The Poems... Edited and arranged with a Preface by John Sampson
- 1921
1921. London: Florence Press, Chatto and Windus, 1921.
Small 4to, xxxviii, 345 pages. Original de luxe binding of full vellum stamped in gilt, inscribed at front in ink "C.G.A. Hill".
§ First edition of this collection, a lovely copy in the special binding of which I suspect very few were issued -- I have seen two in the last 40 years. Sampson was a highly regarded editor. Bentley, Blake Books, 294 and see Bentley 300: "This [the works] is a work of pioneer scholarly importance, well informed, meticulously accurate, well balanced, and intelligent - virtues that were never collectively applied to Blake's text before this time. It is particularly valuable on the Songs...
Small 4to, xxxviii, 345 pages. Original de luxe binding of full vellum stamped in gilt, inscribed at front in ink "C.G.A. Hill".
§ First edition of this collection, a lovely copy in the special binding of which I suspect very few were issued -- I have seen two in the last 40 years. Sampson was a highly regarded editor. Bentley, Blake Books, 294 and see Bentley 300: "This [the works] is a work of pioneer scholarly importance, well informed, meticulously accurate, well balanced, and intelligent - virtues that were never collectively applied to Blake's text before this time. It is particularly valuable on the Songs...
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Title
The Poems... Edited and arranged with a Preface by John Sampson
Author
Blake, William
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Date
1921