(Blake, William).

BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB CATALOGUE: BLAKE CENTENARY EXHIBITION.

London: Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1927. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 59+(1) pages. Catalogue of an exhibition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Blake. Includes a list of contributors and an introductory note. Catalogue organized by illustrations of the Bible, illustrations of poets, pencil drawings and books. Wrappers tanned and worn at edges. Tanning and light foxing throughout text. READ MORE about BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB CATALOGUE: BLAKE CENTENARY EXHIBITION

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 114197

(Blake, William). Essick, Robert N.

WILLIAM BLAKE, PRINTMAKER.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1980). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 283, followed by 236 plates. First edition. Covers the role printmaking played in Blake's development as an artist and poet. Includes information on Blake's apprenticeship, his graphic styles and techniques and his theories of "appropriate form" in the graphic arts. Contains over two hundred illustrations. Important book. Dust jacket toned with tears. READ MORE about WILLIAM BLAKE, PRINTMAKER

Price: $165.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123627

(Blake, William). Keynes, Geoffrey.

BLAKE (1757-1827) WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY GEOFFREY KEYNES.

London: Faber and Faber, (1949). tall 4to. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket, full color Blake reproduction mounted on front cover. 24 pages. Reprint of the first edition of 1946. With a number of full color plates tipped-in. Front cover wrinkled at top. READ MORE about BLAKE (1757-1827) WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY GEOFFREY KEYNES

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 6930

(Blake, William). Preston, Kerrison.

WILLIAM BLAKE, 1757-1827 NOTES FOR A CATALOGUE OF THE BLAKE LIBRARY AT THE GEORGIAN HOUSE, MERSTHAM.

Cambridge: Golden Head Press, 1962. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Second edition, revised. READ MORE about WILLIAM BLAKE, 1757-1827 NOTES FOR A CATALOGUE OF THE BLAKE LIBRARY AT THE GEORGIAN HOUSE, MERSTHAM

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 623

(Blake, William). Robertson, Graham.

CATALOGUE OF ORIGINAL WORKS BY WILLIAM BLAKE THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE GRAHAM ROBERTSON, ESQ.

London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1949. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 44 pages. Some prices in margins. Covers soiled with some foxing. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF ORIGINAL WORKS BY WILLIAM BLAKE THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE GRAHAM ROBERTSON, ESQ

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 6987

(Blake, Willliam). Ackroyd, Peter.

WILLIAM BLAKE, DICHTER, MALER, VISIONÄR.

(München): Albrecht Knaus, (2001). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 475 pages. First German edition of Ackroyd's definitive 1995 biography, Blake translated from English into German by Thomas Eichhorn. English version published in London by Sinclair-Stevenson. In a graceful style, Ackroyd analyzes the political, mystic and artistic influences on Blake's artistic development with such depth and insight that the reader feels transported into this complex genius's studio. Numerous plates, color and black-and-white. Indices and exhaustive bibliography..... READ MORE about WILLIAM BLAKE, DICHTER, MALER, VISIONÄR

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 64551

Bliss, Douglas Percy.

A HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING.

London: Spring Books, (1964). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 263 pages. Reprint of the 1928 first edition. Excellent history with 120 illustrations. Jacket shows minor rubbing. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 3399

Blum, André.

LES ORIGINES DU LIVRE À GRAVURES EN FRANCE, LES INCUNABLES TYPOGRAPHIQUES.

Paris et Bruxelles: Les Éditions G. Van Oest, 1928. 4to. later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. xi, 99 pages followed by 78 plates. First edition. A study of the beginning of the engraved book in France. With 177 illustrations. With a bookplate indicating that this book came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus. Covers soiled. Some chipping of edges of preliminary pages. READ MORE about LES ORIGINES DU LIVRE À GRAVURES EN FRANCE, LES INCUNABLES TYPOGRAPHIQUES

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 26137

Blum, Andre.

THE ORIGINS OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 225 pages. First edition in English. (Appleton p.15). Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg. Near fine in very good dust jacket. READ MORE about THE ORIGINS OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 114426

Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen.

MY DIARIES. BEING A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF EVENTS. 1888-1914.

2 volumes
London: Martin Secker, 1919. 8vo. polished cloth stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. Portrait Frontispiece;x,(iv),512; Portrait Frontispiece;(iv),51 pages. 2 volumes. Second impression. Covers a little handled, lettering on spine of first volume a little faded, else a very good set. READ MORE about MY DIARIES. BEING A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF EVENTS. 1888-1914

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 79954

Bock, Elfried.

GESCHICHTE DER GRAPHISCHEN KUNST.

Berlin: Propyläen-Verlag, (1930). thick tall 8vo. half leather over paste-paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 516, (4) pages. First edition. Study of graphic art starting with the 16th century and going through the 19th century. Individual chapters for different countries. Mostly illustrations including a number of plates in color. Jacket worn. READ MORE about GESCHICHTE DER GRAPHISCHEN KUNST

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 45076

Boinet, A.

LE LIVRE ET LES ARTS GRAPHIQUES À L'EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE PARIS.

Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, 1938. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. Text in French. The book and graphic arts, presented at the International Exposition in Paris. Footnotes. Black and white illustrations throughout. Foxing, spine torn and worn with about one inch missing from its head. READ MORE about LE LIVRE ET LES ARTS GRAPHIQUES À L'EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE PARIS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 115169

Bolton, Theodore.

AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATORS, BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECK LISTS OF 123 ARTISTS.

New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1938. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 290 pages. Limited to 1000 copies. With listings of Abbey, Angelo, Benton, Burgess, Clelend, Dwiggins, Green, Glackens, Kent, Oakley, Parrish, Pyle, Seton, Smith, Wyeth and many others. Ex library copy with markings.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATORS, BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECK LISTS OF 123 ARTISTS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 100441