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BLAKE, William -- William Butler YEATS and Edwin John ELLIS. The Works of William Blake. London: G.Norman & son, for Bernard Quaritch, 1893. 3 volumes, 8° (252 x 157mm). Frontispieces. Near-contemporary green morocco gilt, t.e.g., original green gilt cloth from upper covers bound-in, by Zaehnsdorf (covers slightly bumped). Provenance: George Goyder (armorial bookplate, inscription dated 1935) FIRST EDITION.
Alexander GILCHRIST. Life of William Blake... new and enlarged edition. London: Macmillan & Co., 1880. 2 volumes, 8° (230 x 150mm). Plates and illustrations, some printed in bistre, most on india-paper mounted. Original blue cloth, blocked in gilt from a design by Frederic Shields after Blake, by Burn & Co. (small tears to head and foot of spines, corners rubbed). Provenance: George Goyder (armorial bookplate, inscription dated 1935).
Algernon Charles SWINBURNE. William Blake. A critical essay. London: John Camden Hotten, 1868. 8° (220 x 142mm). Hand-coloured frontispiece and additional title, seven plates, five hand-coloured, all after Blake by H.J.B. (One plate loosely inserted.) Original blue cloth (spine somewhat soiled and chipped at head and foot). Provenance: Sir Geoffrey Keynes (inscription dated 1917, with later addition, dated 1944, noting gift to); George Goyder (armorial bookplate).
Richard GARNETT. William Blake Painter and poet. [The portfolio monographs... no.22]. London: Seeley & Co., 1895. Small 2° (266 x 180mm). Frontispiece, plates, illustrations. (Some spotting to frontispiece and title.) Contemporary green half morocco gilt, t.e.g., original wrappers bound-in, by Proudfoot (extremities slightly rubbed). Provenance: G.H.Wailes (armorial bookplate); W.Arnold (armorial bookplate); George Goyder (armorial bookplate). (7)
Alexander GILCHRIST. Life of William Blake... new and enlarged edition. London: Macmillan & Co., 1880. 2 volumes, 8° (230 x 150mm). Plates and illustrations, some printed in bistre, most on india-paper mounted. Original blue cloth, blocked in gilt from a design by Frederic Shields after Blake, by Burn & Co. (small tears to head and foot of spines, corners rubbed). Provenance: George Goyder (armorial bookplate, inscription dated 1935).
Algernon Charles SWINBURNE. William Blake. A critical essay. London: John Camden Hotten, 1868. 8° (220 x 142mm). Hand-coloured frontispiece and additional title, seven plates, five hand-coloured, all after Blake by H.J.B. (One plate loosely inserted.) Original blue cloth (spine somewhat soiled and chipped at head and foot). Provenance: Sir Geoffrey Keynes (inscription dated 1917, with later addition, dated 1944, noting gift to); George Goyder (armorial bookplate).
Richard GARNETT. William Blake Painter and poet. [The portfolio monographs... no.22]. London: Seeley & Co., 1895. Small 2° (266 x 180mm). Frontispiece, plates, illustrations. (Some spotting to frontispiece and title.) Contemporary green half morocco gilt, t.e.g., original wrappers bound-in, by Proudfoot (extremities slightly rubbed). Provenance: G.H.Wailes (armorial bookplate); W.Arnold (armorial bookplate); George Goyder (armorial bookplate). (7)
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Yeats and Ellis's Works of William Blake (1893) has been neatly rebacked.