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Songs of Innocence
by BLAKE, William
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
(London: The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition of the Trianon Press facsimile edition of Blake's self-illustrated poetry cycle. With a bibliographical statement by Geoffrey Keynes. Octavo. Illustrated. Bound in full orange leather with gilt spine lettering, in a marbled paper slipcase. The spine sunned and gently rubbed on the ends, a couple of faint soil marks on the boards near fine in a near fine slipcase with some uneven sunning. Numbered 580 of 1600.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 558366
- Title
- Songs of Innocence
- Author
- BLAKE, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust
- Place of Publication
- (London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- EnglishLiterature, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Facsimile
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Sunned
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