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1813109208Single plate. London: R. Ackermann 1813. Single plate etching on wove unwatermarked paper recently cleaned. § From the second 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 B."In October 1805 Blake was commissioned by the engraver and would-be publisher Robert H. Cromek to prepare forty drawings illustrating Robert Blair's The Grave a popular "Graveyard" school poem first published in 1743. Cromek planned to select twenty of these designs for a deluxe edition of the poem. In Cromek's first prospectus of November 1805 Blake is named as both the designer and engraver of fifteen designs. Blake etched one image Deaths Door in white-line but Cromek rejected it. The dark power of the white-line print appeals to modern tastes but was far from fashionable in the early nineteenth century. In a second prospectus also of November 1805 Cromek announced that Luigi or Louis Schiavonetti would engrave twelve designs for the new edition. Blake had lost the potentially lucrative commission to engrave his own designs; his relationship with Cromek descended into anger and argument. In spite of their disagreement Cromek included a portrait of Blake as a frontispiece to the volume published in 1808. Cromek promoted the book aggressively and the illustrations to The Grave became Blake's best known work through much of the nineteenth century." The William Blake Archive R. Ackermann unknown books
1808107319Single plate. London: Cromek 1808. Single plate etching on wove unwatermarked paper margins slightly soiled and worn image clean. § From the first 4to edition this is one of the most famous plates in the series. Bentley Blake Books 435 A. Cromek unknown books
1808107325Single plate. London: Cadell and Davies 1808. Single plate etching on wove unwatermarked paper margins slightly soiled and worn image clean. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley Blake Books 435 A. Cadell and Davies unknown books
17911107614to. London: Johnson 1791. 4to single leaf 197 x 270 mm margins foxed a good strong impression with wide margins matted. § Designed by Fuseli and engraved by Blake for Erasmus Darwin's poem The Botanic Garden. One of Blake’s best-known commercial engravings. The image is of the God Anubis with the head of a dog praying to the star Sirius for rain his legs bestride a river and between them can be seen the winged figure of Jupiter Pluvius Jupiter giver of rain. Essick Commercial Book Illustrations XXI. Only state. Johnson unknown books
1967150244N.p.: N.p. 1967. Collection of five vintage borderless black and white photographs from the set of the 1967 film. With two printed mimeo snipes on the verso along with the stamp of still photographer James Johnson. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.<br/><br/>Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Truman Capote's most famous book and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America. Nominated for four Academy Awards.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Most Very Good plus with light creasing and edgewear one Very Good with a tear to the top right corner repaired with cello tape on the verso. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 781. Penzler 101. Spicer US. N.p. unknown books
193518547New York: Pierpont Morgan Library 1935. Stiff Wraps. Orig. stiff gray wrappers black cloth spine. Fine. Six parts. 38 x 29 1/2 cm. Folio 61 pages in text. Introduction by Lawrence Binyon and Geoffrey Keynes. All the reproductions except the collotypes in the text of the Introduction made and printed by Emery Walker Ltd and the Introduction printed by John Johnson at the Oxford University Press. Published in six parts sixty three water colors The Thomas Butts John Linnell & New Zealand Set -- being parts IIIII V. Twenty-five pencil and wash drawings part IV and twenty-two etchings of the Book of Job part VI. The Trainon Press "Book of Job" does not reproduce all the drawings. Internally very clean each part with printed paper front cover label small smudge upper left corner Vol. IV. Pierpont Morgan Library unknown books
197621637London: Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust 1976. leather_bound. Orig. full brown morocco spine lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine beige basket weave cloth slipcase. Blake William. 62 pages. 30 x 22 cm. Limited edition special copy VIII of XXXII total edition of 438 signed by Geoffrey Keynes in red ink on Lana rag paper. Plates reproduced by collotype in Paris at the workshops of the Trianon Press France under the supervision of Arnold Fawcus. Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust unknown books
2009185644Cambridge/ New York: Cambridge University Press 2009. Hardcover. VG/VG Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine inside front and rear covers ffep and block. Pages are very clean and clear. Six volumes bound in red cloth boards black title blocks with gilt lettering on front and spine. Volume 1 has a tan black and red dj. Volumes 2-6 have a yellow and black dj. Mylar covers on all volumes. Bw illustrations and maps. Various printings from 1992 to 2009. Volume 1 Beginnings to 1066: This volume deals with the history of English up to the Norman Conquest and contains chapters on Indo-European and Germanic phonology and morphology syntax semantics and vocabulary dialectology onomastics and literary language. Each chapter as well as giving a chronologically-oriented presentation of the data surveys scholarship in the area and takes full account of the impact of developing and current linguistic theory on the interpretation of the data. The chapters have been written with both specialists and non-specialists in mind. Volume 3 1476-1776: This volume begins at the time of the establishment of Caxtons first press in England and concludes with the American Declaration of Independence the notional birth of the first non-insular extraterritorial English. It encompasses three centuries which saw immense cultural change over the whole of Europe: the late middle ages the renaissance the reformation the enlightenment and the beginnings of romanticism. During this time Middle English became Early Modern English and then developed into the early stages of indisputably modern if somewhat old-fashioned English. In this book the distinguished team of six contributors traces these developments covering orthography and punctuation phonology and morphology syntax lexis and semantics regional and social variation and the literary language. The volume also contains a glossary of linguistic terms and an extensive bibliography. Contents: I. The beginnings to 1066 -- II. 1066-1476 -- III. 1476-1776 -- IV. 1776-1997 -- V. English in Britain and overseas: origins and development. -- VI. English in North America.; v. 1.; The beginnings to 1066 --; Introduction /; Richard M. Hogg --; The place of English in Germanic and Indo-European /; Alfred Bammesberger --; Phonology and morphology /; Richard M. Hogg --; Syntax /; Elizabeth Closs Traugott --; Semantics and vocabulary /; Dieter Kastovsky --; Old English dialects /; Thomas E. Toon --; Onomastics /; Cecily Clark --; Literary language /; Malcolm R. Godden.; v. 2.; 1066-1476 --; Introduction /; Norman Blake --; Phonology and morphology /; Roger Lass --; Middle English dialectology /; James Milroy --; Syntax /; Olga Fischer --; Lexis and semantics /; David Burnley --; The literary language /; Norman Blake --; Onomastics /; Cecily Clark.; v. 3.; 1476-1776 --; Introduction /; Roger Lass --; Orthography and punctuation /; Vivian Salmon --; Phonology and morphology /; Roger Lass --; Syntax /; Matti Rissanen --; Early modern English lexis and semantics /; Terttu Nevalainen --; Regional and social variation /; Manfred Gorlach --; Literary language /; Sylvia Adamson.; v. 4.; 1776-1997 --; Introduction /; Suzanne Romaine --; Vocabulary /; John Algeo --; Syntax /; David Denison --; Onomastics /; Richard Coates --; Phonology /; Michael K.C. MacMahon --; English grammar and usage /; Edward Finegan --; Literary language /; Sylvia Adamson.; v. 5.; English in Britain and Overseas : origins and development --; Introduction /; Robert Burchfield --; Part I.; Regional varieties of English in Great Britain and Ireland --; English in Scotland /; J. Derrick McClure --; English in Wales /; Alan R. Thomas --; English in Ireland /; Jeffrey L. Kallen --; The dialects of England since 1776 /; Ossi Ihalainen --; Part II.; English overseas --; English in Australia /; George W. Turner --; English in the Caribbean /; John A. Holm --; English in New Zealand /; Laurie Bauer --; English in South Africa /; William Branford --; English in South Asia /; Braj B. Kachru.; v. 6.; English in North America --; External history /; John Algeo --; British and American continuity and divergence /; John Hurt Fisher --; British and Irish antecedents /; Michael Montgomery --; Contact with other languages /; Suzanne Romaine --; Americanisms /; Frederic G. Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall --; Slang /; Jonathan E. Lighter --; Dialects /; Lee Pederson --; African-American English /; Salikoko S. Mufwene --; Grammatical structure /; Ronald R. Butters --; Spelling /; Richard L. Venezky --; Usage /; Edward Finegan --; Canadian English /; Laurel J. Brinton and Margery Fee --; Newfoundland English /; William J. Kirwin --; American English abroad /; Richard W. Bailey. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
19721076662 vols. London: Trianon Press 1972. 2 vols. 4to and small 4to with 20 color plates. Full brown morocco slipcase new. § Edition de luxe #XLIV of 50 copies with additional proof sheets progressive plates original stencil etc. “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 Blake Books 202. Trianon Press unknown books
19721073802 vols. London: Trianon Press 1972. 2 vols. 4to and small 4to with 20 color plates. Full brown morocco slipcase new. § Edition de luxe #10 of 50 copies with additional proof sheets progressive plates original stencil etc. “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 Blake Books 202. Trianon Press unknown books
1793287262London: Printed for John Stockdale 1793. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. First Edition First Issue of John Gay's Fables. With the long 's' throughout. Complete with sixty-eight plates including twelve by William Blake in addition to the two engraved title pages one at the start of each volume. Said to be the best examples of Blake's work as a reproductive engraver. Minor foxing to the title pages and some plates and offsetting to the opposite pages of most plates. Japanese tissue repair to the front joint of Vol. I. Surface wear to the leather binding. Full calf with red and black leather labels. Very Good. ESTC N9619. Very Good binding. Printed for John Stockdale unknown books
17981680London: Printed for John Murray 1798. First Edition in English. Three quarto volumes in five 339 x 272mm. Bound by J. Bohn in a close-to-contemporary diced Russian calf binding. Some of the joints reinforced and now all volumes holding well. Complete as to the text and with all five half-titles but with only 168 of the 173 full-page engraved plates by William Blake Bartolozzi Thomas Holloway and others. With the three engraved vignettes engraved by Blake Volume I pages 127 206 and 225 as well as a full-page plate engraved by Blake after Rubens V.I opposite page 159. <br/><br/>A Very Good set overall with light to moderate foxing near the plates most text leaves are generally in excellent shape. <br/><br/>Lavater 1741-1801 "was the last and most influential of the descriptive physiognomists a class of pseudo-scientists who attempted to ascertain character on the basis of physical features.Von der Physiognomik 1772 an unillustrated two volume book was Lavater's first work on the subject; this was later expanded with the help of Goethe into the four-volume Physiognomische Fragmente 1775-1778 and further perfected in a French translation Essais sur la physiognomie.supervised by Lavater himself. Lavater's physiognomy differed from those of his predecessors in that he paid special attention to the structure of the head particularly the forehead—a form of psychological indexing that exerted some influence on the development of phrenology and brain localization theories in the early nineteenth century. Lavater's work also influenced artists of the period both in the overall creation of portraits and in the use of his physiognomical theories to construct individual faces in historical paintings" Norman Library.<br/><br/>Lavater's work on physiognomy was extremely popular and by 1810 sixteen German twenty English fifteen French two American two Russian one Dutch and one Italian versions had appeared. Among the portraits included are those of Descartes Locke Milton Newton Vesalius Voltaire and George Washington. Garrison and Morton. Norman Library. Osler 3178. Printed for John Murray unknown books
108762London: C Bathurst T. Payne and others 1783. 5 vols 8vo pp 8 cxxxi 335; 4 407: 4 427; 4 438; 4 16 subscribers and errata 322 vi 55 errata and index with a frontispiece also in each volume and 3 further plates in The Life of Ariosto following the preface in vol. 1. Original calf with moderate wear; carefully restored. Spines with red labels and raised bands all somewhat worn and the label to vol 5 is missing. Internally a clean set with endpapers a trifle browned page edges slightly dusty and just a few occasional marks throughout the set. Plates are clean; the Blake plate is the frontispiece to vol. 3. Bookplate of Sir Charles Dance in each volume. § Blake’s engraving is after a drawing by Stothard depicting the furious Orlando brandishing a huge tree. Essick notes: “In a letter. to William Hayley Blake states that he is ‘absorbed’ in the study of several poets including Ariostoâ€. Bentley BB 417A. Essick CBI XII. C hardcover books
106641Chichester: J. Seagrave for Richard Phillips 1805. The Lion. Single plate full margins well printed first state. § See: Bentley Blake Books 465. Easson and Essick William Blake Book Illustrator VIII. Bindman Complete Graphic Works of Blake 403-407. J. Seagrave unknown books
106642Chichester: J. Seagrave for Richard Phillips 1805. The Hermit’s Dog. Single plate full margins well printed only state. § See: Bentley Blake Books 465. Easson and Essick William Blake Book Illustrator VIII. Bindman Complete Graphic Works of Blake 403-407. J. Seagrave unknown books
18161068098vo. London: Henry Colburn 1816. 8vo viii 449 pp. With 2 leaves of ads at the front and another 2 at the back dated 1818. Original boards paper backstrip slightly rubbed with loss of label some wear to boards a very fine copy entirely uncut and in original state as issued. § First edition of a fascinating contemporary reference work. It includes one of the earliest biographical references to William Blake “an eccentric and very ingenious artist†as well as a large number of writers such as Wordsworth Coleridge and Byron and hundreds of other authors forgotten today but amazingly no Shelley Mary or Percy no Keats and no Jane Austen. Bentley Blake Books 2929: “references to Blake under William Hayley W. Blake and William Blakeâ€. Some claim Watkins authored A-K and Shoberl the rest. Henry Colburn hardcover books
107381London: Trianon Press: 1977. 4to 155 pp. 51 plates. Original full brown morocco slipcase. A fine copy. § #5 of 36 de luxe copies signed by Keynes of a total edition of 562 copies. The definitive work about and reproducing all known portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Blake. The definitive work on all known portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Blake. Not in Bentley BB or supplement. Trianon Press 1977. 4to unknown books
107383London: Trianon Press: 1977. 4to 155 pp. 51 plates. Original full brown morocco slipcase. A fine copy. § Copy A of 26 copies for the Trustees and publishers signed by Keynes of a total edition of 562 copies.The definitive work on all known portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Blake. Not in Bentley BB or supplement. Trianon Press 1977. 4to unknown books
18031051664 vols. Chichester: J. Seagrave 1803-04. 4 vols. in 3 4to 8 table of contents 1-413 2; 6 iii-xii introductory letter 1-424; 4 i-iii iv-xxxi 1-416 1; 2 ads 1-122 22 pp. With 5 plates and an engraving in the text one designed and engraved by Blake 4 engraved by Blake after other artists and 1 engraved by Caroline Watson. Contemporary mottled calf with gilt borders on both covers. Backstrips and labels chipped covers rubbed with minor loss of calf hinges considerably worn yet sound. Armorial bookplate of Mrs Gosling in all three vols. § Second edition final state of the “Weatherhouse†plate designed by Blake. Hayley’s position as the most respectable and considerable literary figure who had known Cowper made him the inevitable choice to write the definitive work. Blake was living with his wife at Felpham and she helped him make and print the engravings for their old friend and patron Hayley however “the plates for vols i-ii are much more clearly and darkly printed in the second edition so indicated on the title pages than the first. Perhaps many of the lines were cut more deeply when the plates were converted in their second states but more careful inking and printing could account for the considerable tonal differences. One hesitates to blame Mrs. Blake for the poor impressions of the first states but that may indeed be the case†Essick William Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations 86. Bentley Blake Books 468 A. Easson & Essick I VII. J. Seagrave unknown books
18031027843 vols. Chichester: J. Seagrave 1803-04. 3 vols. 4to 2 xii 8 413; 4 424; 6 xxxi 416 pages. With 5 plates and an engraving in the text one designed and engraved by Blake the others engraved by Blake after other artists. Old diaper calf rebacked new labels a good set. § Second edition final state of the “Weatherhouse†plate designed by Blake. Hayley’s position as the most respectable and considerable literary figure who had known Cowper made him the inevitable choice to write the definitive work. Blake was living with his wife at Felpham and she helped him make and print the engravings for their old friend and patron Hayley. Bentley Blake Books 468 A. Easson & Essick I VII. Bound in at the end is another book entitled: Cowper Illustrated by a Series of Views in or near The Park of Weston-Underwood Bucks. London: 1803 published by Vernor and Hood and with an engraved title and 12 plates by Storer and Greig. This added text has nothing to do with Blake and only relates to William Cowper. J. Seagrave unknown books
108086London: Printed for John Bell at the British Library Strand. MDCCLXXX 1780. 8vo. xlvii 205 pp. 14 fold-out copper plate engravings two armorial copper plate engraved headpieces. Olive-green cloth clamshell box. Original boards as issued untrimmed edges and binding are rubbed and chipped boards are discolored internally bright with complete set of plates; very good. § “A New Edition.†First published in 1771 here revised with a new set of plates. Text and title-pages in English and French. Plate number four engraved by a young William Blake. A simplified manual on fencing by Jean Olivier whom was considered a master of the small sword in his time. ESTC T135608. Printed for John Bell hardcover books
1797104625Large 4to. London: R. Noble 1797. Large 4to pp. 95/96 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. Only five leaves in the book have engravings recto and verso. § First edition perfect for display or for teaching as the leaf is quite sturdy and can be carefully handled or matted for framing. Blake virtually in a frenzy completed 537 watercolor designs when he was commissioned to illustrate Young’s masterpiece. The publisher only issued the first four ‘Nights’ and had Blake engrave and partially etch 43 plates to test the market. The response must have been poor since no further engravings were requested of Blake. Ironically today the poet Young once compared with Shakespeare and Milton is forgotten save for this edition. Bentley Blake Books 515. Essick and LaBelle Night Thoughts Dover 1975. Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 1790-1914 3. R. Noble unknown books
195711474London: Trianon Press 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Elephant folio. 22" tall by 16" wide. Containing nine color plates including a lithographed frontispiece. Tissue guards present. Publisher's 1/4 morocco over decorated boards. Tips lightly rubbed else an exceptionally sharp copy. One of 506 hand-numbered copies. Very large and heavy tome. <br/><br/> Trianon Press hardcover books
193550515bdNew York: The Pierpont Morgan Library 1935. First Edition Thus. Folio cloth-backed stiff gray wrapper with paper labels. 6 facsimiles one of text three of water colors one of pencil & wash drawings and one of etchings. A total of 110 plates. Near-Fine. The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1935. First Edition Thus. hardcover books
1803007944Chichester : Printed by J. Seagrave for J. Johnson 1803. The first two volumes published 1803 of Hayley's biography Volume 3 published in1804 not present. 3 engraved portraits by Blake and engraving at Appendix of Vol. II featuring Cowper's Tame Hares. In contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards with later replaced plain endpapers with inked auction # 112 front paste downs marbled page edges. Near Fine scattered faint toning light rubbing at tips. SCARCE in the First Edition. . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Printed by J. Seagrave for J. Johnson Hardcover books
