William J BlakeABAA
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1939réf. 19253New York: The Cordon Company 1939. Cloth. Very Good /Very Good. A solid copy of the 1939 1st edition of "The First OBJECTIVE Study of a Vital Modern Controversy". Tight and VG a bit of light pencil and ink to the margins in a bright VG dustjacket with light chipping at the spine crown and mild creasing and chipping along the panel edges. Thick octavo 729 pgs. plus Index. The Cordon Company unknown books
1928réf. 6665Boston: The Medici Society of America 1928. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1928 3rd impression of this lovely edition of Blake's "Song of Innocence". Beautifully illustrated by 16 year old Jacynth Parsons and with a prefatory letter by W.B. Yeats. VG- with light scattered foxing in a bright price-intact VG- dustjacket with chipping along the spine ends and panel edges and several small closed tears along the bottom edges. Still presents well though and is very solid. Octavo 42 pgs. The Medici Society of America unknown books
2002réf. 208022002. Five items relating to Michael Blake and his Library Tour of 2002: 1. "Dances with Wolves" NY Newmarket Press 1991. First hardcover edition. Fine in fine clipped dustwrapper. 2. Blank notebook with Blake's holograph library speech on the first 10pp. The remaining pages are blank. Some pages have been removed from the beginning probably earlier speech drafts removed by Blake himself. 3. Two programs from the tour: Hattiesburg MS Sept. 23 and Notre Dame Sept. 28. The first is fine; the second as been folded. Both are a single sheet folded to make four pages. 4. Doug Knott Binder containing original 'Doug Knott Presents the Lhasa Shows' sheets from 1985 to 1987 and with a handwritten notice at the beginning ".for Mr. Blake to meet some old friends.". Laid in are six typewritten draft sheets of Knott's poetry ".for perusal of Sr. Blake 5/27/91." . unknown books
1837réf. 620459New York: John L. Piper & Co 1837. Softcover. Good. Thick octavo. iv 960pp. Illustrated with ten colored plates which includes a color frontispiece and also an engraved pictorial half-title page. Names of E.A. Rogers of New Orleans Mary Louise Rogers of California and a third individual on the second front flyleaf with births and deaths of their relatives recorded on the rear free endpaper. Quarter calf diced-cloth boards with a pinkish hue and gilt decoration and lettering on the spine. Boards and spine are worn particularly along the edges fading and soiling to the boards a torn piece of paper affixed to the pastedown endpapers soiled and foxing throughout good or better with the hinges remaining tight and sound. John L. Piper & Co unknown books
1967réf. 608431New York: G. Schirmer 1967. Softcover. Near Fine. Later printing. Quarto. Two nested bifolia making eight pages. Light age toning and light bumping to the corners else near fine. For voice and piano. Plate number 46151. G. Schirmer unknown books
1955réf. 603370New York: Dramatists Play Service 1955. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Spine and edges slightly tanned near fine. Adapted from the book by Gertrude Stein. Dramatists Play Service unknown books
1948réf. 607932New York: G. Schirmer 1948. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Single bifolium with a single-sheet-insert making six pages. Light soiling to the exterior a bit of offsetting at the top of the front cover and light bumping to the corners very good. For voice and piano. The back cover features short samples of "Four Roman Sketches" by Chrales T. Griffes. G. Schirmer unknown books
1981réf. 588361Iowa City Iowa: The Happy Press 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine. No. 15. Small quarto. Various colored sheets stapled along the spine. A couple corner bumps near fine. An anthology of poems "cartoonized" by Dave Morice. This issue includes complete or partial poems by William Blake John Giorno Ron Padgett Steve Toth Darrell Gray James Dickey Robert Browning Andrei Codrescu Robert Slater Joe Brainard John Keats Paul Fericano Tony D'Arpino and Joe Ceravolo. The Happy Press hardcover books
1964réf. 578625Northampton Massachusetts: The Gehenna Press 1964. Unbound. Very Good. Publisher's Prospectus. One narrow quarto sheet measuring approximately 6" x 14" printed recto only. Illustrated with a portrait of Blake by Leonard Baskin. Light vertical crease in the left margin and light wear at the corners blank verso with modest offsetting from the cardboard stiffener just about near fine in the original mailing envelope. The Gehenna Press unknown books
1963réf. 555014New Brunswick New Jersey: Rutgers University Press 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Second printing 370pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Very good with a slight bow to boards small stain to foredge and small stain to one page in a good only dust jacket with loss at the crown affecting text sunned spine chips and tears and interior dampstaining on the rear panel that shows through. Rutgers University Press hardcover books
1870réf. 541677Concord: B.W. Sanborn & Co 1870. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 32pp. The printed wrappers are moderately toned light foxing on the title page and final text page very good or better. Rev. Blake's spirited and detailed exhortation against contemporary advocates for women's rights and women's suffrage whom he refers to as "hot-headed agitationists". He also includes appendices on the issue of women in regard to taxation and education. A nice copy in the original wrappers. B.W. Sanborn & Co unknown books
1977réf. 543206Rumson New Jersey: Rumson Country Day School 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 118pp. Brown and off-white cloth gilt. Near fine without dustwrapper as issued. Rumson Country Day School hardcover books
1987réf. 532812London: Chatto & Windus 1987. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. Pages age-toned near fine. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1920réf. 534591New York: The Modern Library 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Flexible green leatherette stamped in gilt. 16mo. xli 278pp. Owner bookplate on front pastedown spine darkened and worn very good. The Modern Library hardcover books
1870réf. 527239Concord New Hampshire: Printed by A. G. Jones 1870. Softcover. Good. First edition. Octavo. 24pp. Sewn light brown wrappers printed in black. A good or better copy; the wrappers are present but partially detached along spine moderate soiling and small stains on unprinted rear wrapper and final printed page with a few small chips at corners of covers the printed text has light foxing and soiling. An 1870 sermon by Rev. Edmund R. Sanborn in defense of woman's rights and the education of women in response to a discourse by Rev. S. L. Blake in opposition to woman's rights. Very scarce. OCLC lists two holdings. Printed by A. G. Jones unknown books
1984réf. 524839Salem New Hampshire: Salem House 1984. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Foreword by John Osman. Oblong octavo. 113pp. Boards very slightly bowed and topedge a trifle foxed near fine in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with modest general wear and a sunned spine that has a tiny abrasion and tear. A nice collection of Blake's color images of Ireland. Salem House hardcover books
1826réf. 530082Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke and Co 1826. Hardcover. Very Good. Tenth American edition from the eighth London edition revised corrected and enlarged. Octavo. 348pp. Illustrated with wood engravings. Contemporary leather over boards with leather spine label. Binding modestly rubbed with a bit of loss at the corners likely lacking flyleaves light to moderate foxing throughout tiny splits at the crown very good and sound. Oliver D. Cooke and Co hardcover books
1951réf. 459509New York: The Ronald Press Company 1951. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Ownership stamp and signature of noted American psychologist Henry Guze a founder of the American Academy of Psychotherapists the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and co-founder of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex on the front fly else near fine in about very good dustwrapper with some old tape repairs and tape shadows. The Ronald Press Company hardcover books
1947réf. 450632London / New York: Falcon Press and United Book Guild 1947. Softcover. Very Good. Albion facsimiles number one. 58p. Introduction by Ruthven Todd. Pictorial wrappers with yapped edges. Wear on title page with a couple small holes and abrasions owner's name on front wrapper about very good. Poetry originally published in 1794. Falcon Press and United Book Guild unknown books
1963réf. 451118New York: The Modern Library 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. 475pp. 6pp. Edited with an introduction by Northrop Frye. Illustrated with black and white plates. Blind-stamped right-facing Kent torchbearer image enscribed within oval on green cloth this binding was very short-lived during the year 1963. Owner's name on front fly recto light foxing on cloth corner lightly bumped very good lacking the dust jacket. The Modern Library hardcover books
2001réf. 451509No place: Xlibris Corporation 2001. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. Perfectbound in wrappers. One corner lightly bumped near fine. The first collection of poetry from this poet and translator. (Xlibris Corporation unknown books
1982réf. 437302London: Methuen 1982. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. 95pp. Wrappers. Age-toning on the pages and panels near fine. A title in the Methuen Contemporary Writers Series. Methuen unknown books
1980réf. 444713Ithaca: Cornell University Press 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 305pp. Fine in very slightly age-toned near fine dustwrapper. Cornell University Press hardcover books
1963réf. 441391Hollywood: Art Enterprises / Boudoir Original 1963. Softcover. Good. First edition. Paperback original. Pages browned price inked on the front wrap some rubbing a good only copy in wrappers as issued. A charming little love story about an American G.I. in Berlin and a fetching little "nympho queen" from behind the Iron Curtain. Art Enterprises / Boudoir Original unknown books
1974réf. 436596Washington D.C.: Institute for Services to Education 1974. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Quarto. 50pp. Laid-in are a cover letter four leaves of additional conclusions and an errata sheet. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Fine. In 1972 the Institute for Services to Education formed the Task Force Group for Survey of Afro-American Studies Programs made up largely of academics from traditional black colleges. OCLC appears to identify only digital copies. Institute for Services to Education unknown books
