The Life of William Blake
Mona Wilson
From George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 14 October 2005
From George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 14 October 2005
About this Item
xv, 397, [1] pp., illustrated, 4to, quarter parchment, tilt spine title, marbled paper sides, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Illustrated with 24 collotype plates. No. 1369 of 1480 copies printed by the Chiswick Press on Vidalon handmade paper. "I have always regarded her [Mona Wilson's] book as the most important biographical account of Blake to have appeared since the second edition of Gilchrist's 'Life' [of William Blake] in 1880" (Geoffrey Keynes, from his preface to the Oxford edition of Blake: Complete Writings, quoted in Dreyfus 40). Very good, well-preserved copy overall; contents fine, light edgewear, small bump to the tips, parchment backing a bit soiled and with a couple of tiny punctures; light offsetting from pastedowns to facing blank. Dreyfus 24. Seller Inventory # 4717
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Life of William Blake
Publisher: Nonesuch Press, London
Publication Date: 1927
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
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