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1954104701Large 8vo. New York:Heritage Press 1954. Large 8vo 43; 44 2 pp. 12 gravure plates after the paintings by William Blake. Quarter red cloth marbled boards. § Reprint of the edition designed by Bruce Rogers. The illustrations are from the Blake designs in the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library and the two works by Milton which they illustrate have been printed dos-a-dos. Heritage Press hardcover books
19231050764to. Cambridge: At the University Press 1923. 4to 32 2 pp. 6 plates. Quarter vellum green buckram very good. § De luxe edition limited to 150 copies on hand-made paper. Bentley Blake Books 389. At the University Press hardcover books
19231000764to. Cambridge: At the University Press 1923. 4to 32 2 pp. 6 plates. Cloth and decorated paper over boards paper label. § First edition. Light dust soiling corners faintly worn but a very good copy. Bentley Blake Books 389. At the University Press hardcover books
19261107072 vols. London: The Nonesuch Press 1926. 2 vols. in 1 8vo viii 283; xii 359 pp. Title pages in sepia and black 27 black-and-white plates. Full stiff vellum gilt-lettered backstrip covers slightly bowed and spotted in the vellum. Two gift inscriptions at front. § De luxe edition limited to 95 copies on India paper copies. One of the finest of the Nonesuch Press books with excellent reproductions of the watercolors and extensive notes on them by Geoffrey Keynes. Bentley Blake Books 394. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1806107755Single leaf. London: printed for Longman; by T. Bensley 1806. Single leaf 200 x 130 mm being the frontispiece by Blake engraved by Cromek. Trimmed to the image recently cleaned with a couple of almost invisible creases and an ink smudge on the child’s nose. § A sentimental commercial engraving. The child was Malkin’s son apparently an infant prodigy who died at the age of seven. Bentley Blake Books p. 18 a good note on the book and #482. printed for Longman; by T. Bensley unknown books
1987123873Slim 8vo. New York: MJF Books 1987. Slim 8vo 8 92pp. Small portrait frontispiece. Red paper boards white paper backstrip dust-jacket as new. § First only edition of this selection. Bentley Blake Books Supplement p. 155. MJF Books hardcover books
19801087928vo. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1980. 8vo xxviii 235 pp with 25 black and white plates and one text illustration. The third edition revised and amplified. Near fine in original black cloth and dust-jacket. § Third edition. Bentley BBS refers to this edition but does not include it see p.96n. Clarendon Press hardcover books
1957123810Folio. London: Trianon Press 1957. Folio with 9 color plates and 156 illustrations. Original quarter morocco a superb copy virtually mint preserved in a quarter blue morocco box lettered in gilt § Limited to 460 copies this is #219. A very scarce book in good let alone fine condition as the size of the book and the fact that it was not issued with a box or a slipcase eve means most copies are more or less worn. This was the first time that Blake’s Biblical illustrations had been brought together. The catalogue raisonné was compiled by Sir Geoffrey Keynes and comprises virtually every Biblical painting by Blake in existence. Bentley Blake Books 681. Trianon Press unknown books
107680London: Trianon Press: 1977. 4to 155 pp. 51 plates. Original quarter brown morocco slipcase. § Copy 5 of 500 in quarter morocco from the limited 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
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
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
1976110686Small 4to. London: Published by the Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust 1976. Small 4to 62 pp. and 11 plates with descriptions. Quarter morocco with cloth covered boards. § Edition limited to 438 numbered copies this being 1 of 26 copies for the Trustees. A study of William Blake’s Laocoon which he first started sketching in the early 19th century with illustrations reproduced by the collotype process. This volume completes the series begun by the William Blake Trust in 1951. Not found in Bentley’s Blake Books or the Supplement. Published by the Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust hardcover books
1970101257Large 8vo. New York: Dover 1970. Large 8vo xiv 184 pp. illustrations. Pictorial wrappers. Very good paperback. § A combination though not complete of the 1927 and 1956 editions of the drawings from Nonesuch. Bentley Blake Books 405. Dover paperback books
1970100103Large 8vo. New York: Dover 1970. Large 8vo xiv 184 pp. illustrations. Pictorial wrappers. Very good paperback. § A combination though not complete of the 1927 and 1956 editions of the drawings from Nonesuch. Bentley Blake Books 405. Dover paperback books
19571231793 vols. London: The Nonesuch Press; New York: Random House 1957. 3 vols. in one roy. 8vo 364 397 and 429 pp. Illustrated with 58 plates. Original full brown morocco extra a very good copy with the bookplate of Scott Cunningham at the front. § From a limited edition of 1500 copies on Vidalon handmade paper this is #L of 75 copies on Oxford India paper numbered I to LXXV. Bentley Blake Books 370 A. The Nonesuch Press; New York Random House unknown books
19571000038vo. London: The Nonesuch Press; New York: Random House 1957. 8vo xv 3 936 1 pp. Original red-cloth-backed marbled cloth moderately soiled and rather worn. § Ownership signature of Desirée Hirst. Bentley Blake Books 370B. The Nonesuch Press; New York Random House hardcover books
100002Plymouth United Kingdom: Northcote House Harper & Row 1988. 8vo 272 pp. Paper covers very light wear. § Second Edition. Bentley Blake Books Supplement p.166 B. Northcote House unknown books
19271087968vo. Yellow Springs Ohio: Kahoe and Spieth 1927. 8vo vi 74pp.Orange cloth with paper label on cover and spine. Spine label faded and slight printing defect to pp 49 and 50 otherwise a very good copy. § Limited edition of 510 copies. Reprinted in 1928 in green boards. Bentley BB A162. Kahoe and Spieth hardcover 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
108856London: Kegan Paul Trench and Co. 1887. 4to pp 81-128 with a Burne-Jones frontispiece and other illustrations as called for. Includes Blake's "Sibylline Leaf on Homer and Virgil" at p 113 facsimilied by William Muir but uncredited with Herbert p.Horne's note on the illustration at pp 115/116. Very Good with slightly dusty edges to the pages and minor spotting and discoloration to the wrappers to the journal as usual. § Bentley BB 1885 under Horne: “a critique illustrated by a Muir facsimileâ€. A pretty scarce item -- we have only had it once in over forty years had one copy and there were none listed at auction or for sale on the Rare Book Hub. Also see Bentley BB 249 h. Kegan Paul unknown 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
107341Chichester. Printed by J. Seagrave and sold by him and P. Humphry et al. for W. Blake 1802. Frontispiece 250 x 174 sheet 175 x 160 platemark mm printed in black on wove paper. Recently cleaned trimmed close to the right plate mark but not touching it other margins wide. § Frontispiece to the first edition of the rarest letterpress publication containing engravings by Blake Hayley's Ballads 1802. The frontispiece Adam and the Beasts is one of Blake’s most alluring images. The illustrations were drawn engraved printed and published by Blake himself. The work was a financial disaster and unfortunately Blake had borne most of the publication costs. He was eventually reduced to reusing unsewn sheets of the 1802 Ballads for sketch paper. Geoffrey Keynes writing in 1921 states: “This edition of the ballads is now extremely rare.†Bentley Blake Books 466. Easson and Essick William Blake Book Illustrator vol. 1 VI. Bindman Complete Graphic Works of Blake 385-398. Essick “A Census of Complete Copies of Designs to a Series of Ballads 1802†Blake: An Illustrated Quarterly spring 2000. “This edition of the ballads is now extremely rare...†Bentley unknown books
107754London: 1791. Single sheet 175 x 261 sheet 134 x 177 image mm being a good impression of the plate extracted from the book; recently cleaned. § A famous image with familiar Blake themes including the raging horse a maiden laid out on a rock a terrified figure tearing her hair etc. Essick Commercial Book Illustrations XLIX. 1791. Single sheet unknown books
