William Blake Catherine (5 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. March 2001. 204 pp. March 2001 issue only! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Smooth covers. Mildly shelf worn. Lori Stoll (Cover Photo) (illustrator).

Condition: Neuf.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Limited to 500 copies; this Number 131. Book is as new, , original morocco-backed linen and matching slip-case.

Condition: Good. Slipcase A Fine copy. Quarto (11 3/8 x 8 1/4 in; 290 x 210 mm). 154 p. Ten color plates. Original quarter brown morocco over cloth boards. In the original cloth slipcase. A singular collection of all portraits and related sketches of Blake, his wife, and places they lived, by a range of artists to get at the character of the artist. "This compilation of portraits was a departure for the Trianon Press, which had previously focused on facsimiles of Blake s illuminated books and designs. But with a text by Blake scholar Geoffrey Keynes, who contributed commentary to the other facsimiles, it continued Trianon s incomparable record of bringing all aspects of Blake s work and life to light. Excellent condition.…

First edition, first printing. No. II of 36 copies signed by Keynes. Limited to an edition of 562 copies of which numbers I-XXXVI are bound in full morocco and 1-500 in quarter morocco. 26 copies reserved for the publisher. Keynes (1887-1982) was an academic, biographer, and the younger brother of John Maynard Keynes. He was a world authority on Blake, and was instrumental in the production of the Trianon facsimiles, writing the accompanying bibliographical texts and contributing material from his own collection. Octavo. Frontispiece and many plates reproducing original illustrations by the Blakes. Original full brown morocco, titles to spine gilt. Printed on Lana rag paper. With the original brown morocco entry, grey cloth slipcase. All in fine condition.…