1978réf. 78291978. var.places: var. pubs. 1978-2001. 57 issues 4to illustrated a few in color. Original wrappers a good collection though lacking numerous issues within the years. § Vol. XII 1 2; XIII 1 2 4; XV 1-4; XVI 1-4; XVII 1-3; XVIII 1-4; XIX 1-4; XX 1 2 4; XXI 1-4; XXII 1-4; XXIII 1-4; XXIV 1; XXV 4; XXVI 4; XXVII 4; XXVIII 4; XXIX 4; XXX 2 4; XXXI 4; XXXII 2 3 4; XXXIII 2 3 4; XXXIV 1 3 4. Included in the group are many nos. 4 which have Essick's useful annual summary of "Blake in the Marketplace" original publications of new information on Blake reviews of books articles and shows about Blake illustrations of new Blake illustrations to have surfaced etc. unknown
1978réf. 78291978. var.places: var. pubs. 1978-2001. 57 issues 4to illustrated a few in color. Original wrappers a good collection though lacking numerous issues within the years. § Vol. XII 1 2; XIII 1 2 4; XV 1-4; XVI 1-4; XVII 1-3; XVIII 1-4; XIX 1-4; XX 1 2 4; XXI 1-4; XXII 1-4; XXIII 1-4; XXIV 1; XXV 4; XXVI 4; XXVII 4; XXVIII 4; XXIX 4; XXX 2 4; XXXI 4; XXXII 2 3 4; XXXIII 2 3 4; XXXIV 1 3 4. Included in the group are many nos. 4 which have Essick's useful annual summary of "Blake in the Marketplace" original publications of new information on Blake reviews of books articles and shows about Blake illustrations of new Blake illustrations to have surfaced etc. unknown books
1986réf. 152504Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1986. Archive of five original architectural blueprints for location shooting purposes relating to the 1986 comedy film. Each blueprint numbered one through five out of five labeled "Ext. Pazzo Mansion" with the Beverly Hills address of the house and credits for director Blake Edwards production designer Roger Maus and others. The blueprints detail both interiors and exteriors for sections of the house as well as indicated places where the existing house would be augmented by new set construction. The location was used as the home of Paul Servino's mob boss character Tony Pazzo and his wife Claudia Pazzo played by Maria Conchita Alonso. A remake of Laurel and Hardy's classic 1932 short "The Music Box" about two friends who overhear a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it while being pursued by both the mob fixers and the police. 36 x 24 inches. Stapled on the left edge and rolled. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown
1986réf. 152504Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1986. Archive of five original architectural blueprints for location shooting purposes relating to the 1986 comedy film. Each blueprint numbered one through five out of five labeled "Ext. Pazzo Mansion" with the Beverly Hills address of the house and credits for director Blake Edwards production designer Roger Maus and others. The blueprints detail both interiors and exteriors for sections of the house as well as indicated places where the existing house would be augmented by new set construction. The location was used as the home of Paul Servino's mob boss character Tony Pazzo and his wife Claudia Pazzo played by Maria Conchita Alonso. A remake of Laurel and Hardy's classic 1932 short "The Music Box" about two friends who overhear a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it while being pursued by both the mob fixers and the police. 36 x 24 inches. Stapled on the left edge and rolled. Very Good plus. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1964réf. 1239751964. Northampton MA: Gehenna Press 1964. Slim 12mo 16pp. With 6 wood-engravings 4 printed on Japan tissue all being versions of Blake's face. Original marbled wrappers printed label on upper cover mint as issued. Loosely inserted is the business card for Louis Smith of Smith Glass and Mirror in Northampton with a fine woodcut of a rooster signed by Baskin in pencil. The company is still in business in Northampton. § Limited to 500 copies but surely fewer than that this is number 26. There were also 25 de luxe copies with an extra suite of the plates. Only two copies are recorded as having sold in the last 30 years and this is the only copy we have ever seen. The letter is classic Blake to his great patron: "I hear a voice you cannot hear that says I must not stay I see a hand you cannot see that beckons me away. Naked we came here naked of Natural things & naked we shall return; but while clothed with the Divine Mercy we are richly clothed in Spiritual & suffer all the rest gladly." Bentley Blake Books 94. unknown
1808réf. 1239001808. London: Cadell and Davies 1808. Single plate etching on wove unwatermarked paper wide margins somewhat soiled. § From the first 4to edition this is one of the best known plates in the series. Bentley Blake Books 435b. unknown
1971réf. 499075London: Printed by The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust 1971. Hardcover. Fine. First edition thus of this facsimile bound in two volumes. Commentary and bibliographical history by Geoffrey Keynes. Two volumes: Quarto. 38pp. Illustrated in color by the collotype and hand-stencil process. Quarter morocco and marbled paper-covered boards. And: 12mo. 9 leaves illustrated by the collotype and hand-stencil process. Quarter morocco and marbled paper-covered boards. Both volumes are fine in publisher's slipcase. Beautifully printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match the paper used by Blake. Limited to 540 numbered copies bound in quarter morocco of a total edition of 616 copies. Printed by The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust hardcover
1964réf. 1239751964. Northampton MA: Gehenna Press 1964. Slim 12mo 16pp. With 6 wood-engravings 4 printed on Japan tissue all being versions of Blake's face. Original marbled wrappers printed label on upper cover mint as issued. Loosely inserted is the business card for Louis Smith of Smith Glass and Mirror in Northampton with a fine woodcut of a rooster signed by Baskin in pencil. The company is still in business in Northampton. § Limited to 500 copies but surely fewer than that this is number 26. There were also 25 de luxe copies with an extra suite of the plates. Only two copies are recorded as having sold in the last 30 years and this is the only copy we have ever seen. The letter is classic Blake to his great patron: "I hear a voice you cannot hear that says I must not stay I see a hand you cannot see that beckons me away. Naked we came here naked of Natural things & naked we shall return; but while clothed with the Divine Mercy we are richly clothed in Spiritual & suffer all the rest gladly." Bentley Blake Books 94. unknown books
1971réf. 499075London: Printed by The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust 1971. Hardcover. Fine. First edition thus of this facsimile bound in two volumes. Commentary and bibliographical history by Geoffrey Keynes. Two volumes: Quarto. 38pp. Illustrated in color by the collotype and hand-stencil process. Quarter morocco and marbled paper-covered boards. And: 12mo. 9 leaves illustrated by the collotype and hand-stencil process. Quarter morocco and marbled paper-covered boards. Both volumes are fine in publisher's slipcase. Beautifully printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match the paper used by Blake. Limited to 540 numbered copies bound in quarter morocco of a total edition of 616 copies. Printed by The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust hardcover books
1808réf. 1239001808. London: Cadell and Davies 1808. Single plate etching on wove unwatermarked paper wide margins somewhat soiled. § From the first 4to edition this is one of the best known plates in the series. Bentley Blake Books 435b. unknown books
2011réf. 167782Universal City: Universal City Studios / Paqu Films 2011. Draft script for the 2012 film. Copy belonging to still photographer François Duhamel with his name watermarked on several script pages. Based on the 2010 novel by Don Winslow about two cannabis growers in Southern California who work together to confront the enforcers of a powerful Mexican drug cartel. Shot on location in the Pacific Palisades. Housed in a generic black three-ring binder. Title page present dated 05/01/11 noted as production No. 00K64 with credits for Winslow and screenwriters Shane Salerno and Oliver Stone. 156 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 7 and September 6 2011. Pages about Fine binder Near Fine. Universal City Studios / Paqu Films unknown
2011réf. 167782Universal City: Universal City Studios / Paqu Films 2011. Draft script for the 2012 film. Copy belonging to still photographer François Duhamel with his name watermarked on several script pages. Based on the 2010 novel by Don Winslow about two cannabis growers in Southern California who work together to confront the enforcers of a powerful Mexican drug cartel. Shot on location in the Pacific Palisades. Housed in a generic black three-ring binder. Title page present dated 05/01/11 noted as production No. 00K64 with credits for Winslow and screenwriters Shane Salerno and Oliver Stone. 156 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between July 7 and September 6 2011. Pages about Fine binder Near Fine. Universal City Studios / Paqu Films unknown books
1998réf. 169960N.p.: N.p. 1998. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film. An agency copy printed on the rectos and versos written seven months prior to the commencement of the production with the marker annotation of "O" on the front wrapper. A modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's "Othello" set in a US high school wherein Odin James Mekhi Phifer the only black student at Palmetto Grove Academy who is the star basketball player and dating the Dean's beautiful daughter Desi Julia Stiles is the envy of his troubled friend Hugo Josh Hartnett who plots a deadly scheme to sow mistrust between Desi and Odin. Shot on location in Charleston South Carolina. Untitled International Creative Management wrappers. Title page present dated 08/12/98 noted as Revision with credits for screenwriter Brad Kaaya. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication on the rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining to the rear board bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1998réf. 169960N.p.: N.p. 1998. Revised Draft script for the 2001 film. An agency copy printed on the rectos and versos written seven months prior to the commencement of the production with the marker annotation of "O" on the front wrapper. A modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's "Othello" set in a US high school wherein Odin James Mekhi Phifer the only black student at Palmetto Grove Academy who is the star basketball player and dating the Dean's beautiful daughter Desi Julia Stiles is the envy of his troubled friend Hugo Josh Hartnett who plots a deadly scheme to sow mistrust between Desi and Odin. Shot on location in Charleston South Carolina. Untitled International Creative Management wrappers. Title page present dated 08/12/98 noted as Revision with credits for screenwriter Brad Kaaya. 59 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication on the rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with dampstaining to the rear board bound internally with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
réf. 4005Braine l'Alleud, Lettera Amorosa, 1976. 26 x 19 cm, non paginé. En feuilles sous couverture rempliée imprimée. Un léger accroc en haut du dos de la couverture sinon bel exemplaire. Un des 43 ex. numéroté contenant les 3 eaux-fortes originales signées, de Frédéric Benrath.
réf. 4005Braine l'Alleud, Lettera Amorosa, 1976. 26 x 19 cm, non paginé. En feuilles sous couverture rempliée imprimée. Un léger accroc en haut du dos de la couverture sinon bel exemplaire. Un des 43 ex. numéroté contenant les 3 eaux-fortes originales signées, de Frédéric Benrath.
2006réf. Q-0781752906Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2006-01-01. hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Lippincott Williams & Wilkins hardcover
1893réf. mon0000956252London: Bernard Quaritch 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. One of 500 trade copies. Original green cloth with gilt decoration. Pages clean and bright. Boards rubbed and bumped at corners. Spine faded. Top edge gilt. Volume 2 only. London: Bernard Quaritch, hardcover
1976réf. 3552London: Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of The William Blake Trust 1976. No. 156 of 480 ordinary copies in addition there were 32 deluxe copies and 26 copies for the Trustees and publishers. 5 colour facsimile plates made using the collotype and hand-stencil process at the Trianon Press in Paris. Printed on Arches pure rag paper to match the paper used by Blake. 4to. quarter brown morocco marbled paper boards in a marbled paper covered slipcase. Very good.The companion volume to the Book of Ahania printed by Blake in Lambeth in 1795. A facsimile of the only known copy of The Book of Los in the British Museum. In his commentary Geoffrey Keynes writes: “the philosophic message of this small book is hidden in apocalyptic verbiage calculated to puzzle Blake’s small audience. Blake seems to have sensed this obscurity as soon as it was completed and as far as is known he never made another copy.or referred to it.” Bookplate of Alexander Stone on front pastedown. Bentley Blake Books supplement p. 62. Printed at the Trianon Press for the Trustees of The William Blake Trust hardcover
2009réf. 030520UK: Harper Collins 2009. First Edition 1st Printing. Decorative Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quentin Blake SIGNED. 1st Edition 2009. Signed by David Walliams and the illustrator Quentin Blake. Unread and as new. Book is fine and very bright. Contents very good. The wrapper is fine and very bright. A lovely example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18843 Harper Collins hardcover
1792réf. 104007C. Cooke. London. 1792. C. Cooke. No date c.1792. Early edition. Elephant folio. Pagination: vi 7-723 plus 1 directions to binder page. Frontis. with small tear to outer margin 59 plates as called for including the 3 engraved by William Blake opposite pages 13 65 and 76. Two engraved maps lacks the folding plan of Jerusalem. Bound in full contemporary brown calf rebacked with origianl spine laid down and retains the original marbled endpapers. Boards worn and rubbed inner hinges visible but sound small tears to outer margins of a couple of plates. Endpapers lightly stained along hinges pages browned. Generally a sound copy. hardcover
réf. 19668London: Harper Collins. 2009. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Signed by the author. Original black cloth with red titles to the spine in dustwrapper. Illustrated by Quentin Blake with black ink wash drawings throughout. A lovely fine copy the binding square and tight the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading loss or tears. Not price-clipped £12.99 to the front flap. A superb copy. Signed by David Walliams in black ink on the title page. The award winning author's second book for children. 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: Harper Collins. 2009 hardcover
1973réf. 131790Melbourne: Education Department of Victoria 1973. 1st edition. Very nice set. octavo. hardbacks in original cloth lvi 1652 xx 1104 xxiv 1389pp. b/w pls. maps appends. bibliog. indexes Vol. 1: History of the Victorian Education Department; Vol. 2: Histories of Schools in the Metropolitan area & the Regions of Glenelg Wimmera Mallee Loddon Central Highlands Corangamite & Barwon; Volume 3: Histories of Schools in the Eastern half of Victoria. Now scarce Education Department of Victoria hardcover
1963réf. 0821061New York: Oxford at the Claredon Press. 1963. F First Edition Collectible. H Hardcover. Good. In tan cloth with pictorial jacket illustrated with facsimile plates Elephant folio 220pp plates. A scarce and massive production featuring facsimile reproduction plates. A good copy in a fair jacket - boards bumped at edges and corners light cupping jacket with nicking rubbing and tears to edges large closed tear to jacket spanning 3/4 of the upper jacket panel. Oxford at the Claredon Press hardcover
2015réf. 144456London: The Folio Society 2015. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 1000 copies. 250 pp. Quarto. Hardcover. Bound in full Indian goatskin leather in dark maroon front board with an impressed gilt illustration by the artist gilt letters on the spine. All edges trimmed top edge gilt. Signed and numbered by the artist Blake on the publishing info page. Numerous colour illustrations in text some full page. Tight binding internally clean and unmarked. Housed in the original slipcase covered with maroon paper gilt letters on the slipcase designed by the artist. Fine condition. This translation of The Golden Ass was first published by Penguin Books in 1998 and reprinted with revisions in 2004. The text of this edition follows the revised 2004 edition with minor emendations. Copy #635 of 1000. Including publisher's prospectus. 2015 The Folio Society hardcover