A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers

Willard, Nancy

ISBN 10: 0152938222 / ISBN 13: 9780152938222

Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1981

About this Item

A lovely copy of the stated first edition. Illustrations are bright and fresh. Dust jacket is near fine, with a barely-visible 1cm. tear at the top. Price on the jacket ($10.95) not clipped. Binding is tight. This edition bears both Newberry and Caldecott honor medals on the jacket. Photos are of the actual item being offered.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1776569052241

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0152938222
• ISBN 13: 9780152938222
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Provensen, Alice; Provensen, Martin
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Dimensions: 0.39W x 8H x 10D inches 0.39 inches width by 8 inches height by 10 inches depth
• Weight: 12 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

Inspired by William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, this delightful collection of poetry for children brings to life Blake’s imaginary inn and its unusual guests.

About the Authors

Nancy Willard has loved William Blake’s poetry from the day she first heard it. While writing the poems in this book, she built a six-foot model of the inn, decorating it with moons, suns, stars, and prints of Blake’s paintings. The model with its residents—the characters that appear in this volume—stands in her living room.

Nancy Willard published her first book when a high school senior—an inset in the Horn Book, which was called A Child’s Star. Formerly a lecturer in the English department at Vassar College, she is the author of a number of well-received children’s books, including Sailing to Cythera: And Other Anatole Stories and The Island of the Grass King: The Further Adventures of Anatole, both winners of a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. 

Alice and Martin Provensen have been honored by the Art Books for Children Citation of the Brooklyn Museum, by the Gold Medal for illustration of the Society of Illustrators, by exhibitions at the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and by being included on the New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of the Year list on nine occasions.

Alice and Martin Provensen have been honored by the Art Books for Children Citation of the Brooklyn Museum, by the Gold Medal for illustration of the Society of Illustrators, by exhibitions at the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and by being included on the New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of the Year list on nine occasions.