‎Blake william‎

‎Bronnie Cunningham - Quentin Blake (illustrations)‎

‎The Puffin Joke Book‎

‎PUFFIN BOOKS. 1986. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 191 PAGES - en anglais - Nombreux dessins noir/blanc, dans et hors texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎

‎Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : RO20276591 ISBN : 140306633

‎Broughton, Geoffrey; Blake, Quentin [Illustrator]‎

‎Success with English Penguin Education‎

‎Penguin Books Ltd. paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Books Ltd paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : Q-0140800077 ISBN : 0140800077 9780140800074

‎Brown, R Blake,‎

‎A Trying Question‎

‎like new. unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 6846894 ISBN : 1442640383 9781442640382

‎Brown, R Blake‎

‎A Trying Question: The Jury in Nineteenth-Century Canada Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History‎

‎University of Toronto Press 2009-10-30. Illustrated. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.26x1.10x9.32. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. University of Toronto Press hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : SONG1442640383 ISBN : 1442640383 9781442640382

‎Brown, R Blake‎

‎A Trying Question: The Jury in Nineteenth-Century Canada Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History‎

‎University of Toronto Press 2009-10-30. Illustrated. hardcover. New. 6.26x1.10x9.32. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. University of Toronto Press hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : DADAX1442640383 ISBN : 1442640383 9781442640382

‎Brown, R Blake,‎

‎Arming and Disarming‎

‎new. unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 19772264-n ISBN : 1442626372 9781442626379

‎Brown, R Blake‎

‎Arming and Disarming: A History of Gun Control in Canada Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History‎

‎Brand: University of Toronto Press Scholarly Publishing Division 2012-10-23. Canadian First. hardcover. New. 6.35x1.20x9.30. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : DADAX144264639X ISBN : 144264639X 9781442646391

‎Brown, R Blake‎

‎Arming and Disarming: A History of Gun Control in Canada Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History‎

‎University of Toronto Press Scholarly Publishing Division 2012-10-23. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : Q-144264639X ISBN : 144264639X 9781442646391

‎BROWN, Richard Blake‎

‎Archive: Manuscripts and Literary Papers 1916-1968‎

‎1968. Very Good. A large archive of manuscripts and related literary papers of gay writer Richard Blake Brown including novels plays poetry travel writing and memoirs. The collection consists of about 130 holograph and typescript manuscripts: 50 notebooks of holograph manuscripts; 38 volumes of bound typescripts; 39 unbound typescripts; two holograph booklets; one unbound holograph manuscript; seven of Brown’s published novels five of which are annotated by him and have extra material laid in; and about 60 miscellaneous items including manuscript extracts letters. and photographs. The bulk of the writings date from the late 1920s-1950s.<br /> <br /> Richard Blake Brown 1902-1968 is an overlooked figure in the British literary scene of the interwar period: a remarkable man and an exceptional writer Brown’s open homosexuality was a source of puzzlement even to fellow gay writer Denton Welch who once exclaimed in response to a 1946 letter from Brown: "Is this exhibitionism or vanity or what"<br /> <br /> The collection contains a number of references to the Queen’s dressmaker Norman Hartnell another prominent homosexual and lifelong friend of Brown's and Brown’s homosexual sensibility permeates the whole of the present collection: from his teenage memoir The Remarkable History of Hilden Abbey – in which he describes dressing up with his brother Lincoln and Tonbridge schoolfellow Rupert Croft-Cooke as monks and abbots – to a number of misogynistic limericks written in the late 1960s; and in other writings such as My Aunt in Pink and The Gaiety of God. However such honesty was received at the time it now looks courageous in the light of the sort of punishment meted out to Croft-Cooke who was imprisoned for homosexual activities in 1953. Whatever view the authorities may have taken it does appear that Brown was indulged by his friends: a copy of Graham Greene’s 1958 play The Potting Shed survives not in this collection inscribed to: "My dear Richard Many thanks for your letter which has broken a long silence. I am glad you liked the play. What have you been doing with yourself Any more books on the way I heard rumours of you at the wedding and how you eclipsed every other male there. Affectionately Graham."<br /> <br /> A useful account of Brown’s life up to 1947 can be found in his unpublished autobiography A Life in the Shade: born in 1902 in Boston ‘of American parents who brought him to England later in the same year’ because his father had invented a system of power-signaling for London’s Underground Railways he attended Tonbridge and Berkhamsted public schools and Magdalene College Cambridge graduating in 1923. He then joined the Old Vic Company for a season of Shakespeare as a student-actor uncertain as to whether the stage or the church should be his profession. Having decided on the latter he studied theology at St. Stephen’s House Oxford and became one of the 12 curates of the famous parish of St. Mary’s Portsea but voluntarily resigned his orders three years later. He then published 12 books during the 1930s including The Apology of a Young Ex-Parson and returned to the exercise of his ministry with the approval of Archbishop of Canterbury Doctor Cosmo Gordon Lang and went to work in a mining village in Derbyshire. For six years he was a temporary chaplain R.N.V.R. including chaplain of the Flagship HMS Renown during the sinking of the Bismarck episode. After the war he continued in his ministry as a prison chaplain.<br /> <br /> Brown remained an inveterate writer throughout his life and published 14 novels: Miss Higgs and her Silver Flamingo Duckworth 1931 Yellow Brimstone Duckworth 1931 The Apology of a Young Ex-Parson Duckworth 1932 A Broth of a Boy Fortune Press 1934 The Blank Cheque Fortune Press 1934 Joy in Jeopardy Fortune Press 1935 Rococo Coffin Fortune Press 1936 My Aunt in Pink Martin Secker 1936 Spinsters Awake! Martin Secker 1937 Bicycle Belle Fortune Press 1937 God by Lamplight Skeffington 1938 Mr. Prune on Cotswold Martin Secker 1938 Yet Trouble Came Cassell 1957 and Bright Glades Cassell 1959.<br /> <br /> Not only does the archive contain some of the manuscripts of these books including Miss Higgs and her Silver Flamingo My Aunty in Pink and Bright Glades but even more important are the large number of unpublished novels and other unpublished writings in the collection including poetry plays and short stories.<br /> <br /> Although an assessment of such a large body of published and unpublished work is difficult a writer such as Brown praised by the English writer and feminist Vera Brittan for his "scintillating phrases" and "conscious brilliance" deserves to be taken seriously. In response to being described as a "Firbankian" novelist Brown wrote in 1951: "I grow so weary of being told that my books have been strongly influenced by Ronald Firbank of whom few people in these days would ever had heard but for his 'Valmouth' being turned into a modern musical a few years ago … I admit I enjoyed several of Firbank’s short novels … but I possess far too vivid an imagination of my own."<br /> <br /> Brown’s writing is often described as being unusual and idiosyncratic. Several of the novels Yellow Brimstone; Yet Trouble Came; Thunder are set in the future and although the influence of Firbank is apparent so is that of Anthony Trollope and Thomas Love Peacock. In Vera Brittan’s 1931 review of Yellow Brimstone she wrote: "The author whose delicate improprieties are subtly reminiscent of Mr. James Branch Cabell undoubtedly regards himself – by no means without justification – as a very clever young man. He is not yet however sufficiently aware that the New Morality which his scintillating phrases embody has been stated before; though never perhaps with such conscious brilliance."<br /> <br /> The following year on the publication of Brown’s autobiography The Apology of a Young Ex-Parson another novelist Norman Collins commented that it hard to believe that Blake Brown was not "strenuously parodying himself" in "this unbelievable diary": "Anyone who reads this book will agree with the author when he says of himself; 'I am quite a singular person.' An orthodox churchman – one of the kind that the author hates – might even see evidence of benevolent creation in the fact that Mr. Blake Brown is unique."<br /> <br /> The condition of the collection is very good overall with damp-staining to several intermittent volumes mostly confined to the covers only or just to the covers and margins of the endleaves and not affecting any autograph or typescript pages. A few volumes have some additional damp-staining pervading into the leaves at the front or back with no visible damage to the manuscript pages. Four volumes with partial damage are noted in the individual description. Several volumes have later manuscript notes by RBB including some in which he added or removed a photograph or other tipped-in material.<br /> <br /> A detailed finding aid to the collection divided into eight sections: Novels; Poetry; Short stories; Non-fiction; Drama; Travel; Miscellaneous; Published works is available. unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 421501

‎Brownrigg, M Blake‎

‎The Cruise of the Freak. A Narrative of a Visit to the Islands in Bass and Banks Straits With Some Account of the Islands. With Illustrations and Chart‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 1024281663.G ISBN : 1024281663 9781024281668

‎Brunelli, Gianfranco - Mazzocca, Fernando - Paolucci, Antonio - Schmidt, Eike D. (a cura di)‎

‎Dante. La visione dell'arte‎

‎Mm 230x280 Brossura editoriale con bandelle, 528 pagine con 370 illustrazioni a colori. Catalogo della mostra di Forlì, Musei San Domenico, aprile - luglio 2021. Ordinari segni d'uso al dorso, peraltro copia in perfetto stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.‎

‎BRUNSON, RUSSELL,BENTON, JUSTIN,MEMBERS, INNER CIRCLE,Burton, Damon,Miller, Bart,Therrien, Dany,Sorenson, Erik,Blake, Stephanie‎

‎Inside The Inner Circle: Get A Sneak Peak Inside The Doors Of 'THE INNER CIRCLE' And Hear Conversations From The Most Innovative And Aggressive Marketers In The World!‎

‎Independently published 2/28/2023 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Very Good. 1.1800 9.4100 6.3800. Mild to Moderate creasing / bending to covers and pages. Book is otherwise very clean unmarked and 100% functional. Independently published hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : mon0003227979

‎Bryant Jacob. Blake William.‎

‎A New System Or An Analysis of Ancient Mythology.‎

‎3 vols. London: T. Payne 1775/1776. 3 vols 4to xx 516; 2 vi 535; viii 602 pp with 31 engravings on the 30 listed plates. A very good and attractive set in clean condition bound in original calf with gilt decorated rules to covers and gilt decoration to spine panels with six compartments and red and black labels. § Vols I and II second edition 1775 and Vol III only edition 1796. The three maps are lacking. All other illustrations are present in good condition but including usual offsetting and a few showing minor mottling and browning. Plate XI stated in the List of Plates to be a Bartolozzi engraved plate designed by Cypriani from an original onyx Camaio by the Greek artist Tryphon is the correct plate although in fact it bears no plate No. and the imprint " G. B. Cipriani Del I.K. Sherwin Sculp.". Although Bartolozzi normally signs his studio's plates J. K. Sherwin was an apprentice of Bartolozzi's and presumably was allowed to sign his engraving in this instance. The plate's design matches "The Marriage of Eros and Psyche" from Tryphon's Camaio in the Duke of Marlborough's Collection see e.g Wikipaedia: "The Marlborough Gem". Bentley BB 439. Essick CBI p. 117 entry C. T. Payne unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 108757

‎Buchanan Blake‎

‎How to Read Isaiah: Being the Prophecies of Isaiah Arranged in Order of Time and Subject With Explanations and Glossary Classic Reprint‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0267173555.G ISBN : 0267173555 9780267173556

‎Buchanan Blake‎

‎How to Read the Prophets Vol. 4: Being the Prophecies Arranged Chronologically in Their Historical Setting With Explanations and Glossary Classic Reprint‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0483122122.G ISBN : 0483122122 9780483122123

‎Buchanan Blake‎

‎How to Read the Prophets Being the Prophecies Arranged Chronologically in Their Historical Setting Vol. 3 Classic Reprint‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 1330941918.G ISBN : 1330941918 9781330941911

‎Buchanan Blake‎

‎How to Read Isaiah Classic Reprint: Being the Prophecies of Isaiah Arranged in Order of Time and Subject With Explanations and Glossary‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 1330502698.G ISBN : 1330502698 9781330502693

‎Buchanan Blake‎

‎Joseph and Moses the Founders of Israel Vol. 1 of 5 Classic Reprint‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 1332588727.G ISBN : 1332588727 9781332588725

‎Buchanan Blake‎

‎The Meaning of Suffering in Human Life Classic Reprint‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 1331849675.G ISBN : 1331849675 9781331849674

‎Buchanan, Blake‎

‎The Meaning of Suffering in Human Life‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 1340244489.G ISBN : 1340244489 9781340244484

‎Buck, Horace Blake‎

‎Genealogy Of The Samuel Buck Family Of Portland Connecticut: To The Year 1894 1894‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 1162003871.G ISBN : 1162003871 9781162003870

‎Buege, David; Ward + Blake Architects; Marlon Blackwell‎

‎In the Shadows of the Tetons Selected Works of Ward Blake Architecture‎

‎ORO Editions. New. 2013. Hardcover. 1941806147 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - -- with a bonus offer-- . ORO Editions hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 106572 ISBN : 1941806147 9781941806142

‎Bunyan, John; Blake, William (Illus)‎

‎The Pilgrim's Progress‎

‎The Easton Press. Used - Very Good. Collector's Edition The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Fully-bound in richly coloured hand-cut leather. Raised bands and gilt lettering on spine; 22-karat gilt decoration on spine and boards. Silk moire endpapers matching sewn-in bookmark and all edges gilt. The Easton Press hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : FORT176791

‎Bunyan, John.‎

‎THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. FROM THIS WORLD TO THAT WHICH IS TO COME. DELIVERED UNDER THE SIMILITUDE OF A DREAM. Illustrations with water-colors by William Blake. Collector's Edition Bound in Genuine Leather.‎

‎pp. xv, 189 + Plus color frontis and full page color illustrations by William Blake. Brown silk moire endpapers. All edges gold. Original yellow page ribbon. 4to. Original full dark blue leather binding with gold open arabesque designs through out. Gilt decorated and lettered spine with raised bands. Hardbound. Very beautiful, crisp copy. This Collector's Edition is published in advanced for the subscribers of the Easton Press collection of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". Introduction by John T. Winterich. PRESS/W75‎

‎Burger, G A Blake, William (illustrator)‎

‎Leonora also 'Lenore' and 'Lenora'' Eight different printings six in English and two in German as listed below including the edition illustrated by Blake‎

‎1796. London: William Miller 1796 etc. <br /> <br /> 9 titles mostly bound together and the magazine printing present Burger G. A. Blake William illustrator. Leonora also 'Lenore' and 'Lenora'' Eight different printings six in English and two in German as listed below including the edition illustrated by Blake. London: William Miller 1796 etc. 7 titles bound together and the magazine printing present separately. With a frontispiece and 2 illustrations headpiece and tailpiece designed by Blake and engraved by Perry and other illustrations not by Blake as described below. Old calf very worn covers detached preserved in a new box.<br /> § Nine printings of Burger's hugely influential poem bound together including the first edition with Blake's illustrations ridiculed in the press upon publication. One of the rarest letterpress books to contain illustrations designed by Blake. Four copies have sold in the last 60 years; none have appeared at auction. No recorded copy has seven versions of the poem bound together let alone the Monthly Magazine printing which preceded them. Although the binding is in very poor condition it was deemed best to keep the "sammelband" in original condition just as it was assembled by the first owner.<br /> <br /> Contents: <br /> <br /> 1 Leonora. A Tale. London: William Miller 1796. 8vo viii 13p. Frontispiece after Daniel Chodowiecki engraved by Harding head- and tailpiece by Harding. Interesting early manuscript notes about the book on half-title see below. 8.5 x 5.5 ins.<br /> <br /> 2 Lenore. Ein Gedicht. London: gedruckt bey S. Gosnell 1796. 8vo 3 4- 14 2p. Not illustrated. 8.5 x 5.5 ins. Text in German.<br /> <br /> 3 Leonora. A Tale. Translated and altered from the German. by J.T. Stanley. A New Edition. London: printed by S. Gosnell for William Miller 1796. 4to frontispiece by Blake engraved by Perry half-title xi 16p. inserted additional frontispiece by Chodowiecki not called for headpiece and tailpiece by Blake engraved by Perry 16p. 12 x 9 ins.<br /> <br /> 4 Leonora. Translated from the German. by W.R. Spencer Esq. With Designs by the right Honourable Lady Diana Beauclerc. London: T. Bensley; for J. Edwards and E. and S. Harding 1796. Large 4to 8 3 4-35p. Frontispiece 4 full-page plates 2 headpieces and 2 tailpieces engraved by Bartolozzi Harding etc. Text in German and English. 14.5 x 10.5 ins.<br /> <br /> 5 Ellenore a Ballad originally written in German. Norwich: John <br /> March and sold by J. Johnson 1796. Sm. to 4 14 2 ad.pp. 11 x 9 ins. Not illustrated.<br /> <br /> 6 Lenore a Tale. Translated from the German. by Henry James Pye. London: for the author and sold by Sampson Low 1796. Sm. 4to 4 1799. 11 x 9 ins. Not illustrated.<br /> <br /> 7 Lenore. Ein Gedicht. London: gedrucht bey S. Gosnell 1796. Sm. 4to 2 12p. Head- and tail-piece by Harding. 11 x 9 ins.<br /> <br /> 8-9 Lenora a Ballad from Bürger. Monthly Magazine: London: March 1796. 8vo 89-196 pp. In modern paper wrappers.<br /> This copy bears the bookplate of Frederick Collins Wilson "a keen amateur actor at Cambridge playing female roles. a friend of Alfred Austin." Reilly Mid-Victorian Poetry 1860-1879 1999. and another copy in modern brown wrappers. <br /> <br /> A manuscript note to the half-title of the first book bound here reads: "Dr. Edward Ash of Holles Street Cavendish Square one of the travelling students of physic upon the Radcliffe Foundation at Oxford and who at Gottingen became Master of the German language translated eight stanzas of this poem and showed them to Mr. Stanley: but refusing to compleat the work it was undertaken by Mr. Stanley. Mr. St. communicated his translation from day to day as it advanced to Lady Di. Beauclerc who without disclosing her intention prepared her drawings since published with the work to put £100 in the pocket of Mr. Spencer Ld. Charles Spencer's son then employed in a translation of it. Upon the discovery of this by Mr. Stanley he immediately sent out this publication; and there was a great fracas between the parties." Writer unknown but perhaps Wilson.<br /> <br /> The year 1796 saw four translations of Burger's "Lenore" one by J. T. Stanley one by H. J. Pye one by William Taylor the Poet Laureate and a fourth by W. R. Spencer with designs by Lady Diana Beauclerc. Blake was commissioned to create three illustrations for the Stanley translation including the famous frontispiece "Lenore clasping her spectral bridegroom." The British Critic for September 1796 spitefully compared Lady Diana's pictures with those of Blake's: "We are highly impressed by the propriety decorum and grace which characterizes all the figures of this elegant artist Lady Beauclerc even those of a preternatural kind; forming a most striking contrast to the distorted absurd and impossible monsters exhibited in the frontispiece to Mr. Stanley's last edition i.e. Blake's design. Nor can we pass by this opportunity of execrating that detestable taste founded on the depraved fancy of one man of genius which substitutes deformity and extravagance for force and expression and draws men and women without skin with their joints all dislocated; or imaginary beings which neither can nor ought to exist." The Analytical Review chimed in with comments including "perfectly ludicrous instead of terrific." <br /> <br /> According to German language scholar John George Robertson in his "History of German Literature" 1970 "Lenore exerted a more widespread influence than perhaps any other short poem in the literature of the world. . like wildfire this remarkable ballad swept across Europe from Scotland to Poland and Russia from Scandinavia to Italy. The eerie tramp of the ghostly horse which carries Lenore to her doom re-echoed in every literature and to many a young sensitive soul was the revelation of a new world of poetry. No production of the German "Sturm und Drang"-not even Goethe's Werther which appeared a few months later-had such far-reaching effects on other literatures as Bürger's Lenore; it helped materially to call the Romantic movement in Europe to life." It is also seen by some as a foundational book in the literature of vampirism. <br /> <br /> Bentley BB 440; BBS p. 203 noting that the Nat. Lib. Scotland copy is colored. Easson and Essick WBBI Vol. II XLVI. Bindman Complete Graphic Works of Blake 380-382. At the Vershbow auction two bidders quickly drove the Leonora watercolor of the tailpiece well past the high estimate of $80000. The work sold for a hammer price of $170000 $207750 with the premium. 123358<br /> $29750.separately. With a frontispiece and 2 illustrations headpiece and tailpiece designed by Blake and engraved by Perry and other illustrations not by Blake as described below. Old calf very worn covers detached preserved in a new box.<br /> <br /> § Eight printings of Burger's hugely influential poem bound together including the first edition with Blake's illustrations ridiculed in the press upon publication. One of the rarest letterpress books to contain illustrations designed by Blake. Four copies have sold in the last 60 years; none have appeared at auction. No recorded copy has seven versions of the poem bound together let alone the Monthly Magazine printing which preceded them. Although the binding is in very poor condition it was deemed best to keep the "sammelband" in original condition just as it was assembled by the first owner.<br /> <br /> Contents: <br /> <br /> 1 Leonora. A Tale. London: William Miller 1796. 8vo viii 13p. Frontispiece after Daniel Chodowiecki engraved by Harding head- and tailpiece by Harding. Interesting early manuscript notes about the book on half-title see below. 8.5 x 5.5 ins.<br /> <br /> 2 Lenore. Ein Gedicht. London: gedruckt bey S. Gosnell 1796. 8vo 3 4- 14 2p. Not illustrated. 8.5 x 5.5 ins. Text in German.<br /> <br /> 3 Leonora. A Tale. Translated and altered from the German. by J.T. Stanley. A New Edition. London: printed by S. Gosnell for William Miller 1796. 4to frontispiece by Blake engraved by Perry half-title xi 16p. inserted additional frontispiece by Chodowiecki not called for headpiece and tailpiece by Blake engraved by Perry 16p. 12 x 9 ins.<br /> <br /> 4 Leonora. Translated from the German. by W.R. Spencer Esq. With Designs by the right Honourable Lady Diana Beauclerc. London: T. Bensley; for J. Edwards and E. and S. Harding 1796. Large 4to 8 3 4-35p. Frontispiece 4 full-page plates 2 headpieces and 2 tailpieces engraved by Bartolozzi Harding etc. Text in German and English. 14.5 x 10.5 ins.<br /> <br /> 5 Ellenore a Ballad originally written in German. Norwich: John <br /> March and sold by J. Johnson 1796. Sm. to 4 14 2 ad.pp. 11 x 9 ins. Not illustrated.<br /> <br /> 6 Lenore a Tale. Translated from the German. by Henry James Pye. London: for the author and sold by Sampson Low 1796. Sm. 4to 4 1799. 11 x 9 ins. Not illustrated.<br /> <br /> 7 Lenore. Ein Gedicht. London: gedrucht bey S. Gosnell 1796. Sm. 4to 2 12p. Head- and tail-piece by Harding. 11 x 9 ins.<br /> <br /> 8 Lenora a Ballad from Bürger. Monthly Magazine: London: March 1796. 8vo 89-196 pp. In modern paper wrappers.<br /> This copy bears the bookplate of Frederick Collins Wilson "a keen amateur actor at Cambridge playing female roles. a friend of Alfred Austin." Reilly Mid-Victorian Poetry 1860-1879 1999. <br /> <br /> A manuscript note to the half-title of the first book bound here reads: "Dr. Edward Ash of Holles Street Cavendish Square one of the travelling students of physic upon the Radcliffe Foundation at Oxford and who at Gottingen became Master of the German language translated eight stanzas of this poem and showed them to Mr. Stanley: but refusing to compleat the work it was undertaken by Mr. Stanley. Mr. St. communicated his translation from day to day as it advanced to Lady Di. Beauclerc who without disclosing her intention prepared her drawings since published with the work to put £100 in the pocket of Mr. Spencer Ld. Charles Spencer's son then employed in a translation of it. Upon the discovery of this by Mr. Stanley he immediately sent out this publication; and there was a great fracas between the parties." Writer unknown but perhaps Wilson.<br /> <br /> The year 1796 saw four translations of Burger's "Lenore" one by J. T. Stanley one by H. J. Pye one by William Taylor the Poet Laureate and a fourth by W. R. Spencer with designs by Lady Diana Beauclerc. Blake was commissioned to create three illustrations for the Stanley translation including the famous frontispiece "Lenore clasping her spectral bridegroom." The British Critic for September 1796 spitefully compared Lady Diana's pictures with those of Blake's: "We are highly impressed by the propriety decorum and grace which characterizes all the figures of this elegant artist Lady Beauclerc even those of a preternatural kind; forming a most striking contrast to the distorted absurd and impossible monsters exhibited in the frontispiece to Mr. Stanley's last edition i.e. Blake's design. Nor can we pass by this opportunity of execrating that detestable taste founded on the depraved fancy of one man of genius which substitutes deformity and extravagance for force and expression and draws men and women without skin with their joints all dislocated; or imaginary beings which neither can nor ought to exist." The Analytical Review chimed in with comments including "perfectly ludicrous instead of terrific." <br /> <br /> According to German language scholar John George Robertson in his "History of German Literature" 1970 "Lenore exerted a more widespread influence than perhaps any other short poem in the literature of the world. . like wildfire this remarkable ballad swept across Europe from Scotland to Poland and Russia from Scandinavia to Italy. The eerie tramp of the ghostly horse which carries Lenore to her doom re-echoed in every literature and to many a young sensitive soul was the revelation of a new world of poetry. No production of the German "Sturm und Drang"-not even Goethe's Werther which appeared a few months later-had such far-reaching effects on other literatures as Bürger's Lenore; it helped materially to call the Romantic movement in Europe to life." It is also seen by some as a foundational book in the literature of vampirism. <br /> <br /> Bentley BB 440; BBS p. 203 noting that the Nat. Lib. Scotland copy is colored. Easson and Essick WBBI Vol. II XLVI. Bindman Complete Graphic Works of Blake 380-382. At the Vershbow auction two bidders quickly drove the Leonora watercolor of the tailpiece well past the high estimate of $80000. The work sold for a hammer price of $170000 $207750 with the premium. unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 123358