BLAKE, WilliamABAA
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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
1959réf. 62083Iowa City: The Roberta Press June 1959. Edition limited to 90 copies handset in Arrighi Italic type "printed on Okawara and Venezia papers with covers of Omi by N.R.K. at the Typographic Laboratory in the School of Journalism State University of Iowa." 8vo pp. 4; mounted etching printed in sepia on title page; original purple wrappers with the printed label "For Megan Hall Merker" on the upper cover. From the library of Kim Merker. A student project for a class in typography by Harry Duncan Spring 1959. N.R.K. is Nancy Read Kimmell a love interest of Duncan's. Amherst Georgia and the University of New England only in OCLC. The Roberta Press, June unknown books
1964réf. 62135Northampton Mass: Gehenna Press 1964. Edition limited to 500 copies this no. 254 16mo pp. 16; fine in original marbled wrappers; From the library of Kim Merker. The text is Blake's letter to Thomas Butts dated January 10 1802. Baskin 37. Gehenna Press unknown books
1964réf. 1262271964. 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. Backstrip somewhat worn and chipped with fading and shelfwear to edges and tips. § Limited to 500 copies but surely fewer than that this copy unnumbered. 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
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
1793réf. 287788London: Joseph Johnson 1793. 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 soldier in full uniform with rifle pistol and saber. Two similar soldiers a fort and three-masted ship can be seen in the background. William Blake 1757-1827 was a British poet painter and printmaker. Joseph Johnson unknown books
1970réf. 140531970. BLAKE WILLIAM. All Religions are One. London: Trianon Press 1970. 10 facsimile leaves plus a five-page essay by Geoffrey Keynes. Morocco-backed marbled paper-covered boards. Green spine sunned to brown else fine in the publisher's slipcase. One of 600 numbered copies out of a total edition of 662 copies. Bentley 5. 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
1970réf. 8410London: Trianon Press 1970. Hardcover. Orig. half green morocco and marbled boards. Near fine in matching fine slipcase. Unpaginated. Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes. Ten plates. This early tract consists of ten etched plates averaging in size about 5.5 x 4 cm. Keynes notes there is "some uncertainty about the circumstances in which the work was produced thought it is generally accepted that is must belong to a period of experimentation in the production of the plates for the Illuminated Books." Limited edition copy 405 of 662 copies. Spine evenly faded to brown. Trianon Press hardcover books
1974réf. 260464Normal IL: American Blake Foundation 1974. 21 pages 18 unnumbered leaves of plates reproducing Blake's original work; slender paperback 8.5x11 inches very good. Materials for the study of William Blake Vol. 1. American Blake Foundation unknown books
1947réf. 1091771947. New York: United Book Guild 1947. 8vo 8; Half-titlewith colour frontispiece of Thiralatha from "Visions of the Daughters of Albion" tipped-in Title page and 3pp foreword by Ruthen Todd 18 pp : lithographs in dark green ink printed on yellow paper. Very good in quarter red cloth over black boards with a further colour plate tipped onto the front cover. The "A" issue of this edition preferable to the "B" edition without the foreword and publication imprint. § An odd reproduction printed on yellow paper with a color plate from 'Visions' on the upper cover and another color plate tipped in opposite the title-page. Bentley Blake Books 8A. unknown books
1963réf. 711London: Trianon Press for William Blake Trust 1963. With 18 full-page plates in colour. Half morocco with gilt lettering on the spine. Preserved in a slipcase matching the boards. Number 374 of an edition limited to 480 copies printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match that used by Blake. Each page is watermarked with Blake's monogram. Trianon Press for William Blake Trust unknown books
1947réf. 1078651947. New York: 1947. 8vo 19 pp. Woodblock prints on yellow paper. Quarter red cloth black paper boards. Illustration affixed to front. Very good. § An odd reproduction printed on yellow paper with a color plate from 'Visions' on the upper cover and another color plate tipped in opposite the title-page. Bentley BB 8B the first 'A' issue had an introduction by Ruthven Todd and a title-page. unknown books
1983réf. 35101NY: Dover 1983. 4to pp. 47. With 35 plates in full color typeset text transcriptions brief summaries and explanations.Some pencil writing on title cover slightly dog-eared and scuffed at edges o/w VG. Dover unknown books
1974réf. 1268781974. Normal Illinois: The American Blake Foundation 1974. 4to 21 pp. and 18 facsimile plates in black and white. Near fine in illustrated red wrappers and an additional loose set of the 18 facsimilies and the Check-List of Secondary Materials in English which accompanies Easson's Editorial Comments and Bentley's Introduction. Original orange cloth as new. § Limited to 474 copies this is #30. There were 26 copies issued in quarter morocco. Trade edition reproducing copy E with additional material; see Bentley BB B9. unknown books
1974réf. 1252441974. Normal Illinois: The American Blake Foundation 1974. 4to 21 pp. and 18 facsimile plates in black and white. Near fine in illustrated red wrappers and an additional loose set of the 18 facsimilies and the Check-List of Secondary Materials in English which accompanies Easson's Editorial Comments and Bentley's Introduction. Original orange cloth as new. § Limited to 474 copies this is #74. There were 26 copies issued in quarter morocco. Trade edition reproducing copy E with additional material; see Bentley BB B9. unknown books
1949réf. 1089231949. Bournemouth: Bournemouth Arts Club 1949. 8vo 12pp with decorated card wrappers printed in red and black. Very good with rear cover slightly dusted. § From the inside rear cover of the catalogue it appears the compiler was Kerrison Preston. Bentley BB 658. unknown books
1987réf. 1241201987. Cambridge: 1987. Small folio viii 110 pages. Facsimile interleaved. Original cloth dust-jacket slipcase. As new. § Finely printed at the Stamperia Valdonega in a limited edition. Publication financed by the inimitable Haven O'More see Basbanes A Gentle Madness new edition for much on this enigmatic man with a foreword by O'More. unknown books
1968réf. 96643NY:: Grossman Publishers. Very Good. 1968. Hardcover. Wood engravings by Leonard Baskin. A facsimile of the Gehenna Press edition. First printing thus. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper else near fine in a very good some light age toning slipcase. . Grossman Publishers, hardcover books
1968réf. 23983New York: Grossman Publishers 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter brown morocco spine lettered in gilt and brown boards. Fine in fine matching brown board slipcase. Unpaginated five leaves. 24 x 16 cm. Limited edition copy 87 of 100 on Rives French mold-made paper with a wood engraving printed from the block signed and numbered Leonard Baskin also signed on the colophon by Baskin. As new copy. Grossman Publishers hardcover books
1984réf. 223652Dover Publications Inc. 1984-02-01. Paperback. Very Good. 8x0x11. 1984 printing of 1983 Dover Publications Inc. edition. Soft wrappers are clean crisp and glossy. Slight discoloration across front and back wrappers- correlating with age of book. Part of the "Collections of Fine Art in Dover Books" series. Tri-stapled spine is secure. Pages are clean and unmarked. Internal prints are crisp and vivid. Professional packaging and prompt shipping. JB. Dover Publications, Inc. paperback books
1983réf. 1088541983. New York: Dover 1983. 4to 47pp with 35 colored illustrations. Near fine in original illustrated wrappers. Contains text version and brief commentary plus facsimiles of copy M of America and B G and K of Europe. § First Dover edition. Reproduces copy M of America and copies B G and K to create a 'complete' Europe; with very brief commentary and a complete transcription of the text. Not in Bentley. unknown books
1956réf. 7499n.p. Nonesuch Press. 1956. Bound in gilt titled cloth covered boards. 4to. This edition printed on Dutch mould-made paper is limited to 1440 copies. Illustrated throughout with full page monochrome pencil drawings. A Fine crisp copy in a lightly chipped Near Fine dustwrapper. Nonesuch Press. hardcover books
1927réf. 300789London: The Nonesuch Press 1927. First Edition #1214 of 1550 copies. Illustrated with 82 drawings printed in callotype. 4 xvi 168 pp. Printed at the Chiswick Press on Fabriano paper. 1 vols. 4to. Half natural canvas and cream paper over boards. Fine with part of vegetable parchment dj laid in. First Edition #1214 of 1550 copies. Illustrated with 82 drawings printed in callotype. 4 xvi 168 pp. Printed at the Chiswick Press on Fabriano paper. 1 vols. 4to. Dreyfus 42 The Nonesuch Press unknown books
1979réf. 101573NY:: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0393044874 . A Norton Critical Edition. Edited by Mary Lynn Johnson and John E. Grant. Color and black and white illustrations. First printing. Remainder mark on top and bottom edges else very good in a very good lower corner of front flap is clipped dust jacket.; 618 pages . W. W. Norton & Company, hardcover books
