The Writings of William Blake by Keynes, Geoffrey [ed] - 1925.

Oxford U P, 1966. ~Owner's signature. Page edges partly browned. Blue cloth gilt in fresh condition. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request.. Hardback. Very Good. xvi, 944pp. No dustwrapper. Binding sound, text unmarked.

London: Oxford University Press, 1966. 1st thus. hardbound. Very Good in Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations OUP edition of the complete writings of Blake, edited with notes by Geoffrey Keynes, being an improved version (with corrections and additions) of the Nonesuch edition of 1952; contains all of Blake's substantive variants, and also including Blake's illustrations for The Gates of Paradise; a volume in the Oxford Standard Authors; tape stains to endpapers, prelims and pastedowns front and rear, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, and with worn patch to rear, o.w. Good; dustwrapper in (publisher's original?) clear sleeve.

Nonesuch Press, London, 1957, small 8vo., cloth, 936pp., some b&w illusts., VG- $

Nonesuch, London, 1967. Later Edition reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". xviii + 936pp. Internally clean. Binding firm. Dust Jacket marked, with one tear. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Associated newspaper snippet loosely inserted. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Poetry; England; 18th & 19th century; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51880. .

The Nonesuch Press 1925. THIS VOL ONLY, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (one of1500) imperial octavo, marbled boards, gilt lettering to cream spine, deckled/roughcut page edges, vii + 430pp, plates xxxix-lviii- all present, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing/surface loss to spine & boards/extrems, minor to moderate tanning/soiling & fading to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, page edges v roughly cut in places- text block unaffected)

The Nonesuch Press 1925. THIS VOL ONLY, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#1157/1500) imperial octavo, marbled boards, gilt lettering to cream spine, deckled/roughcut page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 364pp, 28 black & white plates- all present, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing/surface loss to spine & boards/extrems, minor to moderate tanning/soiling & fading to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, light tanning & foxing to frontispiece, tissue guard heavily tanned & partially detached)

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1957. Cloth. Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The complete collection of works by the noted William Blake, printed by the Nonesuch Press private press. This work has been designed by Francis Meynell, and composed in Ehrhardt types by the monotyping service in Gough Square London. It was printed and bound at Beccles in Suffolk by William Clowes and Sons using paper made by Robert Fletcher and Son.In the publisher's original quarter red cloth with marbled cloth to the boards. Lacking scarce acetate dust wrapper.This features the complete works of William Blake, a seminal figure in the history of poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press… Read More