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1803réf. 1027841803. Chichester: J. Seagrave 1803-04. 3 vols. 4to 2 xii 8 413; 4 424; 6 xxxi 416 pages. With 5 plates and an engraving in the text one designed and engraved by Blake the others engraved by Blake after other artists. Old diaper calf rebacked new labels a good set. § Second edition final state of the "Weatherhouse" plate designed by Blake. Hayley's position as the most respectable and considerable literary figure who had known Cowper made him the inevitable choice to write the definitive work. Blake was living with his wife at Felpham and she helped him make and print the engravings for their old friend and patron Hayley. Bentley Blake Books 468 A. Easson & Essick I VII. Bound in at the end is another book entitled: Cowper Illustrated by a Series of Views in or near The Park of Weston-Underwood Bucks. London: 1803 published by Vernor and Hood and with an engraved title and 12 plates by Storer and Greig. This added text has nothing to do with Blake and only relates to William Cowper. unknown books
1938réf. 1021041938. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc. 1938. 8vo 85 pp. Black and white illustrations. Lots 6-109 inclusive autograph letters books drawing and a painting. Original wrappers with light chipping backstrip worn. Priced throughout in pencil but without buyers' names. Very good. § An astonishing collection of Blake put together in a very short time by George C. Smith not to be confused with the dealer George D. Smith who died at the age of 45 after inheriting a very profitable publishing business begun by his grandfather. Most of the key peces were bought for Lessing Rosenwald although Sessler bought a few of the best items for Moncure Biddle and a Mrs. Collins who collected children's books. Bentley Blake Books 644. unknown books
1988réf. 1018231988. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press 1988. 8vo xxv xxvi 601 pp. Original blue cloth dust-jacket light edgewear to dust-jacket very good. § A wide-ranging selection of prose and poetry. Bentley Blake Books Supplement page 168: "the oddly arranged text is modernized from William Blake's Writings 1978.". unknown books
1927réf. 1017881927. New York: Payson & Clarke 1927. 8vo 70 pp. Original paper over boards. Very good. § US trade edition. Bentley Blake Books 132B. "The original 1783 copies were seventy-two pages in length printed in octavo by John Flaxman's aunt who owned a small print shop in the Strand and paid for by Anthony Stephen Mathew and his wife Harriet dilettantes to whom Blake had been introduced by Flaxman in early 1783. Each individual copy was hand-stitched with a grey back and a blue cover reading "POETICAL SKETCHES by W.B." It was printed without a table of contents and many pages were without half titles. Of the extant copies eleven contain corrections in Blake's handwriting. Poetical Sketches is one of only two works by Blake to be printed conventionally with typesetting; the only other extant work is The French Revolution in 1791 which was to be published by Joseph Johnson. However it never got beyond the proof copy and was thus not actually published. Even given the modest standards by which the book was published it was something of a failure. Alexander Gilchrist noted that the publication contained several obvious misreadings and numerous errors in punctuation suggesting that it was printed with little care and was not proofread by Blake thus the numerous handwritten corrections in printed copies. Gilchrist also notes that it was never mentioned in the Monthly Review even in the magazine's index of "Books noticed" which listed every book published in London each month signifying that the publication of the book had gone virtually unnoticed. Nevertheless Blake himself was proud enough of the volume that he was still giving copies to friends as late as 1808 and when he died several unstitched copies were found amongst his belongings." Wikipedia. unknown books
1927réf. 1020411927. London: Privately Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club 1927. Large 4to 63 pp. 49 plates. A good copy in original cloth some discoloration to the green cloth along edges. Slipcase. Very good. § A sumptuous catalogue with text by Binyon Russell and Keynes and fine gravure plates. Bentley Blake Books 632A the second issue had no plates. unknown books
1905réf. 57081905. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1905. 8vo xxxvi 384 pages. Folding frontispiece facsimile manuscript. Original brick-red cloth printed paper label Dryburgh House St. Bowells N.B. bookplate backstrip a little darkened; a very good copy. § First edition. Bentley Blake Books 300: "This is a work of pioneer scholarly importance well informed meticulously accurate well-balanced and intelligent". unknown books
réf. 92602729. Ithaca: Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art Cornell University February 27-March 29 1965. Large slim 4to 44pp. illustrated in b/w. Original orange-printed wrappers very good. § An important exhibition catalogue edited by Roe. Bentley BB 689. unknown books
1783réf. 53851783. London: Printed in the Year 1783. London: Noel Douglas 1926. 8vo original paper over boards. Very good. § Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. Bentley 132. "The original 1783 copies were seventy-two pages in length printed in octavo by John Flaxman's aunt who owned a small print shop in the Strand and paid for by Anthony Stephen Mathew and his wife Harriet dilettantes to whom Blake had been introduced by Flaxman in early 1783. Each individual copy was hand-stitched with a grey back and a blue cover reading "POETICAL SKETCHES by W.B." It was printed without a table of contents and many pages were without half titles. Of the extant copies eleven contain corrections in Blake's handwriting. Poetical Sketches is one of only two works by Blake to be printed conventionally with typesetting; the only other extant work is The French Revolution in 1791 which was to be published by Joseph Johnson. However it never got beyond the proof copy and was thus not actually published. Even given the modest standards by which the book was published it was something of a failure. Alexander Gilchrist noted that the publication contained several obvious misreadings and numerous errors in punctuation suggesting that it was printed with little care and was not proofread by Blake thus the numerous handwritten corrections in printed copies. Gilchrist also notes that it was never mentioned in the Monthly Review even in the magazine's index of "Books noticed" which listed every book published in London each month signifying that the publication of the book had gone virtually unnoticed. Nevertheless Blake himself was proud enough of the volume that he was still giving copies to friends as late as 1808 and when he died several unstitched copies were found amongst his belongings." Wikipedia. unknown books
1783réf. 92461783. London: Printed in the Year 1783. London: Noel Douglas 1926. 8vo original paper over boards. Gift inscription in front endpaper. Very good. § Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. Bentley 132. "The original 1783 copies were seventy-two pages in length printed in octavo by John Flaxman's aunt who owned a small print shop in the Strand and paid for by Anthony Stephen Mathew and his wife Harriet dilettantes to whom Blake had been introduced by Flaxman in early 1783. Each individual copy was hand-stitched with a grey back and a blue cover reading "POETICAL SKETCHES by W.B." It was printed without a table of contents and many pages were without half titles. Of the extant copies eleven contain corrections in Blake's handwriting. Poetical Sketches is one of only two works by Blake to be printed conventionally with typesetting; the only other extant work is The French Revolution in 1791 which was to be published by Joseph Johnson. However it never got beyond the proof copy and was thus not actually published. Even given the modest standards by which the book was published it was something of a failure. Alexander Gilchrist noted that the publication contained several obvious misreadings and numerous errors in punctuation suggesting that it was printed with little care and was not proofread by Blake thus the numerous handwritten corrections in printed copies. Gilchrist also notes that it was never mentioned in the Monthly Review even in the magazine's index of "Books noticed" which listed every book published in London each month signifying that the publication of the book had gone virtually unnoticed. Nevertheless Blake himself was proud enough of the volume that he was still giving copies to friends as late as 1808 and when he died several unstitched copies were found amongst his belongings." Wikipedia. unknown books
1960réf. 56991960. Wythenshaw Manchester: The William Morris Press n.d. Oblong folio 43 pages 24 illustrations. Pictorial wrapper with light wear. § Retraces the history of the 18 "Heads of the Poets" tempera paintings that were created by Blake for his patron William Hayley. Includes a lengthy narrative and an annotated illustrated catalogue. Conran was the director of the City of Manchester Art Gallery which acquired the paintings in 1885. Not in Bentley. Uncommon. unknown books
1926réf. 51291926. London: Frederick Hollyer 1926. Small 4to title 10 leaves. Original quarter cloth brown boards lettered in black. Board tips a little rubbed internally fine. § Limited apparently to a small number of copies of which some were colored. This copy inscribed by Ann Hollyer as a gift is stated to be a trial or proof copy though without any evidence. Bentley Blake Books 4 and Blake Books Supplement p.52. unknown books
1977réf. 53391977. London: Trianon Press: 1977. 4to 155 pp. 51 plates. Original quarter brown morocco slipcase. Fine as issued. § Limited to 562 copies. This is copy 67. The definitive work on all known portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Blake. Not in Bentley BB or supplement. unknown books
1925réf. 92751925. Olney Bucks.: The Blake Society 1925. 4to 24 pages. Six plates additional illus. Original wrappers. Wrappers a bit soiled and worn. Very good. § One of 100 numbered copies. A scarce item from the eccentric Wright - not located in Bentley but probably there somewhere. unknown books
1789réf. 545361789. London 1789. First edition. London 1789. First edition. Essays Calling for the Abolition of Tithes Reduction of the Public Debt and Other Matters Blake Francis Sir 1738-1818. Political Tracts: Consisting of I. A Proposal for the Liquidation of the National Debt; An Explanation of the Proposal; An Appendix Containing a Narrative of Proceedings Thereon at Various Public Meetings; II. The Efficacy of a Sinking Fund of One Million Per Annum; the Propriety of an Actual Payment of the Public Debt; The True Policy of Great Britain; The Conclusion; III. The Abolition of Tithes and the Reform of the Church Revenue; The Doctrine of Prescription Considered; a Narrative of Proceeding at a County Meeting Held at Morpeth December 22 1784 Respecting the Payment of Tithes; A Letter to the Freeholders of the County of Northumberland On the Same Subject; The Conclusion. London: Printed for J. Debrett 1789. iv 13 14-355 1 pp. Includes one-page publisher list. Octavo 8" x 5". Original paper boards hand-lettered title to spine untrimmed edges. Light soiling moderate edgewear spine heavily abraded front board detached. Toning and light foxing to text. Gift inscription from the author's son Francis Blake Jr. dated 1876 to front free endpaper interior otherwise clean. $450. First edition. Blake a member of Lincoln's Inn was a political reformer who called for the abolition of tithes and later repeal of the Corn Laws. Political Tracts collects his principal essays which were composed between 1786 and 1787. This title was re-issued the following year with some additions and a somewhat different collation but with the same publication date on the title page. Francis Blake Jr. was a notable inventor and photographer. OCLC locates 5 copies all of the later 1789 edition. English Short-Title Catalogue N39972. unknown books
1983réf. 9002727Toronto: Methuen 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine. Methuen hardcover books
réf. 7011Oxford Phaidon 1978. Cloth price-clipped dust jacket 192 pp. illustrated. Very good. [Oxford], Phaidon, [1978] hardcover books
1949réf. 80128London: Cassell 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in very good plus dustwrapper. Cassell hardcover books
1931réf. 44986Springfield MA: The Linweave Association 1931. First edition. Very good plus. Luxurious compilation of fine printing and illustration samples demonstrating the quality of Linweave papers. Collection of ten Linweave Limited Editions originally distributed as individual mailings sent to publishers and printers to highlight the rich possibilities of Linweave Papers for fine press printing and presented here as a bound compilation of "present-day American printing at its best". Selections include works by Daniel Chase illustrated by John Burlin; Po Chu-i illustrated by Victor Helleu; William Blake illustrated by Theodore Ross; Samuel Taylor Coleridge illustrated by Uriel; Robert Southey illustrated by Paul Hesse; Leigh Hunt illustrated by Jack Perkins; Edgar Allan Poe illustrated by Carolyn Edmundson; and Ernest Dowson illustrated by Jefferson Clark. 12'' x 9''. Original quarter green cloth with pale green boards. Pale green endpapers. Sunning to spine and edges; light scuffing and touches of soil to boards. Occasional smudges to page margins. The Linweave Association unknown books
1810réf. 1302843London: M. J. Godwin 1810. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavos 2 volumes. Volume 1: xi 1 235 1 Volume 2: 4 261 3 pages. In Good Plus condition. Bound in patterned light brown cloth rebacked with brown cloth. The majority of previous spine preserved including back labels with gilt lettering. Some chipping and rubbing to boards. Includes 20 engraved plates by Blake after drawings by Mulready including frontispieces one for each tale told within some plates offset onto the facing page including the title page for volume two. Some foxing/spotting throughout. With the bookplate of English Novelist Hugh Walpole on front pastedowns of both volumes; small bookseller sticker to front pastedown of volume one. shelved case 0. Lamb says in his preface that he "wished to make these Tales easy reading for young children.for young ladies too it has been my intention chiefly to wrote because boys are generally permitted the use of their fathers' libraries at a much earlier age than girls are they frequently have the best of Shakespear by heart before their sisters are permitted to look into this manly book"; Hugh Walpole was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s with a large and varied output. Between 1909 and 1941 he wrote thirty-six novels five volumes of short stories two original plays and three volumes of memoirs. His range included disturbing studies of the macabre children's stories and historical fiction most notably his Herries Chronicle series set in the Lake District. He worked in Hollywood writing scenarios for two Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films in the 1930s and played a cameo in the 1935 version of David Copperfield. As a gay man at a time when homosexual practices were illegal for men in Britain Walpole conducted a succession of intense but discreet relationships with other men and was for much of his life in search of what he saw as "the perfect friend". He eventually found one a married policeman with whom he settled in the English Lake District. Having as a young man eagerly sought the support of established authors he was in his later years a generous sponsor of many younger writers. He was a patron of the visual arts and bequeathed a substantial legacy of paintings to the Tate Gallery and other British institutions. wikipedia. 1302843. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. M. J. Godwin hardcover books
2015réf. 17339Middletown CT: Wesleyan University Press 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo 21 cm pp. 108. Black boards with gilt design and spine text. Gift quality. Poems about Kanye West. Wesleyan University Press hardcover books
1991réf. UWESAME00ajsWestphal 1991. Fine. Westphal editor Ruth Lilly. American Scene Painting: California 1930s and 1940s. Dominik editor Janet Blake. Irvine: Westphal 1991. 238pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light rubbing and bumping. Westphal hardcover books
1934réf. UHEMMAR00ajsModern Library 1934. Good. Hemon Louis. Maria Chapdelaine: A Tale of the Lake St. John Country. Blake translator W. H.; Eayrs introduction Hugh. NY: Modern Library 1934. 288pp. 16mo. Green flexible cloth. Book condition: Good with light rubbing and faded spine. Bumped pages. Modern Library hardcover books
réf. WELLER9780593816035New. New book. unknown books
2010réf. RBLACOL00twBrigham Young University 2010. Good. Blake Michael. Colonization Warfare and Exchange at the Postclassic Maya Site of Canajaste Ciapas Mexico. Provo Utah: Brigham Young University 2010. 329pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Good with previous owner's name on title page and lightly coffee splattered bottom edge. Appears unread. Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation Number 70. Brigham Young University paperback books
2012réf. RRONJES00tpmRockshire 2012. Fine. Roney Blake M. Jesus Said: A Compilation of the Savior's Own Words. Brassfield Gary A.; Walz J. Robert. NP: Rockshire 2012. 182pp. Indexed. 8vo. Book condition: Near fine. Rockshire unknown books
