Search Results: Visions Of the Daughters Of Albion by William Blake

[London: c. 1973]. 8vo, 6 unnumbered leaves bearing color reproductions, bound into gray boards. § Proof copy of the reproduction of copy E at the Huntington Library, annoated in ballpoint pen by Robert N. Essick, probably for the published edition which had 78pp. of text.

2002. Huntington Library. Sm. 4to. Hardcover. Fine in fine DJ. As new.

London: J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1932. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover, buff colored cloth in original dust-jacket. With a commentary provided by John Middleton Murry. Reproduced in facsimile from an original copy of the work printed and illuminated by the author in 1793 now in the British Museum. Eleven color plates, with text, printed on rectos only. First edition thus, facsimile edition. Top of dust-jacket flap price clipped, albeit original printed Dent price sticker affixed to lower corner of flap. Spine of dust-jacket darkened and front cover of jacket shows several old ring stains. The third full color facsimile in the Dent series, reprinting Blake's works. A fine copy in good dust-jacket..

Pawlet (U.S.A.) [Vermont]: (Set and Printed by Claude Fredericks), 1957. Softcover. Fine. First edition thus. Folio, measuring 11½" x 15". 12pp. Marbled wrappers with paper spine label. First two leaves with very light foredge toning from the wrappers, a bit of light wear at the spine else fine. A handsome production, published at Christmas by Fredericks "for the pleasure of his friends." Copy number 130 of 180 copies published. Fredericks was a poet, playwright, printer, writer, and longtime professor of literature at Bennington College in Vermont. He was the proprietor of the Banyan Press and also noted for the journal he kept throughout most of his life, ultimately consisting of over 65,000 pages.

clairvaux, France: The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust. 1959. F Facsimile Edition Collectible. H Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarter orange leather over marbled boards; gilt title to spine, housed in publisher's matching marbled paper slipcase, folio, unpag. Another spectacular facsimile production from the Trianon Press, under the direction of Arnold Fawcus - and reproducing Blake's Illustrations on Arches rag paper mimicking Blake's originals. One of a limited edition 446 copies total - (This copy is not numbered on colophon).

Trianon Press Facsimiles for the William Blake Trust. Paris. 1959. First Edition Thus. Special Publisher's copy, signed with "Special publishers copy" in his own hand, by Arnold Fawcus, owner of the Trianon Press. Tall slim 4to. Salmon quarter morocco, gilt with gilt top-edge and hand-marbled paper covered boards in marbled paper-covered slipcase. Facsimile copy of the 1793 original edition, unpaginated on arches pure rag paper to match that used by Blake and watermarked with his monogram. Bibliographical statement to rear by Geoffrey Keynes. A couple of slight marks to leather at head of spine and to upper board o/w a very handsome copy in sl. worn slipcase. Near fine.

Paris / Clairvaux.: The Trianon Press., 1959.. Original publisher's pumpkin morocco-backed marbled paper boards, matching marbled paper-covered board slipcase.. Folio. (368 x 266 mm).. Frontispiece, pictorial title and 9 plates of text and illustration, all facsimiles after Blake, leaf with details of the publication, two leaves with 'Bibliographical Statement' by Geoffrey Keynes, final leaf with colophon and justification. The Trianon facsimile of William Blake's 'Visions of the Daughters of Albion' from the collection of Lord Cunliffe. From the edition limited to 446 numbered copies on Arches, with this one of 200 issued for distribution in the United States.'Visions of the Daughters of Albion', one of Blake's prophetic, visionary books was produced first - as per the title - in 1793 and is known in 16 extant examples. The present facsimile was produced from copy 'C', described by Bentley as having colour that 'is particularly clear and lovely', and was very likely produced between 1793 and… Read More

Folio. London: Trianon Press, 1959. Folio, 11 plates, 7 pp. text. Quarter orange morocco, marbled boards, slipcase, very fine. § Limited to 426 copies, of which this copy is unnumbered. One of the scarcer titles of the Press, especially in fine unfaded condition. “It is a continuation, though in thought only, of The Book of Thel. That represented the soul in the state of innocence; this the soul in the state of experience... It is primarily a protest against the sexual customs of the time.” (Damon, Blake Dictionary). Bentley, Blake Books, 216.

Folio. London: Trianon Press, 1959. Folio, 11 plates, 7 pp. text, plus the extra materials. Full orange morocco, slipcase, some foxing internally and to the edges. § Copy II of 20 de luxe copies with a suite of progressive states of one plate, an original guide-sheet and stencil etc. Limited to 446 copies including 20 de luxe copies numbered I-XX, 200 regular copies numbered 1-200 for the United Kingdom, 200 regular copies numbered 201 – 400 for the United States and 26 copies lettered A-Z reserved for the Lord Cunliffe, the Trustees of the William Blake Trust, and the publishers. One of the scarcer titles of the Press, especially in fine unfaded condition. Bentley, BB, 216. Reproduces the Cunliffe copy, copy C., now in Glasgow University Library. Bentley, Blake Books, 216. “It is a continuation, though in thought only, of The Book of Thel. That represented the soul in the state of innocence; this the soul in the state of experience... It is primarily a protest against the sexual customs of the… Read More

4to. [Edmonton: William Muir, 1885]. 4to, 11 plates colored by hand. Modern half green calf, upper cover lettered in gilt. Internally very fine, binding a little soiled. § Limited to 50 copies, this copy (on Hodgkinson wove paper) lacking the printed wrappers with the limitation statement etc. This copy was based on the BM copy A. S. Foster Damon writes of Visions, “It is a continuation, though in thought only, of The Book of Thel. That represented the soul in the state of innocence; this the soul in the state of experience... It is primarily a protest against the sexual customs of the time.” (Damon, Blake Dictionary). The eleven plates of Visions were etched in relief, with slight touches of white-line work, and first printed in 1793. The characters and their words represent Blake’s critique of colonialism, slavery, sexual repression, and attitudes towards women in his day. Bentley, BB, 249c. (123177)

Edmonton, 1885. No. 49 of 50 copies, signed by Muir on upper wrapper. William Muir facsimile. Preface leaf and 11 hand colored plates. 1 vols. 4to. Original printed wrappers. Some external soiling and chipping to edges, internally fine. Brown morocco backed folding case. No. 49 of 50 copies, signed by Muir on upper wrapper. William Muir facsimile. Preface leaf and 11 hand colored plates. 1 vols. 4to. Blake's Daughters of Albion. Keynes 217c; Bentley 249e

Edmonton: John Pearson for Bernard Quaritch, 1884. One of 50 copies. Hand-colored facsimile by William Muir. With 11 hand-colored plates (bound without wrappers or the preface addressed to Muir's patron). 1 vols. 4to. Full green straight-grain morocco, covers gilt with triple gilt fillets, spines lettered in gilt within decorative framing lines, board edges gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Faint wear to extremities, else fine; probably the publisher's special binding. One of 50 copies. Hand-colored facsimile by William Muir. With 11 hand-colored plates (bound without wrappers or the preface addressed to Muir's patron). 1 vols. 4to. Blake's 'Daughters of Albion': Muir Facsimile in Special Binding. Keynes 217c; Bentley pp. 28-9

[Edmonton, 1885. No. 39 of 50 copies, on Hodgkinson wove paper. William Muir facsimile. Preface and 11 hand-colored plates. 1 vols. 4to. Full dark green levant, preserving wrappers, with an unrecorded folding announcement from Muir bound in at front. No. 39 of 50 copies, on Hodgkinson wove paper. William Muir facsimile. Preface and 11 hand-colored plates. 1 vols. 4to. Muir Facsimile. Bentley 249c