Complete Writings William Blake (37 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The Complete Writings of William Blake. With All the Variant Readings. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Mylar dust jacket, marbled boards with cloth spine. Printed on specially made (thin) paper by Robert Fletcher and Sons Published by The Nonesuch Press, London, 1957 "cover very good, light wear and edge rubbing, thin paper tears and loss first few pages, otherwise clean and tight" BX67. …

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Lightly worn on corners. Mylar dust jacket has large chip missing back cover. Clean and unmarked. 936 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Hardcover with red cloth spine with gilt lettering; marbled boards; no jacket; outer edges of text block speckled red; 935 pages. Good plus condition: red cloth of spine is faded, otherwise binding is fine; straight; hinges strong; moisture spot on top edge of text block about 1" across; name inside; a moderate amount of notations in ink throughout text; a few page corners creased. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Hardback in unclipped dust jacket HB Oxford; *** PREVIOUS OWNER INSCRIPTIONS TO SOME PAGES ***.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. c 1960 Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Near Fine. First Edition. First Impression. A Very Good copy in orange buckram over marbled paper covered boards, in acetate dustwrapper. Bottom edges of boards worn. 936pp. Printed on specially made thin paper, all edges stained gray. Edges of text pages faintly toned. Q17247.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1050grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. pp. xxxvi, 1146(vol 1) + 1147- 2316(vol. 2), orig. red cloth with silver lettering with no wear, trimming soiled, no DJ, inside very good. Eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes, the fine India Paper edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth with marbled effect to the boards. The corners are lightly rubbed, and there are a few scattered spots and marks to the spine. A bright example.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. With all the variant readings. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. With previous owners name to pastedown. Gilt title and marble boards. Thin paper. Bright, tight and crisp copy. Very attractive.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Complete set in three volumes. Finely printed by The Nonesuch Press and edited by Geoffrey Keynes, one of the foremost Blake scholars of the twentieth century. This edition represents one of the earliest major scholarly attempts to present Blake's writings in a coherent and authoritative collected form, combining literary and artistic significance. Large quarto volumes, illustrated throughout with high quality reproductions of Blake's engravings and designs, including full page plates such as War and Joseph of Arimathea among the Rocks of Albion, along with the well known life mask portrait. Bound in full vellum spines with gilt lettering, marbled boards. The bindings remain structurally sound, with expected natural toning and marking to vellum. Internally generally clean, with light spotting in places. Some edge wear and a small area of loss to the upper inner margin of one leaf, not affecting text or plates. A highly desirable fine press production, combining craftsmanship, scholarship, and the enduring appeal of Blake's visionary work. Offered by Atlas Rare Books, specialists in rare and antiquarian books.…

Broschur. 944 S-; Einband mit kl. Knick GUTER ZUSTAND. Text english Size: 20 x 14 Cm. 1100 Gr.

Condition: Very Good. English. From the Library of John Russell Taylor.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No jacket, light wear, light yellowing to pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. EX LIBRARY BOOK.

First Edition. First edition thus: completely revised and with new material added. 8vo "marbled" cloth boards backed in gilt-stamped red cloth. Spine mellowed to tan otherwise crisp and near fine lacking the unprinted glassine dust jacket.

Condition: Very Good. THIS COLLECTION WEIGHS HALF A TON (UK). PLEASE TALK TO US TO DISCUSS IT & TRANSPORT BEFORE PLACING AN ORDER. See the "Contact Seller" link below. IT IS OFFERED AS A WHOLE AT THE REQUEST OF MAX REINHARDT, ITS COLLECTOR, BECAUSE OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SO COMPLETE A COLLECTION WITH HIS SPECIAL PROVENANCE OF BEING ITS LAST PUBLISHER. ALSO AS IT CONTAINS THE DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF FRANCIS MEYNELL'S AND HIS DETERMINATION TO PRODUCE BOOKS AT A FINE LEVEL OF THE BOOKMAKER'S ART, AT LOWER COST, YET HIGHER QUALITY OF MATERIALS, TYPOGRAPHY & LEGIBILITY FOR READERS HOLDING THE BOOKS IN THE HAND. A DELIGHT OF 20TH CENTURY BOOKMAKING. PROCEEDS FROM THIS SALE WILL BENEFIT MAXLITERACY, WHICH INSPIRES CREATIVE WRITING IN YOUNG PEOPLE, SET UP IN MEMORY OF MAX AND HIS AUTHORS. NB. Large collections of Nonesuch are too scarce to expect a search. So we have used the Author and Title fields in cryptic form as they have character limits. By cutting duplicated words in names and titles more searches for single books will find this collection, assisting awareness. Eg. instead of "William Beckford, William Blake, William Harvey," we enter "William Beckford Blake Harvey". A complete list of authors and titles is in the photos. The condition of the books is very good (many fine, only a few poor). NONESUCH PRESS COLLECTION. In 1923 Nonesuch was founded by Francis Meynell - its 1st publisher/designer. In 1952 he invited Max Reinhardt to be managing director and publisher. After Meynell's death in 1975, Max continued that role till 1986 when he bought the Press, publishing till 1990 - its last owner/publisher. Already owner of The Bodley Head that he revolutionised, he was an able successor of Meynell's desire to produce fine, readable, books at more affordable prices than most private presses. So, this is the personal collection of Max Reinhardt, begun many years before he joined the Press. By his own death in 2002, it held all titles published for sale in the UK from 1923-1990, the most complete assembled, I believe. Using the catalogue in John Dreyfus's History of the Nonesuch Press, I count 182 books and 26 Prospectuses. Some of the small number of privately published and US titles are present but not complete. We can supply a list identifying items present. The scarcest is the 1953 Coronation Shakespeare (no 119, Dreyfus). A remarkable edition of Shakespeare both for best scholarship and production. Its primary issue was only 1/4 copies bound in limp vellum - one presented to the Queen; one for Francis, whereabouts unknown; two for Max, one of which is here; and one elsewhere. Only Meynell's copy of this tiny issue could have previously appeared for sale. The unlimited trade edition is present here too. The most magisterial is the controversial 1937 Nonesuch Dickens (no 108, Dreyfus), nonetheless considered the finest of Dickens Works produced. With the books are 50 linear cms of at times spirited letters between Reinhardt, Meynell & trade members from 1952-1975 and with Alix, Francis's wife, to 1990 discussing all matters to do with their craft, promotion, production, distribution, sales & legal. The body language of aesthetic choice. Given the international reputation of the Press, it forms an unusually extended and detailed picture of quality book production and publishing in the 2nd half of the 20thC - for this press particularly, as all its earlier records were destroyed at the start of WW2. There are near 700 signed items from Meynell, many more from Reinhardt in copy, many from Brooke Crutchley of Cambridge UP; Vivian Ridler from OUP; some to and from Geoffrey Keynes; Stephen Potter, etc. And with Alix Meynell. There is biographical material on Francis & his publishing life including Pelican Press which he ran with Stanley Morrison; several of his own books and articles, and FM's annotated typescript of his autobiography, My Lives, addressed to Max, who published it.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover. Orange buckram spine on marbled boards, gold lettering to spine, clean and bright, lightly sunned spine; light, mild shelf wear to edges. Book is in crisp and clean condition; clean interior. Edited and with a preface by Geoffrey Keynes. In protective transparent jacket. 936 pp. Including notes and index of first lines. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 936 pages.…

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Boards with clear protective sleeve, clean and tidy, very light wear to corners and spine ends, colour decorated pattern with orange spine and gilt lettering to head, ink inscription to head of fep, very light foxing to reading edges of endpapers, some spotting to reading edges of some pages otherwise all clean and bright. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in dark blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. Both volumes show light shelf wear. Vol. I spine lettering is somewhat rubbed. Former owner's signature inked on front flyleaf of each volume. Light foxing to endpapers. xvi,649 + xxii,361 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in publisher's orange buckram over marbled paper covered boards, in original unprinted acetate dustwrapper. All edges stained dull greyish brown. Printed on specially made very thin paper stock. 936pp. with Index. Beautiful copy. Q07000. …

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 volumes (xxxvi, 2317 pages) 24 cm. Contents; Vol. 1 : A-Love -- Vol. 2 : Loved-Z. Subjects; Blake, William 1757-1827 ; Concordances. Blake, William 1757-1827. 1 Kg. …

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 volumes (xxxvi, 2317 pages) 24 cm. Contents; Vol. 1 : A-Love -- Vol. 2 : Loved-Z. Subjects; Blake, William 1757-1827 ; Concordances. Blake, William 1757-1827. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. First edition of the original biography of Blake, which brought him public attention for the first time. Completed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti after Gilchrist's death. Ex-library. Recased in brown cloth, with original front and back leather covers affixed, stamped in illustrated gilt. Spines stamped in gilt. The text is beautifully illustrated throughout, "in facsimilé by W.J. Linton, and in photolithography," and features many illustrations from Blake's original plates. Library numbers in white ink on spines, blind stamp to title pages and at bottom of page 41 in both volumes. Otherwise the text blocks are in fine condition. Cloth binding is near fine, with infinitesimal rubbing to corners, heads and heels of spines. Library pouches and newspaper clippings neatly affixed to endpapers. 5 3/4 x 9 inches. 657 combined pages plus plates.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Rubbing to edges of boards, some bruising to spine ends. Title on volume one is heavily rubbed. One volume biography and three volume set of Blake's writings. All bound with vellum spines over marbled boards. Limited edition.…

First Limited Edition. Finely bound set in gilt-blocked vellum over marbled boards. The classic Nonesuch design. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 4 vol. : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm. Notes; The writings, edited by Geoffrey Keynes, published 1925 ; The Life, written by Mona Wilson, published 1927. "This edition of The Writings of William Blake is limited to 1500 copies on Vidalon handmade paper, and 75 copies on Oxford India paper, numbered 1 to 1500 and I to LXXV . This copy is number 500" -- Colophon, vol. 1. "Of this edition of The Life of William Blake 1480 copies have been printed for sale in England and America on Vidalon paper by the Chiswick Press . This is copy Number 930" -- Colophon, vol. 4. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Blake, William 1757-1827 ; Correspondence. English poetry 18th century. Blake, William 1757-1827 Biography. Poets, English 18th century ; Biography. Biography Poet Artist Philosophy English Poetry. 1 Kg. …