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Thick large 4to. New York: Kraus Reprint, 1969. Thick large 4to, xvi, 516 pages, with 44 black-and-white plates, and 12 illustrations in the text. Original blue quarter cloth, cloth lightly rubbed, internally very good. § Bentley, Blake Books, 617 B: “still of very great importance for independent judgements.” See also Breslauer and Folter 150. Sadly the reprint does not reprint the four color plates in color.

Martino Publishing. Used - Like New. 2001. Cloth. Stout octavo. xvi & 516 pp. Facsimile reprint of the 1921 edition. (Subject: Books on Books.)

The Grolier Club, 1921. From an edition limited to 250 copies. Hardback

New York, Grolier Club,1921.. LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES 1921, PRINTED ON SPECIAL PAPER BY THE CHISWICK PRESS. Thick large 4to, approximately 285 x 230 mm, 11 x 9 inches, 4 colour plates with tissue guards including the frontispiece "The Glad Day", 40 plates in monochrome and 12 reproductions in the text, mostly of title pages, title page printed in blue and black with small engraved vignette after Blake, pages: xvi, 516 including index and errata, plus last page with printer's device in red, original publisher's quarter blue morocco, gilt lettering to spine, contrasting blue buckram covers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Slight rubbing to spine, lower corners of upper cover slightly bumped, tiny abrasion to the bottom of lower cover, covers have slight handling marks, otherwise a very good copy. A heavy book which may require extra postage. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Thick large 4to. New York: The Grolier Club, 1921. Thick large 4to, xvi, 516 pages, with 4 color plates, 40 black-and-white plates, and 12 illustrations in the text. Original blue quarter morocco lettered in gilt, buckram boards, a bit worn but internally very good. § Limited to 250 copies; the original Blake Bible. Beautifully printed and gorgeously illustrated at the Chiswick Press, this work is one of the most desirable of the Grolier Club’s many fine books. Bentley, Blake Books, 617: “still of very great importance for independent judgements.” See also Breslauer and Folter 150. This copy belonged to A. Edward Newton, who had pasted in a receipt from Blake to Butts for a copy of the Songs. That receipt has since been removed. Joseph Holland bought this book at the Newton sale, marked in pencil all the items he owned, and inserted facsimile prints of the “Little Tom” and “Cumberland card” images.

New York: The Grolier Club of New York, 1921. Quarter Leather. Very Good with no dust jacket. 516 pages. limited to 250 copies printed at the Chiswick Press. color frontis intact, very bright and clean. leather shows some rubbing and very slight wear at spine & corners blue cloth covers show slightly darker spots as if the moisture from the glue holding the cloth to the boards has slightly discolored the cloth. top edge of pages gilt. shipping will be extra for this large and heavy book, please inquire. ; Limited Edition; 9 1/4 x 11 1/4

New York: Grolier Club, 1921. First Edition. One of 250 printed at The Chiswick Press. Signed. Thick quarto, original quarter navy blue morocco & blue cloth (hardcover, leather), top edge gilt, 516 pp. Forty-four plates (four in color) and twelve illustrations. Very Good. This copy is the Dedication Copy, bearing an inscription on the front free endpaper from Keynes to the book’s dedicatee, William Bateson: “W. Bateson from Geoffrey Keynes, February 1922.” Also a printed slip tipped inside the front cover designates this copy as being assigned by The Grolier Club to the author for presentation to Bateson. An ALS from W. A. Raleigh, English essayist and biographer, written from Oxford, dated 19-v-06 and addressed to William Bateson is laid-in. In it Raleigh comments on Blake’s works and beliefs: “His [Blake’s] heresy on ‘nature’ is everywhere. I am sure he held it passionately and sincerely... and I think it more respectful to Blake to say so than to ‘make allowances’… Read More