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Lot 74
Sale 697 - Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Nov 6, 2019
10:00AM CT
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[BLAKE, William]. The Writings of William Blake. Geoffrey Keynes, editor. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925. -- [Uniformly bound with:] WILSON, Mona. The Life of William Blake. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927.
2 works in 4 volumes, large 8vo. Portrait frontispieces. Contemporary half brown crushed levant gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, top edges gilt, others uncut stamp-signed by Bayntun.
LIMITED EDITIONS, number 1326 of 1500 copies of the Writings, and number 461 of 1480 copies of the Life on Vidalon handmade paper, the first collection of Blake’s prose, and the first edition to include all of his poetry and prose.