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1847000174Harper & Brothers 1847. Hardcover. Good. A fascinating little book covering many subjects including 'Structure of the Earth' 'Use of Animals and Vegetables' 'Use of the Ocean' etc. Condition: Good - engraved frontis original red boards and 1/4 leather spine gilt title; bookplate and a stamp from Kingston Library no library pockets or stickers spine somewhat worn and faded small piece missing off head of spine; scattered foxing. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
151048Stoke Ferry Norfolk: Daedalus Press nd. First edition. Poetry postcard that measures 4" x 6." A fine copy. Scarce with only 1 copy listed in OCLC. Daedalus Press 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
189027621New York 1890. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper has title printed in blue with vignette of a steam engine in background and the words "For Sale By Miller Chapman & Castle Butte Montana." Rear wrapper with an engraving of Blake's Vertical Marine Duplex Pump. 2 78pp with numerous additional pages i.e. 15A-15D 73A-73B etc. Profusely illustrated with the Company's products. Some wrapper spotting and text margin spotting else Very Good.<br/><br/> A classy showcasing of this Company's steam machinery with dozens of engravings. It is dated 'January 1 1890' on page 1. OCLC records several versions of this Catalogue all of them scarce one with a San Francisco merchant's name on the front wrapper.<br/>Romaine 193 reference. unknown books
1981100791Single-sided black and white glossy illustration announcing the release of Nancy Willard’s book A Visit to William Blake’s Inn. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1981. Single-sided black and white glossy illustration announcing the release of Nancy Willard’s book A Visit to William Blake’s Inn. Very good. § Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown books
1981100793Slim oblong 8vo single-sided color illustration announcing the release of Nancy Willard’s book A Visit to William Blake’s Inn. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1981. Slim oblong 8vo single-sided color illustration announcing the release of Nancy Willard’s book A Visit to William Blake’s Inn. Very good. § Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown books
1981100789Slim 8vo single-sided color illustration announcing the release of Nancy Willard’s book A Visit to William Blake’s Inn. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1981. Slim 8vo single-sided color illustration announcing the release of Nancy Willard’s book A Visit to William Blake’s Inn. Very good. § Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown books
1979154441Berkeley CA: Saint Heironymous Press 1979. First edition thus. Large softcover. Done in an edition of only 500 copies. A very good copy in wrappers with crimping to the corners a small tear to the right edge of the front panel and some other minor wear as well. Internally a fine copy of this nicely printed book. Despite the edition size this seems fairly uncommon. Saint Heironymous Press unknown books
182665634ìBlakeÃs Most Widely Known Achievementî BLAKE William. Illustrations of the Book of Job. Invented & engraved by William Blake 1825. London: Published by the Author and Mr. J. Linnell 1874. One of 100 sets printed on india paper. Folio sheets: 20 x 14 inches; 510 x 350 mm. engravings 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches; 209 x 158 mm. Line-engraved title and twenty-one line- and stipple-engraved plates by and after Blake. Also with an additional letterpress title-page not issued with the book. Printed from the original plates. Evidence of the word proof on the lower edge of engravings number 5 7 8 10 11 12 14 18 and 20. Bound in quarter reverse calf over black cloth. Spine lettered and ruled in gilt. With black and red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Corners a bit bumped and cloth lightly scuffed. Sheets mounted on stubs. A bit of very light foxing to some of the sheets generally not affecting engravings mainly title-page sheet and sheet of plate 20. Plate 14 with the mounting sheet trimmed at top margin about 1.5 inches not affecting plate. A fine strikingly clean copy of ìBlakeÃs most widely known achievementî Keynes. The engravings were commissioned by John Linnell on March 25 1823. Despite the date 1825 on the engravings the plates were not actually issued until March 1826. The entire edition consisted of 315 sets: 150 ìProofî sets on India paper and sixty-five on French paper were printed in March 1826 at which time the word ìProofî was removed from the plates and 100 sets were printed on drawing paper see Bentley. BlakeÃs original copperplates remained in the possession of the Linnell family and as late as 1863 Linnell was offering for sale sets of the India-paper and French-paper issues. By 1874 these must have been sold as a further 100 sets of the engravings were printed at that time the present copy is from this set. No more pulls were taken between 1874 and 1919 when the copperplates were given by Herbert Linnell to the British Museum. Linnell's son wrote "My father considered the plates at the last 1874 were as good as they ever were for the work being cut by a graver and not etched it is durable- and is not worn by the printing as is the case with an etching." Bentley Books p. 523. Bentley 421A. Binyon 105-126. Russell 33. HBS 65634. $32500 William Blake 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
1902WRCLIT80087London & New York: J. M. Dent & Co. / G. P. Putnam's Sons 1902. Folio 375 x 270 mm. Stiff wrappers printed paper label. Spine backed with fabric with a tiger-stripe pattern and a few splits chips at lower front and rear wrapper forecorner and toe of spine some dust to first blank toward upper margin tissue guards not present but their faint offset shadows remain otherwise a very good copy somewhat better than the norm. One of 1000 unnumbered portfolios comprised of twenty-one quality reproductions of the plates on large paper with a cover label in facsimile of the original of 1826. BENTLEY & NURMI 341. J. M. Dent & Co. / G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1902302985London: J.M. Dent & Co. and G.P. Putnam's Sons 1902. Facsimile issued in 1000 copies. Originally Published by the Author 3 Fountain Court Strand and Mr. J. Linnell 6 Cirencester Place Fitzroy Square March 1826. 1 vols. Folio. Brown wrappers printed label. Some light wear. Blake William. Facsimile issued in 1000 copies. Originally Published by the Author 3 Fountain Court Strand and Mr. J. Linnell 6 Cirencester Place Fitzroy Square March 1826. 1 vols. Folio. J.M. Dent & Co. and G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1902221593London: J.M. Dent & Co. and G.P. Putnam's Sons 1902. Facsimile issued in 1000 copies. Originally Published by the Author 3 Fountain Court Strand and Mr. J. Linnell 6 Cirencester Place Fitzroy Square March 1826. 1 vols. Folio. Original printed wrappers with facsimile of original label top corner with triangular small loss. Very good. Blake William. Facsimile issued in 1000 copies. Originally Published by the Author 3 Fountain Court Strand and Mr. J. Linnell 6 Cirencester Place Fitzroy Square March 1826. 1 vols. Folio. J.M. Dent & Co. and G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
198710811222 separate plates. Paris: Trianon Press for the Blake Trust 1987. 22 separate plates approx. 15.75 x 12.25 inches 30 x 31 cm each printed in color on Arches housed in a tri-fold paper folder. Very good condition. § The New Zealand Set are careful watercolor copies of the central designs of the original engravings produced by the circle of John Linnell presented here in faithful facsimile. Butlin noted in the Blake Quarterly: “The long list of color facsimiles produced by the Trianon Press under Arnold Fawcus for the William Blake Trust were above all objects of beauty recreating as near to perfection as possible Blake’s original achievements.†Trianon Press for the Blake Trust unknown books
123190London: plates dated 1825 but published 1826. Folio 320 x 254 mm engraved title and 21 plates. Proofs on India paper mounted on handmade paper some leaves 2 5 6 11 14 17 18 watermarked J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1825. Gilt-ruled green morocco over thick boards fleurons at the outer corners double-rule inner frame enclosing a bloom roll gilt-ruled spine sewing bands with gilt red morocco onlays thick dark blue endleaves all edges gilt by Riviere: a brilliant set with no foxing at all interleaved with blanks at the time of binding with no offsetting. Lower cover of the binding at some time tied up with string with ensuing indentation. § First edition limited to 150 proof sets 65 sets were also printed on French paper and 100 sets on drawing paper with the word ‘proof’ removed. This is one of finest sets of the proofs I have ever seen and far outshines the other two original printings and the later re-issue. The India paper set is the best printing of these famous plates which comprise Blake’s major single achievement as a printmaker after the illuminated books. Illustrations of the Book of Job was Blake’s last completed prophetic book: the text a series of biblical quotations is above and below each image. “It was produced while Blake was still working on Jerusalem his most obscure book; yet the illustrations are Blake’s most lucid; and they are the supreme example of his reading the Bible in its spiritual sense†S. Foster Damon A Blake Dictionary p. 217. “The modest size of the central panels does not prevent them from ranking with the supreme masterpieces of graphic art†Ray Illustrator and the Book in England #8. Note: as always the first plate after the title-page is misdated 1828. [plates dated] 1825 [but published 1826]. Folio hardcover books
107296London: plates dated 1825 but published 1826. Folio 320 x 254 mm engraved title and 21 plates. Proofs on India paper mounted on handmade paper some leaves watermarked J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1825. Matted a brilliant set with the original printed label preserved. § First edition limited to 150 proof sets 65 sets were also printed on French paper and 100 sets on drawing paper with the word ‘proof’removed. This is the finest set of the proofs I have ever seen and far outshines the other two original printings and the later re-issue. The India paper set is the best printing of these famous plates which comprise Blake’s major single achievement as a printmaker after the illuminated books. Illustrations of the Book of Job was Blake’s last completed prophetic book: the text a series of biblical quotations is above and below each image. “It was produced while Blake was still working on Jerusalem his most obscure book; yet the illustrations are Blake’s most lucid; and they are the supreme example of his reading the Bible in its spiritual sense†S. Foster Damon A Blake Dictionary p. 217. “The modest size of the central panels does not prevent them from ranking with the supreme masterpieces of graphic art†Ray Illustrator and the Book in England #8. [plates dated] 1825 [but published 1826]. Folio unknown books
1987107738Paris: Trianon Press for the Blake Trust 1987 Publisher’s proofs in a box including three copies of vol. 2 in variant bindings one copy of vol. 1 black and white reproductions and a suite of progressive proofs of plate 2. All within a quarter morocco box with gilt backstrip and marbled boards. § A unique publisher’s proof set lacking the rest of the text. A complete set would include:The de luxe issue includes David Bindman ed. William Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job: The Engravings and Related Material with Essays Catalogue of States and Printings Commentary on the Plates and Documentary Record by David Bindman Barbara Bryant Robert Essick Geoffrey Keynes and Bo Lindberg. London: The William Blake Trust 1987. Colophon verso of the title page: “In addition to the 387 copies of William Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job and Colour versions of Blake’s Book of Job designs issued and published by the William Blake Trust five copies containing extra material have been specifically made up for those most closely concerned with bringing the publication to completion. This copy is for Robert Essick.†The work is housed in four cloth slipcases trimmed in morocco as follows:1. Text volume with the title page and colophon quoted above. Contents:Stephen Keynes “Acknowledgments.â€Charles Ryskamp “Foreword.â€David Bindman and John Commander “Preface.â€Geoffrey Keynes “The Development of the Job Designs.â€David Bindman “The Book of Job Designs from Butts Series to Final Engravings.â€Robert Essick “Blake’s Engravings to the Book of Job: An Essay on Their Graphic Form and Catalogue of States and Printings.â€Barbara Bryant “The Job Designs; a Documentary and Bibliographical Record.â€Quarter morocco and cover label. In the same slipcase: William Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job: The Plates with related designs and with an Introduction and Plate-by-Plate Commentary by Bo Lindberg. Loose in fascicles in a quarter morocco folder quarter morocco clamshell box with cover label.2. Colour Versions of William Blake’s Book of Job Designs from the Circle of John Linnell. With an essay by Bo Lindberg. Text volume quarter morocco with cover label. Quarter-morocco clamshell box with cover label with the following quarter-morocco folders with cover labels as quoted below contents loose:a. “The New Zealand setâ€b. “The Collins setâ€c. “The Fitzwilliam platesâ€3. “Additional Material 1.†Quarter-morocco clamshell box with cover label with the following quarter-morocco folders with cover labels as quoted below contents loose:a. “Pages from the ‘Riches’ sketchbook with colour washes not publishedâ€b. “William Blake Illustrations of the Book of Job Alternative printing of the engravings without plate markâ€c. “Facsimiles of subjects from the Butts version watercolours printed collotype by Emery Walker for the Pierpont Morgan Library edition 1935â€. Two mounted color reproductions.d. “Proofs guides and stencils for colour plates from Colour versions of Blake’s Book of Job designs Trianon Press Paris c. 1974â€4. “Additional Material 2.†Quarter-morocco clamshell box with cover label with the following quarter-morocco folders with cover labels as quoted below contents loose:a. “Label printed for original publication March 1826â€b. “Colour versions of William Blake’s Book of Job designs from the circle of John Linnell Collins & New Zealand sets & Fitzwilliam plates.†Housed in three paper folders. The same reproductions as those in box 2 above.Materials added to box 4 by Essick:i. Xerox of the typescript of Lindberg’s commentary.ii. Xerox of the typescript of Lindberg’s essay on the New Zealand set.iii. Xerox of the typescript of Keynes’ introductory essay.iv. A set of loose Job reproductions housed in a paper folder inscribed in pencil as follows: “This set of proofs was given to me by John Commander Secretary of the Trust to help with my preparation of the catalogue of the states of the Job plates. It contains unpublished materials. R. N. Essick Summer 1983.â€Acquired Aug. 1987 from the William Blake Trust gift. BBS pages 198-99 this issue not recorded. For proofs of Essick’s essay see under Blake Trust/Trianon Press Facsimiles Production Materials.Idem. Trade issue housed as above but in cloth slipcases boxes and bindings. Two slipcases with contents as in the first two slipcases above. Colophon verso of the title page: “This publication of William Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job is limited to 387 copies: 22 copies lettered A-V contain additional material and are specially bound; 250 copies numbered 1-250; 50 copies numbered i-l; 65 copies numbered I-LXV are reserved by The William Blake Trust. This is copy 171â€. Acquired May 1987 from the William Blake Trust gift. BBS pages 198-99. Trianon Press for the Blake Trust hardcover books
19871106893 huge black slipcases. Paris: Trianon Press for the Blake Trust 1987. 3 huge black slipcases with contents in various formats see below. In perfect condition as issued. § Edition limited to 365 copies in three different formats and a super de luxe edition limited to 22 sets of which this is #D. The super de luxe issue includes David Bindman ed. William Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job: The Engravings and Related Material with Essays Catalogue of States and Printings Commentary on the Plates and Documentary Record by David Bindman Barbara Bryant Robert Essick Geoffrey Keynes and Bo Lindberg. London: The William Blake Trust 1987. The work is housed in four cloth slipcases trimmed in morocco as follows:1. Text volume with the title page and colophon. Contents:Stephen Keynes “Acknowledgments.â€Charles Ryskamp “Foreword.â€David Bindman and John Commander “Preface.â€Geoffrey Keynes “The Development of the Job Designs.â€David Bindman “The Book of Job Designs from Butts Series to Final Engravings.â€Robert Essick “Blake’s Engravings to the Book of Job: An Essay on Their Graphic Form and Catalogue of States and Printings.â€Barbara Bryant “The Job Designs; a Documentary and Bibliographical Record.â€Quarter morocco and cover label. In the same slipcase: William Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job: The Plates with related designs and with an Introduction and Plate-by-Plate Commentary by Bo Lindberg. Loose in fascicles in a quarter morocco folder quarter morocco clamshell box with cover label.2. Colour Versions of William Blake’s Book of Job Designs from the Circle of John Linnell. With an essay by Bo Lindberg. Text volume quarter morocco with cover label. Quarter-morocco clamshell box with cover label with the following quarter-morocco folders with cover labels as quoted below contents loose:a. “The New Zealand setâ€b. “The Collins setâ€c. “The Fitzwilliam platesâ€3. “Additional Material 1.†Quarter-morocco clamshell box with cover label with the following quarter-morocco folders with cover labels as quoted below contents loose:a. “Pages from the ‘Riches’ sketchbook with colour washes not publishedâ€b. “William Blake Illustrations of the Book of Job Alternative printing of the engravings without plate markâ€c. “Facsimiles of subjects from the Butts version watercolours printed collotype by Emery Walker for the Pierpont Morgan Library edition 1935â€. Two mounted color reproductions.d. “Proofs guides and stencils for colour plates from Colour versions of Blake’s Book of Job designs Trianon Press Paris c. 1974â€4. “Additional Material 2.†Quarter-morocco clamshell box with cover label with the following quarter-morocco folders with cover labels as quoted below contents loose:a. “Label printed for original publication March 1826â€b. “Colour versions of William Blake’s Book of Job designs from the circle of John Linnell Collins & New Zealand sets & Fitzwilliam plates.†Housed in three paper folders. The same reproductions as those in box 2 above.Bentley BBS pages 198-99. Trianon Press for the 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
1935237391New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library 1935. 105 black and white and color facsimile engraved plates pencil drawings and watercolors by William Blake in six fascicles. Folio. Original cloth-backed gray wrappers printed labels on front cover in cloth box with some wear. 105 black and white and color facsimile engraved plates pencil drawings and watercolors by William Blake in six fascicles. Folio. Illustrations of the Book of Job being all the water-color designs pencil drawings and engravings beautifully reproduced in facsimile. The Pierpont Morgan Library unknown books
1233531826. Folio single sheet 16 1/4 x 11 image inc. platemark 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 ins. Fine. § First edition from the printing of 65 sets with the word “Proof†on French wove paper. The plate depicts Job lamenting his unfortunate existence while his friends bear witness to his grief in silence Job 3:3. Bentley Blake Books 421A. Bindman Complete Graphic Works of Blake 625–641C. Provenance: Sotheby’s May 4& 5 1983. 3). Bentley unknown books
1828107781e 1825 but published 1826. London: March 8 1828 i.e 1825 but published 1826. Single leaf recently cleaned. § First edition one of 100 sets printed directly onto Whatman wove with the word “proof†removed. Blake had a long pictorial engagement with the biblical story of Job. This a single leaf from a series of 21 engravings commissioned by John Linnell in 1823 that are generally considered to be Blake's masterpiece as an intaglio printmaker. "Rather than using the customary "mixed method" of preliminary etching followed by engraving Blake used pure line engraving in the Job plates. Perhaps one of his motivations was to evoke the art of the master engravers of the Renaissance whom Blake greatly admired such as Albrecht Dürer." The William Blake Archive.In the Book of Job Job and his old friends argue at length over the divine purpose of Job's afflictions. This plate illustrates the moment the youthful Elihu overcomes his respect for his elders and bursts into the conversation to explain why he thinks both sides are wrong Job 32:6. In Blake's elaborate borders the figure of Job's Humanity sleeps while soaring angels try to awaken him.Bentley Blake Books 421A. Bindman Complete Graphic Works of Blake 625–641C. March 8 unknown books
1828107776e 1825 but published 1826. London: March 8 1828 i.e 1825 but published 1826. Single leaf recently cleaned. § First edition one of 100 sets printed directly onto Whatman wove with the word “proof†removed. Bentley Blake Books 421A. Bindman Complete Graphic Works of Blake 625–641C. March 8 unknown books
1828107778e 1825 but published 1826. London: March 8 1828 i.e 1825 but published 1826. Single leaf recently cleaned. § First edition one of 100 sets printed directly onto Whatman wove with the word “proof†removed. Bentley Blake Books 421A. Bindman Complete Graphic Works of Blake 625–641C. March 8 unknown books
1828107779e 1825 but published 1826. London: March 8 1828 i.e 1825 but published 1826. Single leaf recently cleaned. § First edition one of 100 sets printed directly onto Whatman wove with the word “proof†removed. Bentley Blake Books 421A. Bindman Complete Graphic Works of Blake 625–641C. March 8 unknown books
