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CLARK Thomas BlakeABAA

OMAI FIRST POLYNESIAN AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND

Clark Thomas Blake; Reynolds Joshua original portraitABAA

Omai First Polynesian Ambassador to England; The True Story of His Voyage There in 1774 with Captain Cook; of How He Was Feted by Fanny Burney Approved by Samuel Johnson Entertained by Mrs Thrale & Lord Sandwich and Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds

194017100507San Francisco: Colt Press 1940. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. One of five hundred copies large octavo size 119 pp. with prospectus. Mai ca.1751-1780 was mistakenly known as "Omai" in Britain and that is how many still think of him today. He was a young Polynesian priest who was brought to England in 1774 on the British ship HMS "Adventure". He was introduced to London high society by the naturalist Sir Joseph Banks who invited Mai to dine with imminent personages of the day such as the First Lord of the Admiralty Lord Sandwich the notorious and boisterous Mrs. Thrale the erudite Fanny Burney and the stubborn skeptic Samuel Johnson. After two years he was returned to Otaheite; this is the story of both his visit and retreat told by the University of Hawaii professor Thomas Blake Clark with a reproduction of Omai's portrait which was done by the eminent portraitist of the day Sir Joshua Reynolds. This is the second book of Jane Grabhorn's Colt Press's "South Sea Series" and was so successful it was reprinted the following year with a more recent reprint being issued by the University of Hawaii; the author Thomas Clark was a scholar of eighteenth century literature who served as a professor at the University. ___DESCRIPTION: Original quarter batik cloth with patterned tapa cloth covered boards printed label strip affixed to backstrip fore-edge uncut plain endpapers monochrome frontis after a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds most signatures remain unopened; handset type rag paper large octavo size just under 9.75" by 7.75" pagination: i-iv 1-114 115 first and limited edition of five hundred copies. With the prospectus a single sheet of paper folded once letterpress printed on both sides measuring 9 3/8" by 7 3/8" when open. ___CONDITION: Near fine the binding is clean and bright text block is strong with solid hinges internally clean with no foxing and free of prior owner markings; a few odd places of glue residue to the front endpaper and some very minor rubbing/shelfwear to edges else fine. Prospectus is near fine clean with very short tears just beginning at the edges at the fold and two of the corners with creasing. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Colt Press hardcover books

Swan's Fine Books · États-Unis110,00 $US≈ 93,07 €

Blake William.ABAA

Poetical Sketches. By W.B.

192692468vo. London: Printed in the Year 1783. London: Noel Douglas 1926. 8vo original paper over boards. Gift inscription in front endpaper. Very good. Â§ Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. Bentley 132. â€œThe 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 paid for by Anthony Stephen Mathew and his wife Harriet dilettantes to whom Blake had been introduced by Flaxman in early 1783. Each individual copy was hand-stitched with a grey back and a blue cover reading "POETICAL SKETCHES by W.B." It was printed without a table of contents and many pages were without half titles. Of the extant copies eleven contain corrections in Blake's handwriting. Poetical Sketches is one of only two works by Blake to be printed conventionally with typesetting; the only other extant work is The French Revolution in 1791 which was to be published by Joseph Johnson. However it never got beyond the proof copy and was thus not actually published.Even given the modest standards by which the book was published it was something of a failure. Alexander Gilchrist noted that the publication contained several obvious misreadings and numerous errors in punctuation suggesting that it was printed with little care and was not proofread by Blake thus the numerous handwritten corrections in printed copies. Gilchrist also notes that it was never mentioned in the Monthly Review even in the magazine's index of "Books noticed" which listed every book published in London each month signifying that the publication of the book had gone virtually unnoticed. Nevertheless Blake himself was proud enough of the volume that he was still giving copies to friends as late as 1808 and when he died several unstitched copies were found amongst his belongings.â€ Wikipedia Printed in the Year 1783. London Noel Douglas hardcover books

John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller · États-Unis125,00 $US≈ 105,76 €

Blake William.ABAA

Poetical Sketches. By W.B.

192653858vo. London: Printed in the Year 1783. London: Noel Douglas 1926. 8vo original paper over boards. Very good. Â§ Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. Bentley 132. â€œThe 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 paid for by Anthony Stephen Mathew and his wife Harriet dilettantes to whom Blake had been introduced by Flaxman in early 1783. Each individual copy was hand-stitched with a grey back and a blue cover reading "POETICAL SKETCHES by W.B." It was printed without a table of contents and many pages were without half titles. Of the extant copies eleven contain corrections in Blake's handwriting. Poetical Sketches is one of only two works by Blake to be printed conventionally with typesetting; the only other extant work is The French Revolution in 1791 which was to be published by Joseph Johnson. However it never got beyond the proof copy and was thus not actually published.Even given the modest standards by which the book was published it was something of a failure. Alexander Gilchrist noted that the publication contained several obvious misreadings and numerous errors in punctuation suggesting that it was printed with little care and was not proofread by Blake thus the numerous handwritten corrections in printed copies. Gilchrist also notes that it was never mentioned in the Monthly Review even in the magazine's index of "Books noticed" which listed every book published in London each month signifying that the publication of the book had gone virtually unnoticed. Nevertheless Blake himself was proud enough of the volume that he was still giving copies to friends as late as 1808 and when he died several unstitched copies were found amongst his belongings.â€ Wikipedia Printed in the Year 1783. London Noel Douglas hardcover books

John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller · États-Unis125,00 $US≈ 105,76 €

Blake William.ABAA

Poetical Sketches. By W.B. The Noel Douglas Replicas.

19261008008vo. London: Printed in the Year 1783 i.e. London: Noel Douglas 1926. 8vo 70pp. Original paper over boards with worn printed glassine wrapper. Pages unopened. Very good. Â§ Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. Bentley 132. â€œThe 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 paid for by Anthony Stephen Mathew and his wife Harriet dilettantes to whom Blake had been introduced by Flaxman in early 1783. Each individual copy was hand-stitched with a grey back and a blue cover reading "POETICAL SKETCHES by W.B." It was printed without a table of contents and many pages were without half titles. Of the extant copies eleven contain corrections in Blake's handwriting. Poetical Sketches is one of only two works by Blake to be printed conventionally with typesetting; the only other extant work is The French Revolution in 1791 which was to be published by Joseph Johnson. However it never got beyond the proof copy and was thus not actually published.Even given the modest standards by which the book was published it was something of a failure. Alexander Gilchrist noted that the publication contained several obvious misreadings and numerous errors in punctuation suggesting that it was printed with little care and was not proofread by Blake thus the numerous handwritten corrections in printed copies. Gilchrist also notes that it was never mentioned in the Monthly Review even in the magazine's index of "Books noticed" which listed every book published in London each month signifying that the publication of the book had gone virtually unnoticed. Nevertheless Blake himself was proud enough of the volume that he was still giving copies to friends as late as 1808 and when he died several unstitched copies were found amongst his belongings.â€ Wikipedia Printed in the Year 1783 i.e.) London Noel Douglas hardcover books

John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller · États-Unis125,00 $US≈ 105,76 €

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