Poetical Sketches by William Blake (54 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. dj in mylar; 202 clean, unmarked pages/index.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Poetical Sketches 0.34. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Image shows actual book for sale. Book Condition: Good; firm binding; contents good; a little scuffed; no dust jacket. Hard Cover Noel Douglas 1926 Poetry.

Condition: Fair. 1927. No Edition Remarks. 86 pages. No dust jacket. Grey paper covered boards with grey cloth spine. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper and half title page. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate splits and scuffing to spine ends, edges and corners. Visible wear and sticker marks to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing.near fine hardback in near fien dustwrapper.fassdcimile of William blakes first book with a detailed introduction. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. parchment paper covered boards, lettered brown to spine. Lightly rubbed to the extremities, covers age-toned. The binding remains tight and the top edge unopened & thus the book unread. A reprint of the 1783 edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. 86pp. Publisher's cloth backed paper boards. Prelims foxed, ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, rubbed overall and worn at corners, else an about very good example.

Facsimile Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Foxed throughout. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Unread with unopened pages. Physical description: 4 preliminary leaves, 70 pages; facsimiles; 23 cm. Subjects: Poetry ; Early works to 1800; Poésie ; Ouvrages avant 1800; Poetry. 1 Kg.

Facsimile Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Foxed throughout. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Unread with unopened pages. Physical description: 4 preliminary leaves, 70 pages; facsimiles; 23 cm. Subjects: Poetry ; Early works to 1800; Poésie ; Ouvrages avant 1800; Poetry. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book presents a collection of poetic sketches and songs composed by the renowned literary figure William Blake between 1768 and 1777. These remarkable verses, written during Blake's youth, reflect his early fascination with nature and his insightful observations on society. The sketches explore themes of hope and despair, the beauty of innocence and wisdom, and the complexities of human relationships. They offer a glimpse into the imaginative world of one of literature's most celebrated poets. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The English Replicas William Blake Poetical Sketches 1783 Published by Payson & Clarke 
Year: 1927 Hardback edition of the 1783 edition. 
Made and printed in England by Percy Lund, Humphries & co. Hardback with tan vellum style biding with printed cover. 
Deckle edged paper with a few page being uncut. 69 pages Size: 9 x 5 7/8 Condition: the cover is fine with some light toning/ browning at the top edge. Light wear and soiling to the spine edge. Light and faint bumped corners. The back has light toning to the top edge. Very light foxing on the first few pages and decreases as the pages go on, the first few fly pages have some foxing. Please ask for more images for these areas. If you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free to contact me.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Printed gray boards with white parchment spine, 5 3/4 X 9 inches, 70 page facsimile. Corners slightly rubbed, Near Fine.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Image shows actual book for sale. Book Condition: Good; firm binding; contents good; a little faded to spine; a little edge-rubbed; no dust jacket. Hard Cover Scholartis Press 1927 Poetry.

Facsimile Reprint. Very good copy in the original paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: The Noel Douglas replicas. Physical description: facsim.: 2p., 70p. ; 23 cm. Notes: Facsimile of the original copy in the British museum. Subjects: Poetry ; Early works to 1800. 1 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good +. Hardback, quarter cloth, gilt title to spine. 26.5cm x 19cm. xxiv, 85pp. Spine slightly faded and marked, extremities of boards rubbed. Light spotting to end-papers, otherwise contents clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Poetical Sketches by William Blake, with an Essay on Blake's Metric by Jack Lindsay. Hardcover, United Kingdom, Limited Edition (December 1927), Signed by Jack Lindsay. Of this edition 75 copies have been printed on English hand-made paper. This is number 30, and is signed by Jack Lindsay. Book in very good condition, without a dust jacket. The book has some wear/ ageing to the covers and spine, with minor bumping to the top of the spine, and a small mark to the back panel. The book has considerable ageing and spotting to the inside covers, with some ageing to the uncut page edges. The book has a reference sticker to the inside front cover which reads: "BLA-6", and underneath this is a small mark where is appears a sticker has been removed. Overall a very good, tight copy for a book of this age. (See pictures). Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Facsimile limited edition. Condition: Text near fine; binding very good. No Dust Jacket. Bound in full vellum showing toning and minor signs of wear at the spine ends. Small signs of water stains. Previous owner s bookplate.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited Edition of 250 copies, this copy unnumbered/out of series. Slim 8vo, pp70. Hardcover with dust jacket. Cream unclipped DJ in protective sleeve with maroon titles to spine and front cover in very good condition if a little grubby with a little rubbing to edges. Full vellum binding with gilt titles to spine in near fine condition. Inside minor toning to front free end papers all other rough cut pages in near fine condition. A lovely copy.

Facsimile Reprint. Very good copy in the original paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: The Noel Douglas replicas. Physical description: facsim.: 2p., 70p. ; 23 cm. Notes: Facsimile of the original copy in the British museum. Subjects: Poetry ; Early works to 1800. 1 Kg.

First edition, first printing thus. A replica of the text of a title first published in 1783. Very good, with fading and some spotting to the preliminaries. Lacks dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Pickering edition, foolscap 8vo signed in fours (6.75 x 4.25 inches), pp. xiv, (1-5), 6-96. Original brown cloth with red printed paper lettering piece. Very good+ with minor wear to edges, corners and extremities, lettering piece rubbed and slightly chipped. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H10753 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. #34 of 75cc printed on English hand made paper and signed by Jack Lindsay. 86pp. Pages slightly tanned, spine sunned, esle very good in Publisher's coarse cloth backed in blue.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Rebound in brown patterned boards with cloth spine; gilt title from original binding attached to spine. Condition: Very good. Minor age-toning. Signs of old dampness to final pages at edge of text block. Stamped 1458 to title page. Size: 10.5x8in / 27x20cm. 86pp. Weight: 545g.

London: Noel Douglas, 1926. 8vo, 70 pp. Original paper over boards with title on spine. Very good, with spine a touch darkened and light dusting to original cream boards, and slight spotting to endpapers. § Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. "The original 1783 copies were seventy-two pages in length, printed in octavo by John Flaxman's aunt, who owned a small print shop in the Strand, and paid for by Anthony Stephen Mathew and his wife Harriet, dilettantes to whom Blake had been introduced by Flaxman in early 1783. Each individual copy was hand-stitched, with a grey back and a blue cover, reading "POETICAL SKETCHES by W.B." It was printed without a table of contents and many pages were without half titles. Of the extant copies, eleven contain corrections in Blake's handwriting. Poetical Sketches is one of only two works by Blake to be printed conventionally with typesetting; the only other extant work is The French Revolution in 1791, which was to be published by Joseph Johnson. However, it never got beyond the proof copy, and was thus not actually published. Even given the modest standards by which the book was published, it was something of a failure. Alexander Gilchrist noted that the publication contained several obvious misreadings and numerous errors in punctuation, suggesting that it was printed with little care and was not proofread by Blake (thus the numerous handwritten corrections in printed copies). Gilchrist also notes that it was never mentioned in the Monthly Review, even in the magazine's index of "Books noticed", which listed every book published in London each month, signifying that the publication of the book had gone virtually unnoticed. Nevertheless, Blake himself was proud enough of the volume that he was still giving copies to friends as late as 1808, and when he died, several unstitched copies were found amongst his belongings." Bentley, BB, 132.

London: Noel Douglas, 1926. 8vo, 70pp. Original paper over boards with title on spine. Very good, with spine a touch darkened and light dusting to original cream boards, and slight spotting to endpapers. § Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. "The original 1783 copies were seventy-two pages in length, printed in octavo by John Flaxman's aunt, who owned a small print shop in the Strand, and paid for by Anthony Stephen Mathew and his wife Harriet, dilettantes to whom Blake had been introduced by Flaxman in early 1783. Each individual copy was hand-stitched, with a grey back and a blue cover, reading "POETICAL SKETCHES by W.B." It was printed without a table of contents and many pages were without half titles. Of the extant copies, eleven contain corrections in Blake's handwriting. Poetical Sketches is one of only two works by Blake to be printed conventionally with typesetting; the only other extant work is The French Revolution in 1791, which was to be published by Joseph Johnson. However, it never got beyond the proof copy, and was thus not actually published. Even given the modest standards by which the book was published, it was something of a failure. Alexander Gilchrist noted that the publication contained several obvious misreadings and numerous errors in punctuation, suggesting that it was printed with little care and was not proofread by Blake (thus the numerous handwritten corrections in printed copies). Gilchrist also notes that it was never mentioned in the Monthly Review, even in the magazine's index of "Books noticed", which listed every book published in London each month, signifying that the publication of the book had gone virtually unnoticed. Nevertheless, Blake himself was proud enough of the volume that he was still giving copies to friends as late as 1808, and when he died, several unstitched copies were found amongst his belongings." Bentley, BB, 132.

London: Noel Douglas, 1926. 8vo, 70 pp. Original paper over boards with title on spine and clear glassine wrapper. Pages unopened. Near Fine. § Trade edition of this handsome facsimile of the very rare original edition of 1783. Bentley 132. "The original 1783 copies were seventy-two pages in length, printed in octavo by John Flaxman's aunt, who owned a small print shop in the Strand, and paid for by Anthony Stephen Mathew and his wife Harriet, dilettantes to whom Blake had been introduced by Flaxman in early 1783. Each individual copy was hand-stitched, with a grey back and a blue cover, reading "POETICAL SKETCHES by W.B." It was printed without a table of contents and many pages were without half titles. Of the extant copies, eleven contain corrections in Blake's handwriting. Poetical Sketches is one of only two works by Blake to be printed conventionally with typesetting; the only other extant work is The French Revolution in 1791, which was to be published by Joseph Johnson. However, it never got beyond the proof copy, and was thus not actually published. Even given the modest standards by which the book was published, it was something of a failure. Alexander Gilchrist noted that the publication contained several obvious misreadings and numerous errors in punctuation, suggesting that it was printed with little care and was not proofread by Blake (thus the numerous handwritten corrections in printed copies). Gilchrist also notes that it was never mentioned in the Monthly Review, even in the magazine's index of "Books noticed", which listed every book published in London each month, signifying that the publication of the book had gone virtually unnoticed. Nevertheless, Blake himself was proud enough of the volume that he was still giving copies to friends as late as 1808, and when he died, several unstitched copies were found amongst his belongings.".