Blake, William [Geoffrey Keynes]. William Blake's Lacoon A Last Testament With Related Works:On Homers' Poetry and On Virgil, The Ghost of Abel. Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, London, 1976.

Price: US$900.00 + shipping

Description: 62 pages. 30 x 22 cm. Limited edition, special copy VIII of XXXII (total edition of 438) signed by Geoffrey Keynes in red ink on Lana rag paper. Plates reproduced by collotype in Paris at the workshops of the Trianon Press (France), under the supervision of Arnold Fawcus. Orig. full brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine beige basket weave cloth slipcase

Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.

BLAKE, William - KEYNES, Sir Geoffrey.. Laocoon. A Last Testament. With Related Works: On Homers' Poetry and On Virgil, The Ghost of Abel.. Clairvaux: Published by the Trianon Press, for the William Blake Trust, London, 1976, 1976.

Price: US$1130.15 + shipping

Description: First edition, number 11 of 380 copies thus, this copy inscribed on the limitation leaf by the publisher Arnold Fawcus, "For Raymond: Geoffrey's most recent and exciting contribution to Blake scholarship, warmest regards, Arnold", from a total edition of 438 copies. This Trianon production constitutes a finely illustrated disquisition by Keynes on Blake's artistic and philosophical obsession with the classical Laocoon sculpture. Quarto. Original brown quarter morocco, grey cloth sides, titles gilt to spine. Monochrome collotype plates. Fine.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

BLAKE, William.. The Book of Los.. Clairvaux: by the Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, London, 1976, 1976.

Price: US$1646.80 + shipping

Description: First edition thus, copy II of 32 copies bound in full morocco with an original guide sheet, stencil and copperplate, and a set of extra plates showing progressive stages of the collotype and hand-stencil process, from a total edition of 538 copies, printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match the paper used by Blake. Blake scholar Geoffrey Keynes (1887-1982), the brother of John Maynard, provides a commentary and bibliographical history. "The Book of Los was the first of the two small books executed by Blake mainly as etchings on copper to be printed as ordinary intaglio plates. The Book of Ahania was the companion volume. The title-pages of both books were dated by Blake 1795, so that they were probably the last ones to be produced in his Lambeth house. Each book exists in only a single copy. The Book of Los. has been since 1866 in the British Museum" (Keynes). Only one copy of the Book of Los is known. These beautifully produced facsimiles of Blake are now highly regarded in their own right. Large quarto. Original tan full morocco, spine lettered in gilt. With the original handmade marbled slipcase. Colour plates reproducing the original Book of Los. A few light marks to covers, a few spots to fore-edge, an excellent copy.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom