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Kathleen Raine. Blake and Tradition (2 volumes). Princeton University Press, 1968.
Price: US$230.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes in a slipcase. Lacking dust jackets. The exposed spine-faces of both volumes are lightly marked and worn, otherwise the books themselves have been well protected and are in crisp and clean condition. The stout slipcase appears quite marked, worn, a bit knocked about and sunned - despite this it is holding its shape well and appears in good condition.
Seller: Zebra Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Price: US$960.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition USA (1968), unstated in accordance with Princeton's customary - but not universally employed - practice. Near Fine in Very Good DJ and housed in a Very Good Slipcase: Volume I shows some FAINT PENCIL LINES TO FIVE PAGES early on. Volume II is clean. Otherwise, the Books are very lightly sunned or perhaps otherwise blanched at the powder-blue-tinted top edges; the sewn-in flesh-toned silk markers show some wrinkles; else flawless; the bindings are square and secure; the texts are clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome nearly-new set, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor and unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. The DJ of Volume II shows some tiny tears and scant loss to chipping at the head and heel of the backstrip and otherwise light wear to the extremities; some soiling to the cream-toned backstrips; both DJs have been clipped. The Slipcase shows a few scuffs and dings and some overall soiling but remains strong and intact. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (11 x 8 x 3.65 inches), in two volumes, xxxii, 428 and xi, 367 pages. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated with 415 reproduction of Blakes artistic works with 10 plates in color. Language: English. Weight: 4 pounds, 9.3 ounces. Powder-Blue cloth over flexible boards with gilt titles on red bands at the backstrips. Bollingen Series XXV:II.Hardbacks with DJs in Slipcase.William Blake (1757 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. What he called his "prophetic works" were said by 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry led 21st-century critic Jonathan Jones to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". William Blake was writing in an ancient symbolic language that is at the core of our Western mystery tradition, and Kathleen Raine expounds most eloquently on it's subtleties. Kathleen Jessie Raine(1908 2003) was a British poet, critic and scholar, writing in particular on William Blake, W. B. Yeats and Thomas Taylor. Known for her interest in various forms of spirituality, most prominently Platonism and Neoplatonism, she was a founding member of the Temenos Academy, which has the mission of transmitting the Western mystery tradition. First Edition USA (1968), unstated in accordance with Princeton's customary - but not universally employed - practice.
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$1024.95 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a Very Good+ slipcase.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.