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Keynes, G. (ed). Poetry and Prose of William Blake. Nonesuch Press, 1927.
Price: US$7.71 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Price: US$17.96 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1927 Second Impression the nonesuch edition on blue cloth with slightly faded spine cover
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Price: US$18.92 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1927. The Nonesuch Press. Hardcover. GOOD Boards faded spie darkened. 8x5.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Geoffrey Keynes ( Editor ). Poetry and Prose of William Blake. The Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury, 1927.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1,152 pp, the book and contents are solid and tight, the pages are clean, the bevelled covers have light wear and soil and a sunned spine, a sturdy and usable book.
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. orig. cl. Bds. and spine faded, occasional foxing, else generally v.g.
Seller: Allsop Antiquarian Booksellers PBFA, Warwick, United Kingdom
Edited By Geoffrey Keynes. Poetry And Prose Of William Blake. London : Nonesuch Press, 1927.
Price: US$27.35 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1927. 1152 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed.Book has a forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$42.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The prospectus announces "The life of William Blake", Blake's "Poetry and prose", Blake's "Pencil drawings", "The life and adventures of Peter Porcupine", "The New Testament", "The Temple", "The princess of Babylon", "The seasons", "A stitch in time", "The divine comedy", Vanbrugh's "Works", Pindar's "Pythian odes", and "The pilgrim's progress". Retrospectus of limited editions and a list of unlimited editions including blank books. Extract from Stanley Morison's "A review of recent typography" (1927). ¶ Description: Sewn plain paper doubled over wrappers. Quarto: 27 × 20 cm; pp. 23. With 4 headpieces by Percy Smith and the Nonesuch device 'Prospectus and retrospectus 1927' on front and back. Printed by R. & R. Clark in Caslon and Moreau-le-jeune open types on laid paper. ¶ Enclosed: Addendum slip (13 × 9 cm) with details of price of Herbert's "The temple" loosely laid in. ¶ Ref.: Dreyfus: P14 ¶ Condition: Covers slightly soiled and browned at the edges. Internally somewhat browned at the page corners. Apart from this, however, the pages are clean and well preserved. According to the age a good copy of a fragile and ephemeral production. ¶
Seller: Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints, Zürich, Switzerland
Blake, William. Poetry and prose. Edited By Geoffrey Keynes. Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine lightly faded; former owner's signature on front pastedown.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Mona Wilson. The Life of William Blake. The Nonesuch Press, 1927.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #652/1480cc. Vellum spine with marbled boards. Covers worn along edges. Spine scuffed and mildly soiled.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$62.86 + shipping
Description: A very neat collection of the poetry and prose of William Blake, edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Complete written works of William Blake, including all poetry and prose. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes, a British surgeon and author. He was also a publishing scholar and bibliographer of English literature and English medical history, focusing primarily on William Blake and William Harvey. Written by William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Now considered a seminal figure in the history of poetry and the visual art of the Romantic Age. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$64.14 + shipping
Description: [Literature] PUBLISHER'S DELUXE BINDING. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.1152. Limp binding with yapp edges, gilt tooling to front and back covers, gilt lettering to spine. Spotting to preliminaries and rear blanks, spotting to edges of textblock, sunning to spine and wear to gilt, bumping to corners. Very good. This centenary edition of Blake's poetry and prose portrays the prolific outpouring of a seminal figure in the Romantic movement.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$66.14 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 1140p. ; 20cm. Notes: The centenary edition of Blake's poetry and prose. Subjects: Blake, William (1757-1827) -- Literature. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Blake, William. Poetry and Prose of William Blake. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edited by scholar Geoffrey Keynes. (2d) Sturdy, heavy book, smooth shiny blue cloth slightly browned at beveled edges, spine browned, gilt lettering bright with thin gilt design at spine top, lightly soiled inside covers and adjacent end papers, 1152 light pages. Near Very Good.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$82.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 1140p. ; 20cm. Notes: The centenary edition of Blake's poetry and prose. Subjects: Blake, William (1757-1827) -- Literature. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Association copy. Priror owner signature on ffep of J. Russell Lynes, Jr., American art historian, photographer, author and managing editor of Harper's Magazine. No DJ.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$995.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1152pp. Original blue cloth with spine lettering stamped in gilt. Nicely printed, showing the influence of the Nonesuch Press on this edition. A nice association copy, bearing the bookplate of Anita Loos, the author of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and the first staff script writer in Hollywood (writing many of Douglas Fairbanks' films). Her bookplate, appropriately, is a depiction of Loos in typical "flapper" style by Frank Walts (originally appeared on the cover of the April 1918 issue of The Liberator). Taped to the front free endpaper is a calling card from Professor Emil Glas (Vienna, Austria) and on the verso is a gift inscription to Ms. Loos. Small red ink stamp on the same says, "From the estate of Anita Loos." Glas' connection to Anita Loos is fascinating. According to her autobiography, her husband (John Emerson, director of several Fairbanks films) suffered a psychosomatic loss of his voice after the success of "Gentlemen." Psychologists told her that the only cure would be if she gave up her career, which she did for a time. Loos tried all manner of treatment and physicians without any success. Finally, she contacted Glas (the leading expert in the field) and concocted an elaborate scheme to "cure" Emerson. The end result was a vial of alcohol which contained a couple of flecks of white membrane. Emerson would "proudly" carry this vial around with him for several months after his surgery. The good doctor told him that after his throat healed he would be able to speak again. The ruse worked and Loos was able to go back to Hollywood again. Therefore, this gift serves to document this important if bizarre episode in Ms. Loos' life. The inscription reads, "With kindly regards and best wishes for Misis Emerson-Loos from her Operateur [surgeon] Dr. Emil Glas" (a bit of a tongue in cheek inscription). The gilt lettering on the spine for "Random House" at the heel is flaking. Corners bumped. Many pages carelessly creased at one corner. Some foxing to the prelims and endmatter. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Jon Speed: The Book Scout, Azle, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good, bound in 1/4 vellum and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt titles on spine. Owner bookplate inside front cover of three Writings volumes. No markings to text. Small 4to, 11"h x 8"w. Personal copy set of author Robertson Davies, with his bookplate inside front panel on Life volume and on front end page of Writings volumes.
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.