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rif. 111844London: Creatively Recycled Empire Limited 2010. Edition of 25. Signed in marker pen lower right by Blake numbered lower left. 10 spot colour lithograph on 56% recycled tinplate. Sheet size: 81 x 62 cm. Framed size: 86.3 x 67.5 cm. Excellent condition. Presented in a black box frame with UV conservation glass. unknown
1982rif. 355490723738London: Cape 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. London: Jonathan Cape 1982. First UK Edition. SIGNED & INSCRIBED WITHOUT DEDICATION BY THE AUTHOR AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION. Publisher's grey boards with gold lettering to the spine. A VG copy which has been read bumping to corners pushing/softening to spine ends the usual toning to the page block foxing to the rear end-papers; no inscriptions. The price-clipped dustwrapper is VG with a couple of short closed tears to the top-edge of the front panel together with an associated crease. Inscribed by the Author in green felt tip to the front free end-paper: "with love/ Roald Dahl/ 1982". This book has an interesting provenance as it was given away as a prize in February 1983 by the School Bookshop Association in their Phizzwizard Competition. The prize-winning letter is included. The basis for the 2016 film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg written by Melissa Mathison and starring Mark Rylance Ruby Barnhill Penelope Wilton Jemaine Clement Rebecca Hall Rafe Spall and Bill Hader. Photographs/scans available upon request. Cape hardcover
1784rif. 1046721784. London: Harrison and Co. 1784-1785. 2 vols. in one 8vo 1-9 10-485 1; 1-5 6-193 1 pp. With a folding frontispiece second version and numerous folding engraved plates of which 5 are engraved by Blake one after Stothard and four after Samuel Collings. Contemporary marbled boards modern-calf backstrip and tips a very good set with good margins around the plates: rare. § Only edition. "These are the only caricature prints engraved by Blake. The graphic style is appropriately broad and rugged particularly in the barnyard scene. 'Fun I love but too much fun is of all things most loathsom' Blake to Trusler 1799. Blake may have felt that the great rage for caricature prints in the 1790s was a hindrance to the sale of his own original graphic works." Essick CBE p. 37. Bentley Blake Books 513. Essick William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations XVI. unknown
1784rif. 1046721784. London: Harrison and Co. 1784-1785. 2 vols. in one 8vo 1-9 10-485 1; 1-5 6-193 1 pp. With a folding frontispiece second version and numerous folding engraved plates of which 5 are engraved by Blake one after Stothard and four after Samuel Collings. Contemporary marbled boards modern-calf backstrip and tips a very good set with good margins around the plates: rare. § Only edition. "These are the only caricature prints engraved by Blake. The graphic style is appropriately broad and rugged particularly in the barnyard scene. 'Fun I love but too much fun is of all things most loathsom' Blake to Trusler 1799. Blake may have felt that the great rage for caricature prints in the 1790s was a hindrance to the sale of his own original graphic works." Essick CBE p. 37. Bentley Blake Books 513. Essick William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations XVI. unknown books
1956rif. 1067961956. Northampton Mass.: Gehenna Press 1956. Small 4to 11 inc. the first blankpp. 18 b/w plates printed on Japan vellum with a title-sheet printed in red on plain paper preceding each image. Stapled into wrappers very good. § "Fifty copies of this book have been printed by Esther and Leonard Baskin at the Gehenna Press in Northampton Mass." This is copy number "X" which indicates a proof copy since the edition was issued in a quarter morocco binding and this copy is unbound. Six copies are recorded on WorldCat to which add Toronto Fisher Library and Essick CA. Leonard Baskin's note from the Bibliography: "This was the last book which was made with my hands that cessation a benefaction since I was a compositor & pressman of no distinction. This book is an homage to Blake & the dear youths who plied him with honour in his late age. My increased skill in woodengraving is here made manifest & a pattern for a kind of Gehenna Press book makes its beginning here; an introduction succeeded by a series of prints. The title-page reveals the novice's poking into historical sources & exemplars.". unknown
1885rif. 303018London 1885. No. 38 of 50 copies. William Muir facsimile based on copy D. 8 leaves. 1 vols. 4to. Full green levant wrappers bound in. Spine toned. Fine. No. 38 of 50 copies. William Muir facsimile based on copy D. 8 leaves. 1 vols. 4to. Bentley 249b unknown
1885rif. 303018London 1885. No. 38 of 50 copies. William Muir facsimile based on copy D. 8 leaves. 1 vols. 4to. Full green levant wrappers bound in. Spine toned. Fine. No. 38 of 50 copies. William Muir facsimile based on copy D. 8 leaves. 1 vols. 4to. Bentley 249b unknown books
1956rif. 1067961956. Northampton Mass.: Gehenna Press 1956. Small 4to 11 inc. the first blankpp. 18 b/w plates printed on Japan vellum with a title-sheet printed in red on plain paper preceding each image. Stapled into wrappers very good. § "Fifty copies of this book have been printed by Esther and Leonard Baskin at the Gehenna Press in Northampton Mass." This is copy number "X" which indicates a proof copy since the edition was issued in a quarter morocco binding and this copy is unbound. Six copies are recorded on WorldCat to which add Toronto Fisher Library and Essick CA. Leonard Baskin's note from the Bibliography: "This was the last book which was made with my hands that cessation a benefaction since I was a compositor & pressman of no distinction. This book is an homage to Blake & the dear youths who plied him with honour in his late age. My increased skill in woodengraving is here made manifest & a pattern for a kind of Gehenna Press book makes its beginning here; an introduction succeeded by a series of prints. The title-page reveals the novice's poking into historical sources & exemplars.". unknown books
1791rif. 43999London: J. Johnson 1791. Darwin Erasmus 1731-1802. The botanic garden: A poem in two parts . . . 4to. xii 214 126 2; 2 ix 197 1pp. General title-leaf misbound before title-leaf to Part II. 20 engraved plates including 5 by William Blake 1757-1827; 2 of the plates are after drawings by John Henry Fuseli 1741-1825. London: J. Johnson 1791. 275 x 207 mm. Half calf gilt marbled boards in period style. Minor foxing and offsetting small marginal stains on two or three plates not affecting the images marginal tears in signature S and one plate repaired but very good. First Edition of Part I; third edition of Part II containing two more plates than the first edition of 1789. Darwin's first major literary work and the chief source of his fame during his lifetime. "The Botanic Garden an annotated scientific poem in Augustan couplets appeared in two parts of which the second The Loves of the Plants 1789 was published before the first The Economy of Vegetation 1791. Darwin decided to publish the second part of the work first because it was better suited 'to entertain and charm.' The first part of the work is more ambitious than the second covering all natural philosophy and embodying many of the researches and inventions of Wedgwood Watt Boulton and others. The design of the totality was Darwin wrote 'To enlist Imagination under the banner of Science . . . to induce the ingenious to cultivate the knowledge of botany . . . and recommending to their attention the immortal works of the celebrated Swedish naturalist-Linnaeus'" Dictionary of Scientific Biography. The Botanic Garden is also important for the five plates in Vol. I engraved by William Blake: four engravings of the Portland vase and the "Fertilization of Egypt" after a design by Fuseli. Keynes Blake 103. King-Hele Erasmus Darwin pp. 97-119. . J. Johnson unknown
1791rif. 43999London: J. Johnson 1791. Darwin Erasmus 1731-1802. The botanic garden: A poem in two parts . . . 4to. xii 214 126 2; 2 ix 197 1pp. General title-leaf misbound before title-leaf to Part II. 20 engraved plates including 5 by William Blake 1757-1827; 2 of the plates are after drawings by John Henry Fuseli 1741-1825. London: J. Johnson 1791. 275 x 207 mm. Half calf gilt marbled boards in period style. Minor foxing and offsetting small marginal stains on two or three plates not affecting the images marginal tears in signature S and one plate repaired but very good. First Edition of Part I; third edition of Part II containing two more plates than the first edition of 1789. Darwin's first major literary work and the chief source of his fame during his lifetime. "The Botanic Garden an annotated scientific poem in Augustan couplets appeared in two parts of which the second The Loves of the Plants 1789 was published before the first The Economy of Vegetation 1791. Darwin decided to publish the second part of the work first because it was better suited 'to entertain and charm.' The first part of the work is more ambitious than the second covering all natural philosophy and embodying many of the researches and inventions of Wedgwood Watt Boulton and others. The design of the totality was Darwin wrote 'To enlist Imagination under the banner of Science . . . to induce the ingenious to cultivate the knowledge of botany . . . and recommending to their attention the immortal works of the celebrated Swedish naturalist-Linnaeus'" Dictionary of Scientific Biography. The Botanic Garden is also important for the five plates in Vol. I engraved by William Blake: four engravings of the Portland vase and the "Fertilization of Egypt" after a design by Fuseli. Keynes Blake 103. King-Hele Erasmus Darwin pp. 97-119. . J. Johnson unknown books
1813rif. 018448London: J. Johnson 1813. Second Edition. Hardcover. Occasional light small stain but very clean overall. Near Fine with minor wear. Two quarto 8-1/2" x 10-1/2" volumes bound in early calf-backed marbled boards with calf corners contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels marbled endpapers top edges gilt rebacked. A graphic account of the slave rebellion in Dutch Guiana 1772- 1777 illustrated with 81 engravings including 3 folding maps after drawings by the author by William Blake 13 with an additional 3 attributed to him Bartolozzi Benedetti Barlow and others. Sabin 91075 called this "one of the richest contemporary accounts of a plantation society in the Americas." According to the DNB Stedman's narrative is "one of the most vivid indictments of slavery that have been penned." Stedman also depicts the social and natural history of the area in detail and many of the engravings illuminate his writings on these subjects. Blake's work among the finest that he did for hire are primarily powerful portraits of slaves. J. Johnson hardcover books
1983rif. 27269Mountain & Sea Publishing 1983 HB NODJ Issued Photographic Cover with Label & Gold Gilt Decorated1983 LATER Edition FINE/F- NOJACKET SIGNED ALOHA TOM BLAKE 1989 on Title pg in Black Ink . Signed by Authors. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Tom Blake PHOTOGRAPHY. Mountain & Sea Publishing hardcover
1787rif. 024881London: J. Cooke 1787 Undated but 1787-1788. 2 vols. Elephant Folio. original full calf gilt spine labels rubbed & worn rebacked with original spines laid-down hinges slackening cloth tape strengthening to hinges both volumes some chipping to leather amateurish repairs internally clean & complete; pp. iv 1-460 with frontispiece 94 plates full-page 1/2 page &1/4 page on 51 sheets 6 folding maps/charts 1 full page; ii title last blank 461-990 page 663 erroneously labelled 635 4 list of Subscribers misbound between p.988 & 989 2 Directions to the Binder for placing the cuts with 70 plates full-page & 1/2 page on 39 sheets 6 folding maps/charts 10 full page see Alan Frost in La Trobe Journal No. 8 October 1971 for a history of the book highlighting differences in content and pagination between editions. Very heavy set 9 kg additional postage may be required for international and domestic delivery. A good copy of an early issue intact but would benefit from some restoration. Ex-libris Charles Scobie ANARE Macquarie Island 1948 with his ownership signature and date 29-5-1941 to rear pastedown. First Edition. Hard Cover. G. J. Cooke hardcover
1930rif. 310071San Francisco: Book Club of California 1930. No 10 of 300 copies printed at the Windsor Press. Decoration by Julian A. Links. 22 pp. 12mo. Original full vellum lettered in gilt paper slipcase with label. Vellum and slipcase a touch toned faint browning to folds of letter. Housed with letter in quarter morocco clamshell box. Links Julian A. No 10 of 300 copies printed at the Windsor Press. Decoration by Julian A. Links. 22 pp. 12mo. With a typed letter signed of Rockwell Kent to Oscar Lewis secretary of the Book Club of California voicing his strong displeasure with the illustrations by Julian Links for this edition. Dated May 13 1930 the letter reads in part: "I am glad that I took the trouble to call the matter to your attention for my complaint does put you in the position of calling the printers to account for what is unquestionably a breach of professional ethics. I am sorry that it is not the policy of the Book Club to supervise more carefully the production of the books that appear within its imprint. I feel the book of Thel irrespective of the plagiarism involved in the illustrations has been very badly illustrated Book Club of California unknown
1930rif. 310071San Francisco: Book Club of California 1930. No 10 of 300 copies printed at the Windsor Press. Decoration by Julian A. Links. 22 pp. 12mo. Original full vellum lettered in gilt paper slipcase with label. Vellum and slipcase a touch toned faint browning to folds of letter. Housed with letter in quarter morocco clamshell box. Links Julian A. No 10 of 300 copies printed at the Windsor Press. Decoration by Julian A. Links. 22 pp. 12mo. With a typed letter signed of Rockwell Kent to Oscar Lewis secretary of the Book Club of California voicing his strong displeasure with the illustrations by Julian Links for this edition. Dated May 13 1930 the letter reads in part: "I am glad that I took the trouble to call the matter to your attention for my complaint does put you in the position of calling the printers to account for what is unquestionably a breach of professional ethics. I am sorry that it is not the policy of the Book Club to supervise more carefully the production of the books that appear within its imprint. I feel the book of Thel irrespective of the plagiarism involved in the illustrations has been very badly illustrated Book Club of California unknown books
1903rif. 23193London 1903. Engraving by Thomas Butts after Blake. Laid paper. First and only state. Hand-written in ink upper right corner "Cent quatre vingt septieme 187" Christ walks over the vanquished Satan. This fascinating engraving after a Blake drawing depicts a muscular and single-minded Christ with a bow in one hand and arrow in the other walking on the beard and chest of Satan who despite his lifeless eyes reaches for Christ's bow. Blake's Christ is more reminiscent of Hercules or Gilgamesh than the Christ known to us through church iconography and his Satan reminds us more of Zeus than Christianity's Devil. Archibald Russell in The Engravings of William Blake Houghton Mifflin 1912 writes that this image illustrates a passage in Paradise Lost Bk. VI 763 but was an allegory for the triumph of imagination or creativity over reason. Thomas Butts senior 1757-1845 and junior 1788-1862 were both given drawing and engraving lessons by Blake starting in March 1806. They produced a number of plates from Blake's designs although his level of direct involvement can only be estimated. The present plate was sold by the Butts' descendants at Sotheby's lot 20 24 June 1903. The plate was acquired shortly after the auction by Edward J. Shaw of Walsall. He apparently had printed a number of impressions by December 1903. These are the earliest recorded impressions of this plate other than a single impression sold with the plate at the auction. The plate remained in Shaw's possession until 1925 when it was sold at Sotheby's 29 July lot 158 to Mansfield. The New York dealers E. Weyhe bought a number of impressions and possibly the plate itself as they still had multiple copies for sale as late as 1965. Essick records 18 copies of this print on various paper types but no order of precedence is given and he had not seen any `proof' impressions. Essick The Separate Plates of William Blake. unknown
1903rif. 23193London 1903. Engraving by Thomas Butts after Blake. Laid paper. First and only state. Hand-written in ink upper right corner "Cent quatre vingt septieme 187" Christ walks over the vanquished Satan. This fascinating engraving after a Blake drawing depicts a muscular and single-minded Christ with a bow in one hand and arrow in the other walking on the beard and chest of Satan who despite his lifeless eyes reaches for Christ's bow. Blake's Christ is more reminiscent of Hercules or Gilgamesh than the Christ known to us through church iconography and his Satan reminds us more of Zeus than Christianity's Devil. Archibald Russell in The Engravings of William Blake Houghton Mifflin 1912 writes that this image illustrates a passage in Paradise Lost Bk. VI 763 but was an allegory for the triumph of imagination or creativity over reason. Thomas Butts senior 1757-1845 and junior 1788-1862 were both given drawing and engraving lessons by Blake starting in March 1806. They produced a number of plates from Blake's designs although his level of direct involvement can only be estimated. The present plate was sold by the Butts' descendants at Sotheby's lot 20 24 June 1903. The plate was acquired shortly after the auction by Edward J. Shaw of Walsall. He apparently had printed a number of impressions by December 1903. These are the earliest recorded impressions of this plate other than a single impression sold with the plate at the auction. The plate remained in Shaw's possession until 1925 when it was sold at Sotheby's 29 July lot 158 to Mansfield. The New York dealers E. Weyhe bought a number of impressions and possibly the plate itself as they still had multiple copies for sale as late as 1965. Essick records 18 copies of this print on various paper types but no order of precedence is given and he had not seen any `proof' impressions. Essick The Separate Plates of William Blake. unknown books
1795rif. 1077691795. London: Boydell and Company c.1795. Oblong large folio on wove paper plate mark 583 x 455 mm on sheet 650 x 490 mm. An exceptionally fine dark impression on bright paper with the original wide margins untrimmed. § Third and best state of seven see below of the single plate Blake engraved for Hogarth's Works first published by Boydell in 1790 this state appearing in the second undated edition c. 1795. It was the last state of the plate before hands other than Blake touched up the plate. A remarkably crisp and brilliant impression of Blake's richly detailed rendition of Hogarth's painting showing the famous scene in which Macheath the highwayman stands chained under sentence of death between his two lovers the jailer's daughter Lucy Lockit and the lawyer's daughter Polly Peachum. The plate was next used for an 1822 edition by which time several small changes had been made by another engraver. Bentley BB 475 I. Essick CBI XX. unknown
1795rif. 1077691795. London: Boydell and Company c.1795. Oblong large folio on wove paper plate mark 583 x 455 mm on sheet 650 x 490 mm. An exceptionally fine dark impression on bright paper with the original wide margins untrimmed. § Third and best state of seven see below of the single plate Blake engraved for Hogarth's Works first published by Boydell in 1790 this state appearing in the second undated edition c. 1795. It was the last state of the plate before hands other than Blake touched up the plate. A remarkably crisp and brilliant impression of Blake's richly detailed rendition of Hogarth's painting showing the famous scene in which Macheath the highwayman stands chained under sentence of death between his two lovers the jailer's daughter Lucy Lockit and the lawyer's daughter Polly Peachum. The plate was next used for an 1822 edition by which time several small changes had been made by another engraver. Bentley BB 475 I. Essick CBI XX. unknown books
1978rif. 86295Putnam. As New. 1978. Hardcover. 0399121528 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 492 pages; 765 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Complete Graphic Works Putnam hardcover
1956rif. 93589Emery Walker. As New. 1956. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- 86 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Emery Walker hardcover
rif. awd-1157Important tirage photographique en couleurs monté dans un encadrement carré en bois, ajouré en cercle au centre. Très rare épreuve, peut-être tirée pour un essai de couleurs lors de la commercialisation d’une affiche en 1969. Mentions Mati Klarwein, Grain of Sand, Robert Crandall Assoc., 1968 sur le côté avec échelles chromatiques, petits manques de pigmentation dans la partie basse (111,5/117,2 cm dans un cadre de 122/122 cm).
rif. 185A Limited Edition. Large Folio 6 volumes housed in two 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 housing The Colour Versions of the Book of Job 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. Published by the Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust 1987. This particular copy is enhanced for being accompanied with the rarely found two 1987 Prospectuses with the specimen plates inside 4 additional colour plates the original order forms a compliments slip from the William Blake Trust a small envelope; all loosely inserted in the original William Blake Trust envelope. A wonderful production of this impressive and important work. The condition is near fine; a slight crease to one page in the text volume the prospectuses slightly creased some very minimal wear to the slipcases two small marks to the top edge of one of the solander boxes. The finest William Blake production by Arnold Fawcus and the Trianon Press who starting in 1950 produced the famous series of Blake facsimiles. The plates for this work were printed around 1974 but remained unassembled until 1987 when the sheets were bound up in the present form by Smith Settle of Otley Yorkshire. A total of 392 copies of this limited edition were produced although only 387 are in the limitation statement: This copy is Number 23 of 250 copies from the limitation; there were also 115 Roman numeral copies some of which were reserved for the William Blake Trust however there was no difference in the content or presentation though there were 22 lettered copies specially bound with additional material. Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK. Published by the Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust hardcover
rif. 29886London: Jonathan Cape. 1981. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original light blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine in the Quentin Blake illustrated dustwrapper. Richly illustrated by Quentin Blake in black and white throughout. A very good or better copy the binding square and firm with a little rubbing and bumping to the extremities the cloth with a touch of toning at the extreme top and bottom edges are otherwise bright and fresh. The contents with a few isolated foxing spots and a little transference from the ink of the author's signature to the front pastedown are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed and creased dustwrapper which again has a faint transference of the ink from the author's signature on the front flap a nick to the top right corner of the upper panel and a closed tear to the edge of the rear flap secured with tape to the underside. The dustwrapper is bright and without fading. Not price-clipped £3.95 net to the lower front flap. Signed by Roald Dahl in black ink on the front endpaper. Dahl's classic children's tale of a young boy's fantastical revenge against his bullying grandmother. Sir Quentin Blake's artistic contributions to Dahl's most popular children's novels have become synonymous with the stories themselves with his illustrations for 'George' receiving particular praise for skillfully softening the author's harsher story elements as pointed out thus by Dahl biographer Jeremy Treglown "Blake lightens things by visually reminding the reader both how small George is and as he wanders around the house looking for ingredients for his medicine how lonely and innocent. His actions come across as prompted more by curiosity than cruelty". Roald Dahl: A Biography p 229. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Jonathan Cape. 1981 hardcover
rif. 21167532013. Queen Anne Press 2013. Folio publisher's cloth boards in the same shade of green as the 1st edition with artwork inset to upper portion; 'Shop at Mog's' in gilt to lower board; dark green endpapers; lettered in gilt to spine; pp. vi 7-173 iii; with numerous colour and black and white illustrations; contained in the custom-made solander box together with an original signed print 84/100 by the illustrator contained in original tissue and card folder; fine. De Luxe edition limited to 100 copies this copy no. 84 signed by Blake to the title. The binding is by Sangorski & Sutcliffe the solander box by Ludlow Bookbinders. Published to mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth and to celebrate a body of work by Peter Blake comprising a richly detailed sequence of 110 watercolours pencil portraits and collages. ""Doyen of British artists"" the Queen Anne Press website states ""his pencil portraits of the myriad characters of Llaggerub collages representing scenes from the book and watercolours depicting the extraordinary dreams combine to make a unique volume.""A sumptuous production. hardcover
