Vala, or, The Four Zoas. A Facsimile of the Manuscript, A Transcript of the Poem, and a Study of its Growth and Significance by G.E. Bentley.
by BLAKE, William
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About This Item
Oxford at the Clarendon Press., 1963. First edition thus. Elephant folio. pp xviii, 220, [145] (facsimile plates). "The greatest abortive masterpiece in English literature," according to Northrop Frye. Small patch of fading at bottom edge of upper cover, otherwise near fine in very good dustwrapper nicked and chipped at the edges and with a four-inch closed tear at tail of spine. Scarce.
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- Title
- Vala, or, The Four Zoas. A Facsimile of the Manuscript, A Transcript of the Poem, and a Study of its Growth and Significance by G.E. Bentley.
- Author
- BLAKE, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Oxford at the Clarendon Press.
- Date Published
- 1963
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