William Blake's Illustrations To The Bible. A Catalogue Compiled By Geoffrey Keynes (Book 1), The Life Of William Blake (Book 2). William Blake (Book 1), Mona Wilson (Book 2)

Title (1*): William Blake's Illustrations to the Bible. A Catalogue compiled by Geoffrey Keynes. Author: William Blake. Publisher: The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust. Origin: Chateau de Boissia, Clairvaux, Jura, France. Designer: Arnold Fawcus Edition/limitation: First edition/copy no. 10 of 230** copies (**UK distribution) out of 506 copies total. Printer: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd., London and Colchester. Binder: Wigmore Bindery, and Mansell (Bookbinders) Ltd., London. Publication date: 1957. Description: i-xiii p., 53p. Oblong Fo. Some pages unnumbered; e.g. colour plates at rear. 1/4 black morocco elephant folio hardcover, gilt title on spine cover, marble boards, vellum board tips, tipped-in colour lithograph frontispiece, text set by hand in 18 point Centaur, pages printed in Paris on Arches pure rag paper, the great majority of tissue guarded pictures are shown as small reproductions in monochrome collotype (numbered 1-175) followed by (8) full-size colour reproduction plates of a small selection of pictures, a ninth serves as the frontispiece to the volume. Measures: .5 W x 16.25 D x 22.25 H inches. Approx. weight: 6 pounds, 12 ounces. Title (2***): The Life of William Blake. Author: Mona Wilson. Publisher: The Nonesuch Press. Origin: 16 Great James Street, London. Edition/limitation: First edition/copy no. 1244 out of 1480 copies. Printer: Chiswick Press, Tooks Court, London. Publication date: 1927. Description: i-xv p., 397 p. (Appendices and Notes, 313-397 p.). 4to. 1/4 vellum hardcover, marble boards, illustrated text pages with 24 plates printed on Vidalon paper. Provenance: Chaucer Head Bookshop (Stamp adhered inside rear board). Measures: 2 W x 7.75 D x 11 H inches. Approx. weight: 3 pounds, 11 ounces. CONDITION NOTES Title (*1) Very good; light wear not commensurate with age and use (e.g. soiled/rubbed board tips - (1) gently bumped - see lower front board, sporadic rear board surface wear, some tissue guards creased), strong square spine/tight binding, clean bright text pages and plates. A beautiful copy. Title (***2) Good; wear commensurate with age and use (e.g. hide loss and sporadic stains on spine cover, gently bumped spine heel at front cover, board edges worn - sporadic marble paper losses, minor foxing of end papers), strong square spine/tight binding, light/clean age-toned text and illustration pages. A nice copy.