London: Peter Davies, Limited, 1932 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Trade Edition. Octavo. 8vo. 324 pp. First Trade Edition, March 1932. Price clipped. Thin, small chips along head and tail spine and front fore-edge tips dj with two very small closed tears to top edge rear panel, and age-toned spine of same. Partially faded boards and spine with lightly bottom and front fore-edge text block edge. No markings, tight binding, pages clean and white. 6" x 8.75". Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, and dark-blue top text block edge. Dust Jacket in removable acetate protector. b&w frontis, preface, select list of books on Blake; I. Youth, II. The Contrary States; III. Revolutionary and Mystic; IV. Lambeth; V. Felpham; VI. Failure; VII. Years of Neglect; VIII. Friends and Observers; IX. old Age; X. The Tide Retreats; index..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005416
Title: The Life of William Blake
Author: Wilson, Mona
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good +
Edition: First Trade Edition
Publisher: Peter Davies, Limited
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1932
Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM POETRY ENGLISH POETS BIOGRAPHY CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION
Bookseller catalogs: LITERARY CRITICISM;
Size: Octavo

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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