1 088 résultats
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
1976101504Small 8vo. Berlin: Insel Verlag 1976. Small 8vo 115pp. Pages 9-62 with full page full-color plates. Illustrated wrappers. Very good. § Early but not first printing 9-13 thousand. Bentley BB C191: “persuasive facsimile. German translation. and Hoffmann’s ‘Nachwort’.†Insel Verlag unknown books
108281Printed for & sold by the Widow Spicer of Folkstone for the Benefit of her Orphans. n.d. 55.9 x 22.9 cm. single sheet folded once with some traces of mounting tape on the vertical margin some creases but very good. § The very fine William Muir facsimile often mistaken in the past as the original. The poem was composed by William Hayley. Originally etched in relief and white line by Blake on four plates printed in black ink uncolored; copies are also known hand colored or printed in brown ink. This is one of Blake’s rarest works; it is also amongst the rarest of Muir’s facsimiles; some were issued in The Hobby Horse and some separately - this is one of the separate issues and the only copy I have ever seen. They can be distinguished from the Hobby Horse examples since the latter were cut into two pieces to fit in the magazine always with slight loss of text at the cut or folded twice. Bentley Blake Books 470B or D. Bindman Complete Graphic Works of Blake 384. See also Keynes Blake Studies 2nd ed. who reports that the Muir facsimile was exhibited for some years as the original at the Pierpont Morgan Library.Essick notes: Muir “Little Tom†copies from my collection handlist. Gives the full watermark of the example bound in the Hobby Horse and Muir’s statement see first entry that his facsimile is based on an original owned by H. H. Gilchrist.Little Tom the Sailor. Datable to 1886. Laid paper leaf 56.8 x 23.1 cm. with watermark "POUNCY." On the printed front wrapper of his 1887 Europe facsimile Muir notes that his facsimile of Little Tom is "from Mr. Gilchrist's copy" now untraced. The facsimile is attributed to Emery Walker Ltd. rather than Muir in Keynes Blake Studies 2nd ed. page 109; this paper listed by Keynes as no. iii on page 110. Matted. Acquired July 1971 from Charles Sessler Books $200. BB#249i 470C or D. Idem. Laid paper leaf 61.8 x 21.3 cm. with watermark “JOHN DICKINSON & Co†this paper listed in Keynes Blake Studies 2nd ed. page 110 no. i. Folded twice and bound in The Century Guild Hobby Horse vol. 1 no. 4 Oct. 1886 which see under Biography and Criticism Periodicals through 1900. BB#249i 470B 1683. Idem. With the headpiece and tailpiece hand color in imitation of the original in the British Museum very probably hand colored by Blake or his wife Catherine. Inscribed in pen and brown ink “No 3 Wm Muir†upper left leaf of wove paper without watermark 60.3 x 23.0 cm. Quaritch records the delivery from Muir of a “coloured†copy of Little Tom on 11 May 1925 no copy number recorded. Quaritch’s catalogue 401 of May 1926 offers as item 243 a Muir facsimile of Little Tom with “two illustrations coloured by hand from the copy in the British Museum†for £1.1s. This catalogue dates the work to “1925†apparently the date of coloring possibly of printing but not of original execution as a lithograph. The same entry appears in Quaritch’s Dec. 1926 catalogue 405 item 256 1926 catalogue 427 item 248 and 1930 catalogue 434 item 2065. Acquired Nov. 2012 on $1316.99. BB#249i 470C or D hand colored copies not listed. Muir “Little Tom†copies from my collection handlist. Gives the full watermark of the example bound in the Hobby Horse and M unknown books
1780110671Single plate. London: Harrison and co. 1780-81. Single plate 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges very good. § First edition thus issued originally in parts and perhaps thus of great rarity. The last copy to change hands was in 1993 when Essick bought his copy; he has not recorded another copy in the marketplace since. That rarity is born out by ESTC which records 4 copies in all two at the BL seriously imperfect one in Oxford Queen’s College and one in North America Bentley Blake Collection at Victoria University. It is noteworthy for the profusion of illustrations from classical sources and in the five plates engraved by Blake he shows his knowledge of the work of Rubens and Raphael most likely from reproductions in earlier illustrated books. See Essick CBI VI. Bentley Blake Books 419. Darlow and Moule 1273. Harrison and co unknown books
1978Embry 196805Shambhala 1978. First printing thus. Light bump to upper front corner else fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Shambhala, 1978. First printing thus. unknown books
18861088064to. Edmonton: William Muir 1886. 4to 4 45 hand-colored plates 2 leaves. Contemporary half navy calf gilt with navy morocco and gilt label on cover and navy cloth boards original wrappers bound in. A fine copy with the bookplate of H.C. Plimmer. § Limited to about 50 copies by Muir and his team based on copy A. Muir’s preface is five pages and at the end is a three-page facsimile of Blake’s letter of March 16 1804. The first facsimile of the second-longest and penultimate of Blake’s illuminated books which is known in only four copies. The poem follows the poet John Milton returned from heaven to the mortal world on a journey of self-discovery and renewal The William Blake Archive. Blake himself is present as the personification of Imagination and the poem contains many biographical allusions. It is exceptionally rich with numerous full-page plates. Blake’s famous poem “Jerusalem†appears in the preface to Milton only in copies A and B. Bentley BB 249f. William Muir hardcover books
19711088864to. London: Trianon Press 1971. 4to xx 71 pp with 16 color plates and 116 illustrations. Very Good in original color illustrated card wrappers with slight wear and acetate dust-jacket. § First trade edition thus. Introductory handbook to the facsimile of Blake’s watercolors for Gray’s poems. Bentley BB 385. Trianon Press unknown books
19261087888vo. London: Noel Douglas 1926. 8vo 70pp.Original paper over boards with title on spine and clear glassine wrapper. Pages unopened. Near Fine. § Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. Bentley 132. “The 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.†Noel Douglas hardcover books
18901087828vo. London: William Griggs 1890. 8vo 4 70 pp.New wrappers. § Printed on darkened paper particularly towards the outer edges consistent with Bentley's description of Griggs's "very persuasive facsimile" of 1890 of which 50 copies were issued. “The 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.†Wikipedia. Bentley BB 130. William Griggs unknown books
192692468vo. London: Printed in the Year 1783. London: Noel Douglas 1926. 8vo original paper over boards. Gift inscription in front endpaper. Very good. § Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. Bentley 132. “The 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.†Wikipedia Printed in the Year 1783. London Noel Douglas hardcover books
192653858vo. London: Printed in the Year 1783. London: Noel Douglas 1926. 8vo original paper over boards. Very good. § Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. Bentley 132. “The 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.†Wikipedia Printed in the Year 1783. London Noel Douglas hardcover books
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. § Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. Bentley 132. “The 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.†Wikipedia Printed in the Year 1783 i.e.) London Noel Douglas hardcover books
1868108778Small 8vo. London: Pickering 1868. Small 8vo xiv 96 pp.A good copy in original cloth with a small amount of wear at spine ends and the paper label on spine darkened and with two small chips. Rear end paper slightly foxed and one or two spots on occasional pages but internally the book is a clean copy with just a touch of dusting to page edges. § First printing after the exceedingly rare edition of 1783 known in about 24 copies. Bentley BB 129. “The 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.†Wikipedia Pickering hardcover books
1868100636Small 8vo. London: Pickering 1868. Small 8vo xiv 96 pages. Original brown cloth red printed paper backstrip label mostly worn away. Backstrip loosened. Fair to good copy. § First printing after the exceedingly rare edition of 1783 known in about 24 copies. Bentley Blake Books 129. “The 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.†Wikipedia Pickering hardcover books
1948108800Thick 8vo. London: Nonesuch Press 1948. Thick 8vo xi 936 pp.Original pale blue buckram slightly faded on spine and with one or two minor marks. § A reissue of the Nonesuch Press 1927 edition in one volume. Bentley BB 303 F. Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1927101731London: Nonesuch Press 1927 8vo printed on India paper. Original blue buckram backstrip slightly faded but internally fine. § Bentley Blake Books 303A. Nonesuch Press hardcover books
182511080112mo. London: I. Poole 1825. 12mo frontispiece "A Tribute of Regard."; title-page "Remember Me" etc. with 1826 beneath "Christmas Present"; second engraved leaf recto "Calendar and Album 1826." verso January and February next three leaves with the rest of the Calendar; verso of third leaf "The Virgin Child and St. Johnâ€; 8 pp. of engraved music; contents and introduction i ii-xxiv; plate "Her screams aroused her servant"; 1 2-336. With the Blake plate at p. 32 and color plates at 42 73 88 89 93 148 149 275 b/w The Storm and 326 color. Publisher’s original printed yellow paper boards no backstrip occasional spotting but a good copy of this fragile booklet in its rarest format preserved in a cloth box. § Second issue of the book no variance in the plate the contents omits the blank leaves and the misnumbered leaves at the end. One of the rarest of all of the plates designed and engraved by Blake here in its rarest format. The plate titled ‘The Hiding of Moses’ was the last plate designed and engraved by Blake himself for a commercial publication; the original drawing ‘Moses placed in the Ark of Bulrushes’ which closely echoes a tempera now untraced that was executed some 25 years earlier is in the Huntington Library. BB #490B. Easson and Essick William Blake Book Illustrator XI recording the Rosenwald proof and 3 copies. Keynes Blake Studies XIX recording 7 variants but not mentioning the 1826 printing. Also see Bentley’s detailed essay and census of copies in “Remember Me! Customs and Costumes of Blake’s Gift Book†University of Toronto Quarterly 80.4 fall 2011: 880-92. I. Poole hardcover books
1964101140Small 8vo. London: Heinemann 1964. Small 8vo xxx 144 pp. color frontispiece. Original black cloth orange illustrated dust-jacket. Jacket is chipped and has noticeable shelf wear front endpaper is creased; very good copy. § Reprint of the 1957 edition with corrections. Bentley Blake Books 318 D: “the notes are original and illuminatingâ€. Heinemann hardcover books
1947100104Thin 4to. London: Westhouse 1947. Thin 4to 120 pp. with illustrations enlarged from the Virgil woodcuts. Original gray cloth red pictorial dust-jacket lacks mylar ink inscription on front endpaper “.from Bill.†§ First edition. Bentley Blake Books 367: “The 'introduction’ pp.7-23; the text is taken from the Keynes editions.†Westhouse hardcover books
1947100130Thin 4to. London: Westhouse 1947. Thin 4to 120 pp. with illustrations enlarged from the Virgil woodcuts. Original gray cloth red pictorial dust-jacket slightly faded along backstrip triangle cut from front dust jacket ink inscription on front endpaper; very good copy. § First edition. Bentley Blake Books 367: “The 'introduction’ pp.7-23; the text is taken from the Keynes editions.†Westhouse hardcover books
1947101137Thin 4to. London: Westhouse 1947. Thin 4to 120 pp. with illustrations enlarged from the Virgil woodcuts. Original gray cloth. § First edition. Bentley Blake Books 367: “The 'introduction’ pp.7-23; the text is taken from the Keynes editions.†Westhouse hardcover books
1947101136Thin 4to. London: Westhouse 1947. Thin 4to 120 pp. with illustrations enlarged from the Virgil woodcuts. Original gray cloth red pictorial dust-jacket very good. § First edition. Bentley Blake Books 367: “The 'introduction’ pp.7-23; the text is taken from the Keynes editions.†Westhouse hardcover books
108791London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner and Co. 1893. Small 8vo xxi 259 pp with tissue-guarded frontispiece of the central portion of Blake's Plate 2 engraving from the Book of Job set. Very good in original white parchment slightly dusty and mottled around edges. Internally very clean with a few dusty edges. § First and only edition of this selection. The frontispiece shows “The Sons of God appearing before the Lord†i.e. plate 2 from Illustrations of the Book of Job with the image only. Bentley BB 325. Kegan Paul unknown books
1927108849Small 4to. London: Ernest Benn 1927. Small 4to 26 facsimile pages in full color very good copy in a dust-jacket which is illustrated with facsimile of the frontispiece. In original black cloth boards with gilt decoration and titles. Spine of dust jacket darkened and cover illustration slightly faded. Internally near fine. § A good trade facsimile issued without any commentary. Reproduces the Experience section of Songs of Innocence and of Experience copy A lacking the general title page. Also includes two plates from the Innocence section of copy A “The School Boy†and “The Voice of the Ancient Bard†and three plates from copy T “To Tirzah†“A Little Boy Lost†and “A Little Girl Lostâ€. BB#143A. Ernest Benn hardcover books
1941101443Small 8vo. London: Chatto and Windus 1941. Small 8vo 47pp. Printed cardboard covers. Mild edgewear. Very good. § An attractive little pocket edition part of a series of poets published during the war. Bentley BB A185: Zodiac Books. Chatto and Windus unknown books