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1957109112Slim folio. London: British Museum 1957. Slim folio 32 pp.Mimeographed typescript catalogue typed double-sided good in wrappers staple bound with no spine ; lightly browned at edges. § This extremely scarce pamphlet is a most useful and fascinating catalogue of an extraordinary exhibition at the BM; there are over 100 entries and the exhibition in addition to showing all the treasures of the BM was augmented with many items loaned by Geoffrey Keynes. The catalogue is a typescript reproduced on cheap paper and few copies can have survived. Bentley BB 680. British Museum unknown books
19731080364to. London: Trianon Press 1973. 4to 6 color facsimile leaves 5 pp. of commentary. Quarter black morocco with marble boards. Black mockup slipcase with edge wear and splitting that has been partially repaired with tape. Notes at front in pencil. Book is in fine condition. § Unnumbered maquette. Trianon Press hardcover books
18761029004to. London: Spottiswoode & Co. 1876. 4to 71pp. Tipped-in illustrations between pages 14 & 15. Original wrappers worn contents good. § An astonishing exhibition catalogue of 333 entries with a 9pp. introduction by William B. Scott. Bentley Blake Books 571. Spottiswoode & Co unknown books
107687London: Trianon Press: 1976. 4to 155 pp. 51 plates. Original quarter brown morocco a bit worn. § The Trianon Press mock-up for the published edition which was limited to 562 copies. The definitive work on all known portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Blake this example annotated by Arnold Fawcus and Ted Dring noting that Keynes wanted it it be called “The Portraiture†whereas in this mock-up it is titled “Portraits and Sketches of William and Catherine Blakeâ€. Numerous corrections to the text by hand. Trianon Press 1976. 4to unknown books
19051232798vo. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1905. 8vo xxxvi 384pp.Folding frontispiece of facsimile manuscript. Very good in original brick-red cloth with tiny chip to paper spine label spare label bound in at end. § First Edition. Bentley Blake Books 300 ".a work of pioneer scholarly importance. meticulously accurate well-balanced and intelligent". Clarendon Press hardcover books
19051087798vo. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1905. 8vo xxxvi 384pp.Folding frontispiece of facsimile manuscript. Very good in original brick-red cloth with tiny chip to paper spine label spare label bound in at end. § First Edition. Bentley Blake Books 300 ".a work of pioneer scholarly importance. meticulously accurate well-balanced and intelligent". Clarendon Press hardcover books
1942WRCLIT81562Edinburgh 1942. 2pp. very densely typed on recto and verso. of octavo air lettersheet. Partial break at horizontal fold not affecting text otherwise very good. Poet novelist and editor Todd writes to Prof. Tinker following up on the possibility that the copy of his edition of Gilchrist's LIFE he sent to him "may be edifying the fish at the bottom of the Atlantic" and continues on in great detail about the success of the edition and expands to encompass all of his then ongoing Blake projects with passing mention of Edwin Wolf Lessing Rosenwald Graham Robertson Geoffrey Keynes and details about his ongoing work compiling a catalogue of Blake's work. In excess of 700 words. unknown books
1988140939705New York: Viking Kestrel 1988. First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. 240 pp. Red cloth over blue boards with gilt stamping. Very Good with rubbing to gilt bumped corners former owners' name on front free endpaper two small square sof tape damage to front and rear paste downs. In Very Good dust jacket with wear at extremities. The beloved illustrated young adult novel that inspired a film adaptation in 1996. Viking Kestrel unknown books
19061087872 vols. London: Chatto and Windus 1906. 2 vols. 8vo 1 publisher's announcement xxxiv including title page and tissue-guarded portrait of Blake re-engraved after Linnell's original portrait as previously engraved by Jeens for Gilchrist's "Life" 551; x including title and tissue-guarded frontispiece from "The Grave" 492 pp.Large- paper copy in brown buckram top edges gilt and paper labels to spines spare labels bound in at end. Very good clean copies with just light fading to spines a small chip to edge of label on vol. 1 and limited spotting to the end two or three pages of each volume. § First edition large-paper copy. The portrait frontispiece to vol. 1 is a reworking by an anonymous engraver of the Linnell portrait on ivory engraved by Jeens found in both editions of Gilchrist’s “Lifeâ€. See Keynes Complete Portraiture #27. Bentley BB 301. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
196425709London: Arts Council of Great Britain 1964. Uneven toning to the gray paper else near fine. First Edition. Octavo. Pamphlet; 1-sheet folded twice. Exhibition catalogue for an early Hockney show. Includes short artist's biographies and a checklist. London: Arts Council of Great Britain unknown books
190561268NY and Washington: Neale Publishing Co 1905. First edition. 8vo. 252 pp. Portrait plates. The author was editor of the periodical 1843-1847. Krick 322: "Detailed biography of an influential southern journal which spanned three important decades and existed for three years as a Confederate imprint periodical. The roster of its editors is impressive including as it does the names of Edgar Allan Poe Mathew Fontaine Maury Benjamin Blake Minor and George William Bagby. Appended to Minor's history of the journal is a list of its contributors organized by geographical sections and a sketch of the author's life." Owner's name else very good. Original gilt-stamped green cloth top edge gilt other untrimmed. #8194. <br/><br/> Neale Publishing Co hardcover books
1968136751Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1968. Vintage pressbook for the first release of the groundbreaking 1968 film based on the nonfiction book by Truman Capote. Laid in are all 4 of the original pressbook inserts drawing equal attention to the best selling book and its filmed realization. <br/><br/>Richard Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Capote's most famous book and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America. <br/><br/>11 x 17 inches. Unfolded. Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
185244806Auburn NY: Derby Miller 1852. First Edition. 8vo pp. xii 13-654. Index. Original blind-stamped black leather with gilt spine decorations and titles. Marbled endpapers and edges. Frontis engraving and several other illustrations. Hinges tender cover scuffed and worn at edges and spine occasional lilght foxing and notes o/w VG. Advice to farmers and their wives on a multitude of subjects. Pages bordered with "twelve hundred laconics and apothegms relating to ethics relligion and general literature. Derby, Miller unknown books
19061080028vo. New York: Scribners 1906. 8vo xlvii 237 40 ads pp. With a frontispiece and 11 plates. Original blue cloth gilt ink stain and ink signature on front endpaper a very good copy. § First edition of this collection. Bentley Blake Books 88. Scribners hardcover books
19061011158vo. London: Methuen 1906. 8vo xlvii 237 pp. With a frontispiece and 11 plates. Half red morocco gilt top fine. § First edition of this collection this copy very pleasantly bound. Bentley Blake Books 88. Methuen unknown books
192592754to. Olney Bucks.: The Blake Society 1925. 4to 24 pages. Six plates additional illus. Original wrappers. Wrappers a bit soiled and worn. Very good. § One of 100 numbered copies. A scarce item from the eccentric Wright - not located in Bentley but probably there somewhere. The Blake Society unknown books
195409298New York: Harper & Brothers 1954. First Edition. Near Fine/About Fine. octavo 244 pages; first edition stated; pictorial dust jacket with price of $2.75 on front flap. Owner name and date on FFEP. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers unknown books
1926267563Oxford: Clarendon 1926. First. hardcover. near fine. 2 Volumes. Edited with General Introduction & Glossarial Index of Symbols by D. J. Sloss and J.P.R. Wallis. 10 facsimile illustrations including folding frontispiece. Thick 8vo blue cloth. Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1926. First edition. A near fine set with mostly un-opened pages.<br/><br/> Clarendon unknown books
1991107850Folio. Tate Gallery Publications London: The William Blake Trust 1991. Folio 302 pp. including 105 pages of color plates. Brown cloth in pictorial dust-jacket with protective plastic. As new. § The first volume in this series of Blake’s illuminated books. The hard-bound edition has been long out of print. The William Blake Trust hardcover books
19711106742 vols. London: Trianon Press 1971. 2 vols 4to and small 4to with 20 color plates and an 11 pp.description and bibliographical statement by Sir Geoffrey Keynes including a William Muir designed Plate 3 and an engraving from Hervey's "Meditations Among the Tombs" by Wall thought to have inspired Blake's "Application" design. Near fine in quarter brown morocco and marbled boards in slipcase. § Limited to 590 copies. “The text is a clear statement of Blake's beliefs regarding the nature of man. The full book only came to light in 1953 and this is the first reproduction of the text. Such maxims are included as "Man's desires are limited by his perceptions none can desire what he has not perciev'd sic" and "If any could desire what he is incapable of possessing despair must be his eternal lot" Schneideman. Bentley BB 202. Trianon Press hardcover books
1991108826Large 4to. London: Tate Gallery 1991. Large 4to 302pp.with 105pp of color plates. As new in original cloth and dust-jacket. § First trade edition reproducing the Stirling copy out of print. The longest of Blake's prophetic books which tells of the fall of Albion Blake's embodiment of man or the Western World. Six copies were printed between 1820 & 1827 and a further 4 copies were printed posthumously. Bentley Blake Books Supplement 88 149. Tate Gallery hardcover books
1993108832Large 4to 367pp with 77pp of coloured plates. London: Tate Gallery 1993. Large 4to 367pp with 77pp of coloured plates. As new in original cloth and dust-jacket. § First Edition now out of print. Tate Gallery hardcover books
1995108834Large 4to 231pp with 57pp of coloured plates. London: Tate Gallery 1995. Large 4to 231pp with 57pp of coloured plates. As new in original cloth and dust-jacket. § First Edition now out of print. Not found in Bentley. Tate Gallery hardcover books
196950122 vols. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1969. 2 vols. 8vo xvi 648 649; xxii 361 pp. Frontispieces one double-page and 10 plates. Original dark blue cloth dust-jackets fine. § Lithographic reprint of the 1924 edition. Bentley Blake Books 309 C: “The fresh transcriptions and bibliographical notes are of value as is the 'Index of Symbols'.†At the Clarendon Press hardcover books
19408042San Francisco: The Colt Press 1940 First edition. One of 500 copies. Small quarto. 4 115pp. Frontis portrait. Half linen over batik boards paper spine label. Bookplate on inner cover. Offsetting to front free endpaper as usual. Edges of cover slightly faded else a near fine copy. In 1938 Jane Grabhorn in partnership with W. M. Roth and Jane Swinerton set up The Colt Press. With the advent of the War the partnership was dissolved and from 1941 all Colt Press book while designed by Jane were printed by the Grabhorn Press. We believe this title to be the last published and printed by the "original" Colt Press. The frontispiece portrait of Omai is from the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. "The Polynesian Omai was a great success in London - he seemed to embody Jean Jacques Rousseau's concept of the 'noble savage' much in vogue at the time of Omai's arrival in England. For two years Omai was the darling of society" Hill. Hill Pacific Voyages new version: 301. The Colt Press hardcover books
