Robert Blair, William Blake. The Grave: A Poem. Illustrated by Twelve Etchings Executed from Original Designs. To Which is Added a Life of the Author. T. Bensley London, 1813.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 4to hardcover volume in reddish paper boards. No spine and boards off. One early english bookplate else no other marks. First 3 pages with the engraved title are loose. Text pages quite clean and unfoxed. Plates have scattered foxing. There are 13 engraved plates counting the title and portrait in the front.

Seller: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.

Robert Blair, William Blake. The Grave, A Poem. Illustrated by twelve etchings executed by Louis Schiavonetti, from the original inventions of William Blake.. John Camden Hotten after T. Bensley for R. Ackermann 1813, 1870, London, 1813.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Uncut text pages measuring 11 x 13 11/16 in. Though dated 1813 on the title page this (like most "1813" editions) is the 1870 John Camden Hotten edition with the double-swell title page line (see image). Worming through foot of gutter not affecting text; wear to fore-edge; corners bumped; foxing throughout, especially heavy to " "Death of the Strong Wicked Man." Quarter morocco over paper covered boards. See image and do not hesitate to request scans. ; Folio ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.

[BLAKE, WILLIAM] BLAIR, ROBERT.. The Grave: A Poem. Illustrated by Twelve Etchings Executed from Original Designs. To Which is Added a Life of the Author. London: T. Bensley, 1813, 1813.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: Second Edition. With an introductory poem by Blake entitled 'To the Queen'; bound in contemporary half-morocco and marbled boards; minor rubbing and wear; Blake portrait and vignette title page substantially foxed; only light foxing elsewhere; an attractive copy. The first edition (1808) used the same Blake illustrations. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.