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1936réf. 53565New York: Harper & Brothers 1936. First U.S. edition. Elusive second book in his "Nigel Strangeways" series. Published in England under the title "Thou Shell of Death." Attractive vintage bookplate of Neil McKnight on front pastedown otherwise quite fine in good plus price-clipped dust jacket with small area of old tape repair at base of spine and extensive internal reinforcement/repair with tape that appears to have darkened but is not for the most part visible from the front. A generally pleasing dust jacket despite the repair. Exceedingly scarce to rare and especially so in dust jacket. Harper & Brothers unknown
1803réf. 72008Chichester:: Printed by J. Seagrave for J. Johnson 1803-1804. First edition. old full mottled calf.; gilt spines with red gilt-lettered spine labels. Some light marginal dampstaining in Vol. I; occasional inoffensive foxing. A dozen tiny wormholes to the front board of Vol. I; corners worn; some cracking to joints but cords still holding. Folio. Illustrated from engravings including four after William Blake. With an Introductory Letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper. Additional postage will be applicable. Printed by J. Seagrave, for J. Johnson, unknown
1896réf. 6716Boston: winter 1896. Octavo-sized correspondence record book 22.5 x 15 x 8 cm. bound volume of one hundred forty-three letters mounted on stubs. Mrs. Francis Blake wife of the physicist and inventor of telephone fame see DAB gave a small ‘dancing’ party for the ‘A’ list of Boston society. Participants were to depart from the Columbus Ave. station and return to the Huntington Ave. station 1:45 AM via private train. The original engraved invitation precedes the individual acceptance and rejection few letters which are divided by sex. A complete list of attendees is included as is the handwritten menu perhaps a contract with notes on what was to be supplied by the caterer Joseph Lee and what by Mrs. Blake. The stationery includes many addresses on Beacon Hill as well as the Porcellian Club Somerset Club Hasty Pudding Club etc. Some wear to the binder and to some of the correspondence at folds or at the edges. Generally near very good. A stationer’s - Shipman - adhesive half-leather letter file book. winter hardcover
1896réf. 6716Boston: winter 1896. Octavo-sized correspondence record book 22.5 x 15 x 8 cm. bound volume of one hundred forty-three letters mounted on stubs. Mrs. Francis Blake wife of the physicist and inventor of telephone fame see DAB gave a small ‘dancing’ party for the ‘A’ list of Boston society. Participants were to depart from the Columbus Ave. station and return to the Huntington Ave. station 1:45 AM via private train. The original engraved invitation precedes the individual acceptance and rejection few letters which are divided by sex. A complete list of attendees is included as is the handwritten menu perhaps a contract with notes on what was to be supplied by the caterer Joseph Lee and what by Mrs. Blake. The stationery includes many addresses on Beacon Hill as well as the Porcellian Club Somerset Club Hasty Pudding Club etc. Some wear to the binder and to some of the correspondence at folds or at the edges. Generally near very good. A stationer’s - Shipman - adhesive half-leather letter file book. winter hardcover books
1968réf. 68202Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 428; 370pp. Thick quarto 27.5 cm Gray cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Silk ribbon page marker. Bibliography and index. 194 illustrations 11 in color. The books are near fine with just a touch of discoloration to the publisher's spray on the top edge of the text block of volume 1. In the dust jackets in very good condition with light edgewear and some staining to the spine of volume 2. In the slipcase in very good condition with a prominent darkened area to the front panel a small circular marking approximately 1/2" in diameter on the rear panel and scuffing to the bottom edge. The slipcase has done a very good job protecting these books. May require extra postage due to weight. Bollingen Series XXXV.11. The A. W. Mellon Lectures in Fine Arts 1962 The National Gallery of Art Washington D. C. A monumental work by English poet critic and William Blake scholar Kathleen Raine. Here Raine takes as her starting-point the traditional language of symbolic discourse whose European mainstream- with tributary enrichments from Jewish mysticism alchemy and the mythologies of other races- may be traced in unbroken continuity from the Orphic theology through Neoplatonic Gnostic and Hermetic writings and the iconography of Christian art. Princeton University Press hardcover
1968réf. 68202Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 428; 370pp. Thick quarto 27.5 cm Gray cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Silk ribbon page marker. Bibliography and index. 194 illustrations 11 in color. The books are near fine with just a touch of discoloration to the publisher's spray on the top edge of the text block of volume 1. In the dust jackets in very good condition with light edgewear and some staining to the spine of volume 2. In the slipcase in very good condition with a prominent darkened area to the front panel a small circular marking approximately 1/2" in diameter on the rear panel and scuffing to the bottom edge. The slipcase has done a very good job protecting these books. May require extra postage due to weight. Bollingen Series XXXV.11. The A. W. Mellon Lectures in Fine Arts 1962 The National Gallery of Art Washington D. C. A monumental work by English poet critic and William Blake scholar Kathleen Raine. Here Raine takes as her starting-point the traditional language of symbolic discourse whose European mainstream- with tributary enrichments from Jewish mysticism alchemy and the mythologies of other races- may be traced in unbroken continuity from the Orphic theology through Neoplatonic Gnostic and Hermetic writings and the iconography of Christian art. Princeton University Press hardcover books
1938réf. 016763New York: Harper & Brothers 1938. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo. 260pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition American of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title. Published by Collins in the UK the same year. Bound in original yellow cloth with titles in black on the front board and spine. Square tight and clean throughout with no interior toning or foxing. Very mild bumping to spine ends but quite well-preserved. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket $2.00 on top of front flap has a few tiny chips and closed tears to the spine ends. Rubbing to folds and edges. Still fresh and bright A sharp collectable copy and quite scarce in such superior condition. Hubin p.36. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1938réf. 016763New York: Harper & Brothers 1938. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo. 260pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition American of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title. Published by Collins in the UK the same year. Bound in original yellow cloth with titles in black on the front board and spine. Square tight and clean throughout with no interior toning or foxing. Very mild bumping to spine ends but quite well-preserved. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket $2.00 on top of front flap has a few tiny chips and closed tears to the spine ends. Rubbing to folds and edges. Still fresh and bright A sharp collectable copy and quite scarce in such superior condition. Hubin p.36. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
réf. 287787London: Joseph Johnson. unbound. very good. William Blake. Etching and engraving. 10.25" x 7.75". Minor toning and light foxing at edges otherwise in very good condition. A plate from John Gabriel Stedman's "Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition against the Revolted Slaves of Surinam" London: Joseph Johnson 1796. This book with its graphic depiction of slavery and colonization in the New World became an important reference for early abolitionists. Image shows the tattooed Ranger with pipe and rifle. Two men of a similar station can be seen in the background. William Blake 1757-1827 was a British poet painter and printmaker. Joseph Johnson unknown
2005réf. 1266782005. London: Linda Anne Landers 2025. Folio 4 leaves. 5pp. with hand-stencilling in color paper cutouts and laid-on or laid-in printed inserts including handwritten colophon. String-sewn blue card wrappers with hand-stencilled paper onlays. New. § Number 5 of 14 copies numbered and signed by the artist whose highly creative and visionary re-imagining of Blake's poems have earned considerable attention and respect from the book arts collectors. The starting point for this book is the famous story of Blake and his wife being discovered by a friend sitting naked in their garden in imitation of Adam and Eve. The title page is followed by a stencilled image of Blake and Catherine in the garden a quotation from Several Questions Answered revealed beneath a liftable flap and an original poem by Landers about the Blakes printed on a small sheet and inserted in a decorated slot. unknown
2013réf. 7162London: The Folio Society. Near Fine. 2013. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 563 of 1000 copies one-quarter leather cloth sides printed with a design by David Eccles based on Blake's drawing. Elephant folio. With companion voilume quarto 210 pages. Publisher's clamshell box holds both volumes brown cloth with brown leather title label on spine. Books are in Fine condition; box slightly dented at bottom of spine. . The Folio Society hardcover
1866réf. 315772London: Pickering 1866. hardcover. fine. Slim small 8vo 108 pages all edges gilt. Handsomely rebound in full tan morocco ornately gilt spine with leather spine labels. London: Basil Montagu Pickering 1866. Fine. Pickering unknown
1963réf. 98802London:: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. First edition thus. Elephant folio. 220 pages of text 145 pages of black and white illustrations. Bumped at the base of the spine else near fine in a very good moderate sized chip at the base of the spine minor edge wear with a few short closed edge tears age toning dust jacket. . Oxford University Press, hardcover
1922réf. 89590Oxford: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1922. First Limited Edition. No. 8 of 650 numbered copies. This a presentation copy from the Duke & Duchess of Hamilton to "Mr. & Mrs. Alington" inscribed on half-title: "For Mr. & Mrs. Alington / with grateful thanks for the loving care given to Malcolm & David / from the Duke & Duchess of Hamilton" dated 1926. Also with the later undated ownership signature of prominent Scottish poet and Blake scholar Ruthven Todd. Folio ca. 20" x 15"; original maroon cloth with gilt spine and cover titles; 215pp text 64 unnumbered leaves of plates printed both sides six in color. Contents complete and fine; mild external wear and soil still a handsome Near Fine copy in the publisher's binding. These designs by Blake never published were originally in the possession Blake's close friend the artist John Flaxman 1755-1826; in 1828 Flaxman's estate was sold by Christie's at which time the drawings made their way into the trade then eventually into the library of Hamilton Palace. Through a happy accident the drawings were not dispersed with the palace library in 1882 and remained undiscovered until the estate's tragic dismantling in 1922. In conjunction with the Duke and Duchess Grierson commissioned the reproductions and saw the current work into print adding a keenly perceptive essay on the drawings' history and their place in the evolution of Blake's technique. Though not certain the presentation to "Mr. and Mrs. Alington" is almost certainly to Charles Alington founder of the Labrador Retriever Club in 1920 of which the Duchess was a charter member a champion breeder and an expert on field trials and judging. The Duchess Hamilton was herself a major figure in the field trial world winning the premier championship in 1909 with her Labrador bitch Dungavel Phoebe. She was also a major force for animal welfare co-founding in 1906 the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society. A distinguished copy of a work that appears infrequently in commerce. We note no other presentation copies in the auction record; the Todd provenance is a very nice addition indeed. Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press unknown
1968réf. 24014New York: Da Capo Press 1968. Second edition limited to 1000 copies this no. 370. Fine. Second edition limited to 1000 copies this no. 370. Large folio of loose sheets measuring 17" x 13 1/2". The 109 drawings were reproduced in facsimile from those printed by Emery Walker in 1918 by the National Art-Collections Fund and issued in 250 sets. Housed in portfolio of blue burlap with string ties. Da Capo Press unknown
réf. 287787London: Joseph Johnson. unbound. very good. William Blake. Etching and engraving. 10.25" x 7.75". Minor toning and light foxing at edges otherwise in very good condition. A plate from John Gabriel Stedman's "Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition against the Revolted Slaves of Surinam" London: Joseph Johnson 1796. This book with its graphic depiction of slavery and colonization in the New World became an important reference for early abolitionists. Image shows the tattooed Ranger with pipe and rifle. Two men of a similar station can be seen in the background. William Blake 1757-1827 was a British poet painter and printmaker. Joseph Johnson unknown books
1866réf. 315772London: Pickering 1866. hardcover. fine. Slim small 8vo 108 pages all edges gilt. Handsomely rebound in full tan morocco ornately gilt spine with leather spine labels. London: Basil Montagu Pickering 1866. Fine. Pickering unknown books
1963réf. 98802London:: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. First edition thus. Elephant folio. 220 pages of text 145 pages of black and white illustrations. Bumped at the base of the spine else near fine in a very good moderate sized chip at the base of the spine minor edge wear with a few short closed edge tears age toning dust jacket. . Oxford University Press, hardcover books
2005réf. 1266782005. London: Linda Anne Landers 2025. Folio 4 leaves. 5pp. with hand-stencilling in color paper cutouts and laid-on or laid-in printed inserts including handwritten colophon. String-sewn blue card wrappers with hand-stencilled paper onlays. New. § Number 5 of 14 copies numbered and signed by the artist whose highly creative and visionary re-imagining of Blake's poems have earned considerable attention and respect from the book arts collectors. The starting point for this book is the famous story of Blake and his wife being discovered by a friend sitting naked in their garden in imitation of Adam and Eve. The title page is followed by a stencilled image of Blake and Catherine in the garden a quotation from Several Questions Answered revealed beneath a liftable flap and an original poem by Landers about the Blakes printed on a small sheet and inserted in a decorated slot. unknown books
1922réf. 89590Oxford: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1922. First Limited Edition. No. 8 of 650 numbered copies. This a presentation copy from the Duke & Duchess of Hamilton to "Mr. & Mrs. Alington" inscribed on half-title: "For Mr. & Mrs. Alington / with grateful thanks for the loving care given to Malcolm & David / from the Duke & Duchess of Hamilton" dated 1926. Also with the later undated ownership signature of prominent Scottish poet and Blake scholar Ruthven Todd. Folio ca. 20" x 15"; original maroon cloth with gilt spine and cover titles; 215pp text 64 unnumbered leaves of plates printed both sides six in color. Contents complete and fine; mild external wear and soil still a handsome Near Fine copy in the publisher's binding. These designs by Blake never published were originally in the possession Blake's close friend the artist John Flaxman 1755-1826; in 1828 Flaxman's estate was sold by Christie's at which time the drawings made their way into the trade then eventually into the library of Hamilton Palace. Through a happy accident the drawings were not dispersed with the palace library in 1882 and remained undiscovered until the estate's tragic dismantling in 1922. In conjunction with the Duke and Duchess Grierson commissioned the reproductions and saw the current work into print adding a keenly perceptive essay on the drawings' history and their place in the evolution of Blake's technique. Though not certain the presentation to "Mr. and Mrs. Alington" is almost certainly to Charles Alington founder of the Labrador Retriever Club in 1920 of which the Duchess was a charter member a champion breeder and an expert on field trials and judging. The Duchess Hamilton was herself a major figure in the field trial world winning the premier championship in 1909 with her Labrador bitch Dungavel Phoebe. She was also a major force for animal welfare co-founding in 1906 the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society. A distinguished copy of a work that appears infrequently in commerce. We note no other presentation copies in the auction record; the Todd provenance is a very nice addition indeed. Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press unknown books
1857réf. 306081857 SLAVERY & SLAVE TRADE 1ed African American ABOLITIONIST Blake Africa RARE W. O. Blake's 'The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade' is a comprehensive compilation detailing slavery's historical reach from ancient societies like Greece and Rome to modern eras. It uncovers overlooked hereditary slavery in England examines slavery's impact on empire decline delves into its role in U.S. politics and law and challenges prevailing views on ancient slavery's forms and effects. The book also exposes the brutalities of the 19th-century slave trade and argues against slavery's ethical and legal grounds emphasizing its contradiction with human rights and morality. The book focuses a significant portion to 'modern' American slavery and slave trade focusing on the annexation of Texas and the Missouri Compromise. Chapters include: <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Slaves of Sparta Crete Thessaly Slavery in Rome; <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Christian slavery in Northern Africa; <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Early opponents of African slavery in England and America; <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->History of Slavery in the North American colonies; <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Formation of the constitution-slavery compromises; <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Political history of Slavery in the US 1789-1850; Repeal of Missouri Compromise; <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->History of troubles in Kansas Statistical tables constructed from the census of 1850; <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Insurrection at Harper's Ferry Dred Scott decision Item number: #30608 Price: $750 BLAKE W.O. Editor The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade Ancient and Modern. The Forms of Slavery that Prevailed in Ancient Nations Particularly in Greece and Rome. The African Slave Trade and the Political History of Slavery in the United States. Compiled from Authentic Materials by W. O. Blake. Columbus Ohio: J. and H. Miller 1857. 1st edition Details: <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->xvi 17-832 <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->9 engraved plates <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Sabin 5800 <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Handwritten – George Fuller Utica Ill. <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~10.25in X 7in 26cm x 17.5cm Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 30608 Photos available upon request. J. and H. Miller hardcover
1793réf. D11653London: John Stockdale 1793. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary morocco ornate gilt-stamped border on boards gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine; 2 volumes 4to; pp. xi 1 225; vii 1 187 1 ad; plus an engraved title-page for each volume and 68 plates including 12 by William Blake; collates complete. First Stockdale edition first issue with the long "s" throughout. Boards faintly rubbed; joints and edges of boards lightly bumped and scuffed. Some very faint foxing; the occasional dusty smudge; but overall internally bright and clean. Considered one of the finest examples of Blake's work as a reproductive engraver. Ray England 1; Essick William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations XXVI. John Stockdale hardcover
2001réf. RHOGCAM00tpmCambridge University 2001 - 2006. Very Good. Hogg editor Richard M. The Cambridge History of the English Language. 6 volume set. Blake editor Norman; Lass editor Roger; Romaine editor Suzanne; Burchfield editor Robert; Algeo editor John. NY: Cambridge University 2001 - 2006. 8vo. Red cloth. Book condition: Very good with previous owner's name on the front free endsheets of a few volumes. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. In dust jacket protectors. Cambridge University hardcover
2001réf. RHOGCAM00tpmCambridge University 2001 - 2006. Very Good. Hogg editor Richard M. The Cambridge History of the English Language. 6 volume set. Blake editor Norman; Lass editor Roger; Romaine editor Suzanne; Burchfield editor Robert; Algeo editor John. NY: Cambridge University 2001 - 2006. 8vo. Red cloth. Book condition: Very good with previous owner's name on the front free endsheets of a few volumes. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. In dust jacket protectors. Cambridge University hardcover books
1986réf. 153117London: Walker Books 1986. First edition of this joyful collection of seaside verse jokes and silly sayings for children by Michael Rosen. Quarto original pictorial wrappers illustrated throughout. Boldly signed and dated by Michael Rosen on the title page “Michael Rosen was here 23 Aug 89.” In fine condition. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Smelly Jelly Smelly Fish: The Seaside Book 1986 is a collection of seaside-themed poems jokes jingles and silly sayings for children by Michael Rosen born 1946 the hugely popular English poet author and broadcaster who served as Children’s Laureate from 2007 to 2009 and is best known for We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. It is illustrated with the lively pen-and-watercolor drawings of Sir Quentin Blake the celebrated artist most famous for his work with Roald Dahl who in 1999 became the first Children’s Laureate and was later knighted for his services to illustration. Walker Books unknown
