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1927WRCLIT70604London: The Nonesuch Press 1927. Quarto. Quarter vellum and marbled boards. Portrait facsimiles and plates. Forecorners a bit bruised slight mottling to the vellum side panels otherwise a very good copy in later plain slipcase. First edition issued in an edition of 1480 numbered copies separate from but uniform in format with the Keynes Collected Works published by the Press two years earlier. With A.E. Newton's Oak Knoll bookplate tipped to the front pastedown. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1932WRCLIT30855New York: Cape and Ballou 1932. Cloth. Frontis. First U.S. edition. Spine gilding oxidized faint damp mark on lower cover else good or better in a tattered dust jacket. Cape and Ballou hardcover books
196321229Oxford: Clarendon Press 1963. Hardcover. Very good/good. Large folio pp xviii 220 with 142 pages of plates. Grey cloth boards show minor surface wear. Binding sound text clean. Dust jacket has chipping a few short tears. Due to size shipping cost will be more than standard for priority or international orders. Includes a complete transcript of the text and detailed study of the illustrations. Clarendon Press hardcover books
20096633London: William Blake Trust 2009. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Slipcase and Fine Portfolio. Tight bright and unmarred. Black cloth red leather matching slipcase gilt lettering. Small fo. Illus. color plates. <br/><br/>"Bound in gilt-lettered quarter deep scarlet calf over black moiré silk covered boards deep scarlet leather label blocked in gilt to the centre of the upper board; 96pp. illustrated throughout with colour and b/w reproductions of Blake's drawings and watercolours. Contents: Morton D. Paley William Blake and Robert Blair's 'The Grave'. Martin Butlin The History of Blake's Illustrations to 'The Grave' and The Newly Discovered Water-colours. Blake's twenty watercolour designs with a Catalogue and illustrated Commentaries by Martin Butlin. Robert Blair's The Grave from Cromek's edition 1808. Schiavonetti's engravings of twelve of Blake's designs from the 1808 edition. Blake's rejected engraving of 'Death's Door'. Printed throughout in black and white and colour on 200 gsm archival acid-free paper. With A portfolio 35x28x2.8 cm bound in maroon calf with tongue-and-strap closure blocked in gold flap blind-embossed with double rule border lined in red; all in close replication of the portfolio made sometime after 1822 to contain: 19 of 20 watercolour inventions by Blake in illustration of Blair's The Grave mounted on thick beige paper within ruled and tinted borders and trimmed to 33.3x26.7 cm; here reproduced in facsimile. One of 36 copies of the Portfolio Plates and Book in cloth-covered double slipcase numbered I-XXXVI." William Blake Trust hardcover books
1978292594Boulder: Shambhala 1978. hardcover. fine/fine. William Blake. Edited with a Commentary by Kay Parkhurst Easson and Roger R. Easson. 28 color plates 102pp. 8vo cloth-backed boards. Boulder: Shabhala 1978. Fine.<br/><br/> Shambhala unknown books
1927105940Small 4to. 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. § 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. The Scholartis Press hardcover books
1805107268King Henry VIII. London: Rivington and 40 other booksellers 1805. King Henry VIII. Single plate some toning and spotting but very good condition. § One of two illustrations engraved by Blake after Fuseli from the best illustrated collection of Shakespeare’s plays save only the elephant-folio Boydell perhaps and quite rare. Rivington [and 40 other booksellers] unknown books
19552263972New York: The Beechhurst Press 1955. Limited Edition. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Limited edition one of 2500 copies. Errata slip laid in. 1955 Full-Leather. xiv 115 3 100 4 pp. The last book by the pioneering English poet and engraver William Blake etched in handwriting with accompanying sketches marginal figures and full-page illustrations. Finely bound in full crimson leather gilt titles and rules top edge gilt marbled endpapers. From the limitation page: "This is the first complete edition containing the text of Jerusalem in letter press with a facsimile of the engraved book. The facsimile of the 'Rinder' copy of Jerusalem was printed in deep etched gravure by Aulard & Cie. master printers in Paris. The frontispiece was reproduced in collotype by Daniel Jacomet & Cie. Paris. The book was designed by Arnold Fawcus and printed in 1952 by Berthod & Cie. Bourg Ain. The Beechhurst Press hardcover books
1976CNJL1042London: Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust 1976. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Blake William. Number 113 of 480 quarto size unpaginated 5 plates and 5 pp. of commentary. "The Book of Los" published in 1795 is one of Blake's prophetic books a sort of retelling of "Urizen" from the perspective of the character "Los". "The Book of Ahania" along with "The Book of Los" were some of the last of the series of Illuminated Books completed by Blake while living in Lambeth. The manner of their execution suggest that he was wearying with the effort of making the splendid books that preceded them and was seeking for a less laborious method of production. He completed only one copy of each book and then laid them aside as if dissatisfied with his experiment. He never included either of them in any list of his productions and is not known to have disposed of them to any customer or patron. They therefore remained unknown until late in the nineteenth century. <br/><br/>William Blake 1757-1827 is arguably the most original and highly regarded English author - unusual in that he excelled both as an author and an artist. Although thought mad by his contemporaries he was held in high regard for his expressiveness and for the synthesis of philosophical and mystical senses within his work. Blake's work has been spectacularly reproduced through the pochoir technique by Arnold Fawcus and his Trianon Press which has an undeniable claim to being the finest press of its kind in the last century and has long been known for their unrivaled artworks in fine colour printing. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Original quarter adobe-brown morocco with hand-marbled paper sides backstrip lettered in gilt 5 plates reproduced by the collotype and pochoir processes printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match the paper used by Blake paper is watermarked with Blake's monogram; quarto size 12" by 9.75" unpaginated 5 plates and 5 pp. of commentary limited edition no. 113 of 480 with 538 total copies. Housed in publisher's slipcase covered with the same hand-marbled paper with leather guards on the head and tail of the opening. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy internally bright and free of prior owner markings covers are clean corners are straight text block is tight and square; overall a fine copy. Slipcase is also fine clean and free of chips or toning; a beautiful example.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___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. Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust hardcover books
1970CNJL1045London: Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust 1970. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Blake William. Number 381 of 600 folio size unpaginated 28 pp. "William Blake's early tractate 'All Religions are One' consists of ten small etched plates averaging in size only about 5.5 x 4 cm. There is some uncertainty about the circumstances in which the work was produced though it is generally accepted that is must belong to a period of experimentation in the production of the plates for the Illuminated Books." n.b. from the book's notes. <br/><br/>William Blake 1757-1827 is arguably the most original and highly regarded English author - unusual in that he excelled both as an author and an artist. Although thought mad by his contemporaries he was also held in high regard for his expressiveness and for the synthesis of philosophical and mystical senses within his work. Blake's work has been spectacularly reproduced through the pochoir technique by Arnold Fawcus and his Trianon Press which has an undeniable claim to being the finest press of its kind in the last century and has long been known for their unrivaled artworks in fine colour printing. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Original quarter green morocco with hand-marbled paper sides backstrip lettered in gilt ten plates reproduced by the collotype process printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match the paper used by Blake; folio size 12" by 9.25" unpaginated with 28 pp. limited edition this no. 381 of 600 of the regular editions 662 total editions. Housed in publisher's slipcase of marbled paper with morocco guards at head and tail of opening. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is in fine condition internally bright and free of prior owner markings covers are clean except for somem sunning to the backstrip corners are straight text block is square and tight; slipcase is in fine condition strong and sturdy with very minor wear to guards otherwise bright and clean. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Bentley Blake Books no. 5. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___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. Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust hardcover books
1972CNJL1047London: Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Blake William. Two volumes number 522 of 540 folio and octavo sizes unpaginated 21 plates and 10 pp. of commentary. "There is No Natural Religion" is a series of gnomic aphorisms written in 1788. The plates were made by relief etching on copper and are among Blake's earliest experiments in this method of etching for his illuminated books. The different states slightly vary in the order of the plates with copy L Series b considered to be Blake's first Illuminated Book. The text as described by Geoffrey Keynes in his description ".state Blake's belief in the spiritual and mystical nature of man and the unreality of vegetable existence and reason. In the first series he has stated and reiterated the inadequacy of regarding man as a creature limited in his perceptions by his natural organs. The idea of a 'natural' religion such as might have been satisfied by his Deist friends Paine Priestly and Godwin is therefore discarded as absurd. In the second series Blake has restated in the first Proposition the essence of the first series and has then proceeded to elaborate the effect that such mental limitation would have on its possessor. He would be filled with loathing and despair seeing nothing beyond himself performing the same dull round over and over again. Man is saved by his poetic or 'prophetic' faculties. These make his desires infinite not bounded by his natural organs allowing Blake to end with the triumphant cry of the mystic announcing his identity with God." <br/><br/>William Blake 1757-1827 is arguably the most original and highly regarded English author - unusual in that he excelled both as an author and an artist. Although thought mad by his contemporaries he was held in high regard for his expressiveness and for the synthesis of philosophical and mystical senses within his work. Blake's work has been spectacularly reproduced through the pochoir technique by Arnold Fawcus and his Trianon Press which has an undeniable claim to being the finest press of its kind in the last century and has long been known for their unrivaled artworks in fine colour printing. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Two volumes both in original quarter brown morocco with hand-marbled paper sides backstrips lettered in gilt twenty-one plates twenty of which were reproduced by colour collotype with water-color washes by hand through stencil and one monochrome engraving printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match the paper used by Blake each page is watermarked with Blake's monogram; the larger of the two volumes is folio size 12" by 9.38 and the smaller octavo size 7.25" by 5" unpaginated 21 plates and 10 pp. of commentary limited edition no. 522 of 540 of the regular editions 616 copies total. Both volumes housed in a single publisher's slipcase covered with the same hand-marbled paper.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy both volumes are internally bright and free of prior owner markings covers are clean with only a hint of age-toning to backstrips corners are straight text block is tight and square; overall a fine copy. Slipcase is near fine overall clean and bright with a bit of shelfwear at edges and some minor chips at the opening; overall a fine example. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Bentley Blake Books 202. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___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. Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust hardcover books
1973CNJL1048London: Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust 1973. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Blake William. Number 340 of 750 quarto size unpaginated. "The Book of Ahania" is one of Blake's lesser-known works and is generally agreed to be a continuation of "The Book of Urizen" with Ahania being the feminine manifestation of Urizen signifying pleasure. According to Geoffrey Keynes' Description this text " .along with "The Book of Los" were some of the last of the series of Illuminated Books completed by Blake while living in Lambeth. The manner of their execution suggest that he was wearying with the effort of making the splendid books that preceded them and was seeking for a less laborious method of production. Blake completed only one copy of each book and then laid them aside as if dissatisfied with his experiment. He never included either of them in any list of his productions and is not known to have disposed of them to any customer or patron. They therefore remained unknown until late in the nineteenth century." <br/><br/>William Blake 1757-1827 is arguably the most original and highly-regarded English author - unusual in that he excelled both as an author and an artist. Although thought mad by his contemporaries he was held in high regard for his expressiveness and for the synthesis of philosophical and mystical senses within his work. Blake's work has been spectacularly reproduced through the pochoir technique by Arnold Fawcus and his Trianon Press which has an undeniable claim to being the finest press of its kind in the last century and has long been known for their unrivaled artworks in fine colour printing. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Original quarter blue morocco with hand-marbled paper sides backstrip lettered in gilt six colour plates reproduced by the collotype and pochoir process printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match the paper used by Blake; quarto size 11.5" by 9.25" unpaginated 6 plates and 5 pp. commentary limited edition no. 340 of 750 of the regular edition with 808 total copies. Housed in publisher's slipcase covered with the same hand-marbled paper with matching morocco guards at the head and tail of the backstrip. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy internally bright and free of prior owner markings covers are clean with only a hint of age-toning to backstrips corners are straight text block is tight and square; overall a fine copy. Slipcase is fine bright and clean with no shelfwear; a fine example. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Bentley Blake Books no. A15. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___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. Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust hardcover books
1987110738Folio. London: The William Blake Trust 1987. Folio two large slipcases the first housing the text volume and a portfolio of plates including all 21 plates in several states 21 fascicules and the plate-by-plate commentary; the second slipcase houses The Colour Versions of the Book of Job. the text volume and three separate volumes of illustrations all bound in quarter-morocco with marbled paper covered boards with solander boxes fitted inside each slipcase printed on Arches pure rag paper. Near fine overall. § Limited edition number III of LXV numbered copies from a total edition of 387. Illustrations of the Book of Job with essays and commentary from several notable Blake scholars including Charles Ryskamp David Bindman John Commander Geoffrey Keynes Robert Essick Bo Lindberg and Barbara Bryant. The plates are comprised of 22 fascicules including the title-page and 21 plates of Blake's engraved Illustrations of the Book of Job in facsimile of the proof copy lately in the collection of Sir Geoffrey Keynes. Each fascicule also contains reproductions of related material together with a plate-by-plate commentary by Bo Lindberg. Colour versions of WIlliam Blake's Book of Job designs. with three portfolios containing "The New Zealand Set" of 21 plates and a title-page "The Collins Set of Coloured Engravings" of 21 plates and a title-page and "Four Coloured Engravings" of plates 11 15 18 and 20 from The Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge. Plates printed by pochoir method at the Trianon Press Paris under the supervision of the late Arnold Fawcus.A surprisingly hard title to find from the Blake Trust being their last publication until the 2009 issue of “The Grave†watercolors. The edition included a less expensive version of this issue as well as two more elaborate issues. The analysis of the various states of the Job plates and of the coloring of the three colored copies known is not printed anywhere else and thus this set is essential for anyone studying this book surely Blake’s masterpiece of engraving. The William Blake Trust hardcover books
107967London: Herbert & Daniel c. 1920. 8vo xvii 49pp. 12 illustrations. Green cloth with color illustration label on cover. Gilt decorated. Some wear on spine. Mild spotting to pages. Inscribed Betty Spaight in ink at front. Good condition. § Undated reprint from the 1911 edition. Bentley BB 153: “the illustrations are distressingâ€. A less critical eye might find them quite charming and sweet and the whole book prettily printed and designed. Herbert & Daniel hardcover books
19111014968vo. London: Herbert & Daniel 1911. 8vo xvii 49pp. 12 illustrations. Full white cloth soiled. Gilt decorated. Pages deckled. Some foxing. Some splittinig to inner hinges both front and rear. Very good. § First edition. Bentley BB 153: “the illustrations are distressingâ€. A less critical eye might find them quite charming and sweet and the whole book prettily printed and designed. Herbert & Daniel hardcover books
1961119435London 1961. hardcover. Illus. Thin 8vo. London 1961.<br/><br/> unknown books
101547hardcover. near fine/very good. Illustrated with color plates. 8vo cloth d.w. London 1955. Near fine in very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> unknown books
1965150160N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film showing actor Jack Lemmon in costume as Professor Fate in turn in disguise as Crown Prince Fredrich Hapnick covered in cake and pie. With the stamp of Globe Photos dated 14 April 1965 two Italian agency stamps and a stamp noting No. 7053 on the verso. <br/><br/>Loosely based on the 1908 race from New York to Paris billed as the "Greatest Auto Race" of its time. An homage to slapstick farces and silent film comedies following two competing daredevils at the turn of the 20th century: handsome courteous hero The Great Leslie Tony Curtis and his nemesis the dastardly Professor Fate Lemmon.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Austria Paris and Kentucky Oregon and California in the United States. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1958132722London: Unviersal International Pictures 1958. Collection of 8 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1958 UK release of the 1958 US film. <br/><br/>Based on a play by F. Hugh Herbert about a young woman who asks another guest at party to rescue her from her lecherous boss. When her rescuer suggests that she get out of her wet clothes she escapes and finds safety in the home of a retired actor. <br/><br/>A story set in Connecticut shot at Universal Studios in California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Faint creasing overall else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Unviersal International Pictures unknown books
1957143037Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1957. Revised Final script for the 1958 film. Based on the 1947 play "For Love or Money" by F. Hugh Herbert. Presentation copy belonging to producer Ross Hunter bound in full navy calf with gilt titles and design with Hunter's name on the front board. <br/><br/>Veteran actor Curd Jurgens begins to have feelings for a young woman Debbie Reynolds much to the chagrin of his romantic partner Alexis Smith. Ultimately Reynolds chooses his younger neighbor John Saxon and Jurgens happily returns to Smith. Winner of a Golden Globe. <br/><br/>Set in Connecticut. <br/><br/>Title page present noted as Revised Final with credits for screenwriter Blake Edwards. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered "135-A and 136." Mimeograph duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 7/12/57 and 9/24/57. Pages Fine presentation binding about Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1983147795Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1983. Two vintage studio still photographs one color one black and white from the 1983 film. <br/><br/>Blake Edwards remake of Francois Truffaut's 1977 film about a sculptor whose obsessive love of women leads to his eventual death told from the perspective of his analyst and eventual lover. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1973131474London: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1973. Draft script for the 1974 film. From the collection of still photographer Bob Willoughby. Rainbow copy with blue pink and white leaves. Included are six vintage black-and-white reference still photographs from the film. <br/><br/>Bob Willoughby 1927-2009 studied with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles worked as a photographer for magazines such as "Life" "Look" and "Harper's Bazaar" and as a set photographer for every major studio documenting some of most important films of the era and creating intimate portraits of some of Hollywood's greatest celebrities. <br/><br/>Willoughby moved his family to County Cork Ireland in 1972 working on only a handful of films through the late 1970s and early 1980s this was one of his final films though he would continue to photograph exhibit and publish books for the remainder of his life. <br/><br/>Based on Evelyn Anthony's 1971 novel about a woman on holiday in the Caribbean who meets a handsome Russian. Judith Farrow Andrews meets Feodor Sverdlov Sharif and together they visit all the beautiful spots on the island but Judith's ties to the British government and Feodor's to the Russian government cause problems for their romance. An underrated but serious look at espionage in the Cold War. <br/><br/>Set in Barbardos and shot on location there and in London and Paris. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers marked copy No. 122. Title page present dated April 1973 with credits for screenwriter Edwards. 127 leaves mimeograph duplication with pink and blue undated revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good bound internally with two silver brads. Stills Near Fine. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown books
1985148722Los Angeles: Blake Edwards Entertainment 1985. Draft script for the 1986 film here under the working title "The Music Box." <br/><br/>The second page of the script is a statement from Blake Edwards expressing his intent of utilizing "broad improvisation" and leaving the concise script with relatively minimal dialogue. Noted in the AFI Catalog.<br/><br/>Inspired by the classic and Academy Award winning Laurel & Hardy short "The Music Box" 1932 directed by James Parrott. Originally intended by Edwards to be a vehicle for Richard Pryor and Burt Reynolds.<br/><br/>Actor and gambler Spencer Holden Ted Danson overhears gangsters Binky and Turnip Stuart Margolin and Richard Mulligan at the racetrack talking about doping a horse to win the race. When the thugs find out they trail him and his restauranteur buddy Dennis Powel Howie Mandel to make sure they don't go to the authorities. <br/><br/>Untitled Blake Edwards Entertainment wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Blake Edwards. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Blake Edwards Entertainment unknown books
1964135474Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1964. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white reference studio still photographs from the 1964 film. The second of the "Pink Panther" films based on the 1962 book by Harry Kurnitz which in turn was adapted from Marcel Achard's play "L'Idiote." <br/><br/>Probably one of five funniest films of the 1960s and the defining installment in the well-loved Pink Panther series. While "A Shot in the Dark" was ably preceded by "The Pink Panther" in 1963 it was the first to feature the series' underrated maestro Herbert Lom as Chief Inspector Dreyfus. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine condition. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. United Artists unknown books
1969151541London: United Artists 1969. Vintage borderless photograph of Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers on the set of the 1968 film from the 1969 UK release of the film. British United Artists snipe and provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso.<br/><br/>Edwards' most outrageous collaboration with Sellers the only one that wasn't a "Pink Panther" film. Sellers in a role that today would be considered racially insensitive plays Hrundi V. Bakshi an Indian actor who inadvertently and ever-so courteously causes chaos and mayhem at a Hollywood party. Sellers' legendary and hilariously painful performance is assisted by an increasingly drunk waiter a wonderful performance by Steve Franken an adorable psychedelic-painted baby elephant and much more. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Faint creasing else Near Fine.<br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. United Artists unknown books
