Letter William Blake (27 results)

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

hardcover, Condition: Very Good, AMS Press, NY, c.1968, (reprint of 1934 ed.), 8vo., cloth, 201pp., VG $.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 64 pages. Illustrated. R H Wilenski "William Blake As Artist" / James H Hyde "The Four Parts Of The World As Represented In Old-Time Pageants And Ballets, Part 1" / Ernest Newman "The Plain Man And His Music-IX, The Case Of Beethoven" / Bernard Bevan "Danzig" / Watson Lyle "The Charm Of Old Violins" / Murray Adams-Acton "Domestic Architecture And Decoration-XVI" / Malcolm C Salaman "A Gossip About Prints" / Andre Salmon "Letter From Paris" / Oscar Bie "Letter From Berlin" (K1).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Hardback, with gilt titles to spine. xi, 201pp. Spine slightly faded. Annotational markings to text in pencil. A rather splendid copy. (q23).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. French marbled paper over boards, cover label, 12mo., (14) leaves including six wood engravings by Leonard Baskin. One of 500 numbered copies printed at the Gehenna Press by Harold McGrath from Centaur type on Frankfurt paper, with four of the engravings on Moriki. . A clean, very lightly worn, respectable near fine copy of a seemingly scarce book. Signed by Artist.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 68 pages. Illustrated. Ralph Fox: A Tribute / Dona Torr "Ralph Fox & Our Cultural Heritage" / John Lehmann "Letter from Tiflis" / C Day Lewis "An Expensive Education" / Stephen Spencer "Tangier's & Gibraltar NOW" / Randall Swingler "William Blake - The Imputation of Madness" / Maurice Carpenter"We ask for LIFE" (poem) / "Charles Madge "Magic & Materialism" / George Geraint "Red Coal" / Herbert Read & Hugh Sykes Davies "Surrealism - reply to A.L.Lloyd" (SL#84).

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1915 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 18 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

2nd edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xi, 43 p., 11 p. of plates: ill.; 25 cm. Subjects: English poetry. English Poetry 20th century. Other names: Parsons, Jacynth 1911-1992 [illustrator]. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) 1865-1939 [contributor]. Genre:Illustrated. Poetry. 3 Kg.

8pp. sm.4to. wrappers.

One page, 8vo, bifolium, edges dusted ow good. Lord Crewe (his superior in the India Office) has asked him to respond to T. Edwards Jones's question about Crewe's father's Blake collection. "He would have been pleased to be of assistance to you in regard to your lecture on William Blake, but he fears that his father's collection of Blake drawings was disposed of some years ago & that the few Blake possessions which he still has are not of significant interest to make it worth your while to see them for the object which you have in view." Note: A sale of William Blake drawings belonging to Lord Crewe is recorded at Sothebys in 1903.

English artist (1842-1921). 2 pages, 16mo, on the rectos of the two leaves of a bifoliate, the first leaf bearing a mourning border. In good condition, but with remains of mount adhering to blank verso of second leaf. 'Re candlesticks. | The dean does not want candlesticks for the Altar. | But, in the place of those hideous bronze things in fornt of the Altar I have designend, and Pegram the sculptor has modelled a sketch, a really fine thing. | I will not write a rigmarole but will you come here next Saty & we will drive up to Pegram & see the model - | The money matters I will explain.'.

2nd edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xi, 43 p., 11 p. of plates: ill.; 25 cm. Subjects: English poetry. English Poetry 20th century. Other names: Parsons, Jacynth 1911-1992 [illustrator]. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) 1865-1939 [contributor]. Genre:Illustrated. Poetry. 1 Kg.

Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, minor staining, good condition. Text: "Rugby School Chapel was consecrated. Testes adsunt [witnesses] Anstey & Buckett. | The offertory money is given | 1. (and mainly) to the Parish Clegy | 2. To Birmingham Hospital | 3. To local medical men for Sick Poor. | It amounts to £50 a year always, & sometimes to £70 or 380, of which mopst goes to 1, least to 3. | I heard from MacInnes a few days ago. His wife is going up to London for her approaching confinement. I see him sometimes, but wish we could meet oftener. | I wish very much you would pay Rugby a visit. Has Mrs Salt ever seen it? Could not we induce you to stop here on your way to or from London. We should be very glad if we could. [Subscription]". This letter was forwarded by use of the blank pages of the bifolium by another party. See Image.

Unbound. Condition: 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.

1p., 4to. In fair condition, lightly aged. Franked on the other side, with broken seal in red wax and postmark: 'London Feby: the 3 1795 | Miss Poole | Chichester | Egremont'. Unsigned, and in Hayley's untidy hand. Reads: 'Tuesday | 5 oclock | I have not been able to call on the Sheffield Travellers today but having caught a Frank from my noble Friend of Petworth I will dispatch my Servant without losing another post | adio'. Hayley later introduced his friend Miss Harriet Poole ('the Lady of Lavant') to William Blake, who would join him on visits to her villa in Lavant.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Set in Monotype Centaur, printed in black and red on Frankfurt paper, (with four of the sx engravings on Moriki paper). 6 wood-engraved portraits of William Blake by Leonard Baskin. One of 475 (500) copies. Standard binding of boards covered with French marbled paper, printed label on front cover. Edges slightly rubbed. A very good copy.

Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Northampton (MA): Gehenna Press, 1964. Limited edition 500 copies. This copy unnumbered but is the artist's copy, so marked in pencil by Baskin, inscribed by Baskin for Paul (Bitter), Baskin's nephew (son of Baskin's then wife Esther's sister, Fannie). 16 unnumbered pages. With 6 wood-engravings, 4 printed on Japan tissue, all being versions of Blake's face. Baskin has additionally signed 5 of the engravings, including all the ones on Japan tissue. Original marbled wrappers, printed label on upper cover. Light edgewear as is common to this title, Bitter's name label, which establishes provenance but is otherwise less than attractive, on front flap. A very good copy.

saying "the picture then is yours with what pleasure to me you can scarcely tell, that my work done out of love for something speaking very clearly to my mind should find an audience, and so good and cultivated an audience fills me with hope.", 1 side 8vo., no place, 13th May traces of mounting on left hand edge Richmond is was a painter, sculptor and designer of stained glass and mosaic. He is best known for his portrait work and decorative mosaics in St Paul's Cathedral in London.

First Edition. LETTERS OF WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI CONCERNING WHITMAN, BLAKE, AND SHELLEY TO ANNE GILCHRIST AND HER SON HERBERT GILCHRIST WITH APPENDICES CONTAINING A LETTER TO PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AND AN UNCOLLECTED WHITMAN CIRCULAR, Duke University Press, 1934, first edition, very fine in fine dust-wrapper with just a hint of tanning to the dust-wrapper spine. From the Walt Whitman collection of, bibliophile and philanthropist, Charles Feinberg.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

4to. pp. 1 (horizontal & vertical folds). Blake thanks Murray for his letter and kind wishes. "I am afraid that there is not much prospect of my being in Hamilton on this trip, and therefore it must be by letter that I reciprocate your kind wishes for my welfare, and say, "How do you do?", and "Goodbye", all in a breath.".

Northampton (MA): Gehenna Press, 1964. Slim 12mo, [16]pp. 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.

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.

Northampton (MA): Gehenna Press, 1964. Slim 12mo, [16]pp. 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. Signed.