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Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul, 1789-1794
by William Blake; Geoffrey Keynes (intro.)
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Rupert Hart-Davis with The Trianon Press. 1st printing (1967). xvii; 54 colour plates + supplementary plate. Designed by Arnold Fawcus and printed at The Trianon Press, Paris on 6 and 8-colour offset on paper especially manufactured to match the tint of that used by Blake. Original blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. VG copy, binding square and tight, cloth covers clean and bright, small split to cloth at front spine edge, spine titles dulled, internally excellent, no dust jacket . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1967.
Synopsis
"William Blake's Songs of innocence and of experience is reproduced by permission from copy E, 54039, in the Henry E. Huntington Library"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Object Relations, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024136
- Title
- Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul, 1789-1794
- Author
- William Blake; Geoffrey Keynes (intro.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis with The Trianon Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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- Gilt
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- VG
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Offset
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- Spine
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