read More
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Drawings of William Blake: 92 Pencil Studies
by Blake, William. Keynes, Geoffrey, editor
1970. New York: Dover, (1970). Large 8vo, xiv, [184] pp., illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers, with some shelf wear, edges somewhat sunned. ß A combination (though not complete) of the 1927 and 1956 editions of the drawings from Nonesuch. Bentley, Blake Books, 405.
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William Blake in the art of his time
by [Blake, William. Exhibition Catalogue]
1976. Santa Barbara, CA: The Regents University of California, 1976. Oblong small folio, 103 pp., illus. Original printed wrappers ß Interesting exhibition catalogue placing Blake in the culture of his time, limited to 1200 copies. Bentley, Blake Books Supplement, p. 293.
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The Art of William Blake. Bi-Centennial Exhibition October 18th - December 1st, 1957
by [Blake, William. Exhibition Catalogue]
1957. Washington: National Gallery of Art Smithsonian Institution, 1957. Small 4to, 46pp. Color illustration on front cover, plus 21 plates in black and white. Yellow printed wrappers, chipping to spine. Some sun-fading. Very good. ß Bentley, Blake Books, 674.
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Catalogue of the Well-Known and Valuable Library of the Late Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge, Esq
by [Blake, William. Auction Catalogue]
1924. London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1924. 8vo, 168pp. Color frontispiece of Blake s Visions of the Daughters of Albion (lot 116). A second tipped-in plate by Blake, Marriage of Heaven and Hell (lot 115). All Blake lots, lots 108-134, with results noted in pencil and some in ink in margins. Wrappers soiled. Water damage to bottom edge and spine. Chipping to spine. Good. ß The great MacGeorge collection. Bentley, BB, 623.
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Imagination and Vision: Prints and Drawings of William Blake
by [Blake, William. Exhibition Catalogue]
1971. [Normal, IL]: Art Gallery, Illinois State University, 1971. 4to, 32 pages. illustrated. Original illustrated wrappers. Very good. ß Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Art No. 84. Bentley, BB, 704.
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Catalogue of Drawings by William Blake the property of Captain Butts
by Blake, William
1903. London: Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge, 1903. 8vo, title-page and 4 pages of text. Original printed wrappers, in later cloth-backed marbled boards. ß A sale of the first order of importance, though only comprising 42 lots, of which 23 were from the Butts collection comprising 18 original drawings, 4 printed proofs, and a bill from Blake to Butts. The remaining lots were from the Gilchrist collection. Bentley, Blake Books, 598. A scarce catalogue.
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Exhibition of the Works of William Blake: Catalogue of Books, Engravings, Water-Colors & Sketches by William Blake Exhibited at The Grolier Club from January 26 to February 25 MCMV
by [Blake, William. Exhibition Catalogue]
1905. New York: The Grolier Club, 1905. Small 8vo, 147pp. Printed wrappers, lightly chipped along edges. Pages untrimmed. A very good copy. ß A scarce detailed catalogue of 148 works mostly lent by W.A. White, M.J. Perry, and Hoe. Bentley, Blake Books, 599.
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Illustration by Alice and Martin Provensen from A Visit to William Blake s Inn by Nancy Willard
by [Blake, William. Sales Announcement]
1981. [New York]: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981. Single-sided black and white glossy illustration announcing the release of Nancy Willard s book A Visit to William Blake s Inn. Very good. ß.
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