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AMERICA A PROPHECY
by Blake, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
[Paris: The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, London, 1963].. Small folio (37 x 27 cm). Half morocco and marbled boards. Errata slip. Tasteful typographic bookplate on front pastedown, with neat ink name and date in corner of free endsheet, otherwise fine in matching, near fine slipcase. There are a couple of small patches of surface paper loss at the rear corners of the top and bottom panels of the slipcase. Eighteen leaves of color facsimiles, plus commentary by Geoffrey Keynes. One of 480 numbered ordinary copies, from a total edition of 526 copies on Arches. The Mellon copy was utilized for this faithful facsimile.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT88890
- Title
- AMERICA A PROPHECY
- Author
- Blake, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, London
- Place of Publication
- [Paris
- Date Published
- 1963].
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About the Seller
William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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