Book by William Blake: Signed (8 results)

Paperback. xv,55p.+plates, 8.5x11 inches, preface, illustrated with reproductions of the engravings, first paper edition in original pictorial wraps with a small crinkled tear at top of front cover, light external soiling. Bears a personal inscription signed by author/bibliographer Easson.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine paperback. Overall a bright and attractive copy, as new. Inscribed and Signed by Cormack on the title page Color plates and b&w reproductions throughout. 84 pp. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good (fore-edges foxed). Limited edition, signed. 55p + many plates. No jacket (as issued?). Copy B out of a total of 3000 paperbck copies, 100 hardcover copies, and 26 hardcover publisher's copies numbered A-Z for the Directors of the American Blake Foundation. Signed by both authors. Blake, William (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition [14/808]. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket in marbled card slipcase. 250mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). [7pp, 30 plates.]. 30 collotype plates. No. XIV of 32 copies numbered I-XXXIII bound in full morocco leather containing a set of plates illustrating the progressive stages of the collotype and hand-stencil process and a guide sheet and stencil. 30 collotype plates, original card guide sheet and metal stencil tipped-in. Mounted copper limitation plate to rear pastedown. Signed by the editor, Geoffrey Keynes. *A further 750 copies were printed - 26 lettered A-Z reserved for the William Blake Trust. The edition comprising 808 copies in total printed on Arches pure rag paper to match the paper used by Blake. Black hardback morocco leather cover.…

No. 21 of 50 [i.e., 32] copies, signed by Muir. William Muir facsimile, 8 leaves with lithographic illustrations, colored by hand. 1 vols. 4to. Bentley, Blake Books, 249 Original printed wrappers. Fine. Brown morocco backed folding case William Muir facsimile, 8 leaves with lithographic illustrations, colored by hand. 1 vols. 4to No. 21 of 50 [i.e., 32] copies, signed by Muir. Signed.…

Links, Julian A. No 10 of 300 copies printed at the Windsor Press. Decoration by Julian A. Links. [22] pp. 12mo. With a typed letter signed of Rockwell Kent to Oscar Lewis, secretary of the Book Club of California, voicing his strong displeasure with the illustrations by Julian Links for this edition. Dated May 13, 1930, the letter reads, in part: "I am glad that I took the trouble to call the matter to your attention, for my complaint does put you in the position of calling the printers to account for what is unquestionably a breach of professional ethics. I am sorry that it is not the policy of the Book Club to supervise more carefully the production of the books that appear within its imprint. I feel the book of Thel, irrespective of the plagiarism involved in the illustrations, has been very badly illustrated" Original full vellum lettered in gilt, paper slipcase with label. Vellum and slipcase a touch toned, faint browning to folds of letter. Housed with letter in quarter morocco clamshell box Decoration by Julian A. Links. [22] pp. 12mo No 10 of 300 copies printed at the Windsor Press. Signed.…

No. 16 of 50 [i.e., 32] copies, signed by Muir. William Muir facsimile, 8 leaves with lithographic illustrations, colored by hand. 1 vols. 4to. Bentley, Blake Books, 249 Original printed wrappers, light chipping to edges, else fine William Muir facsimile, 8 leaves with lithographic illustrations, colored by hand. 1 vols. 4to No. 16 of 50 [i.e., 32] copies, signed by Muir. Signed. …

First edition thus, copy II of 32 copies bound in full morocco with an original guide sheet, stencil and copperplate, and a set of extra plates showing progressive stages of the collotype and hand-stencil process, from a total edition of 538 copies, printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match the paper used by Blake. Blake scholar Geoffrey Keynes (1887-1982), the brother of John Maynard, provides a commentary and bibliographical history. "The Book of Los was the first of the two small books executed by Blake mainly as etchings on copper to be printed as ordinary intaglio plates. The Book of Ahania was the companion volume. The title-pages of both books were dated by Blake 1795, so that they were probably the last ones to be produced in his Lambeth house. Each book exists in only a single copy. The Book of Los. has been since 1866 in the British Museum" (Keynes). Only one copy of the Book of Los is known. These beautifully produced facsimiles of Blake are now highly regarded in their own right. Large quarto. Colour plates reproducing the original Book of Los. Original tan full morocco, spine lettered in gilt. With the original handmade marbled slipcase. A few light marks to covers, a few spots to fore-edge, an excellent copy.…