Search Results: vala or the four zoas a by blake william

New York: Oxford at the Claredon Press. 1963. F First Edition Collectible. H Hardcover. Good. In tan cloth with pictorial jacket, illustrated with facsimile plates, Elephant folio, 220pp + plates. A scarce and massive production featuring facsimile reproduction plates. A good copy in a fair jacket - boards bumped at edges and corners, light cupping, jacket with nicking, rubbing and tears to edges, large closed tear to jacket spanning 3/4 of the upper jacket panel).

Large folio. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1963. Large folio, xviii, 220 pages. 142 pages of plates. Gray cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, without dust jacket, otherwise fine. § First edition thus. A fine production of the only facsimile of this huge manuscript. Bentley, Blake Books, 212.

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1963., 1963. folio. pp. xviii, 220 + 145 (illus.). 145 b/w illus. index. cloth (bit rubbed at head & foot of spine). dw. (short tears & chips to corners & spine edges).. Hardcover.

London: Oxford University Press (The Clarendon Press, 1963. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. The 1963 "facsimile of the manuscript", with " a transcript of the poem (Vala) and a study of its growth and significance by G.E. Bentley, Jr.". An imposing elephant folio. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping at the front panel's lower tip and along the spine ends. Still though, impressive and very presentable.

London:: Oxford University Press,. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. First edition thus. Elephant folio. 220 pages of text + 145 pages of black and white illustrations. Bumped at the base of the spine, else near fine in a very good (moderate sized chip at the base of the spine, minor edge wear with a few short closed edge tears, age toning) dust jacket. .

Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1963. Elephant FolioFacsimile. xviii, 220, 145 [manuscript plates] pp. Light grey-brown hardback with a cursive gilt title to front and gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated brown paper dust jacket protected by Melinex. In a custom-made brown slip-shoe. Not price clipped. Some light speckled loss of colour to top of front board and spine. Light bumping to spine ends. Jacket has been repaired for tears and losses and lined with a heavyweight Japanese paper. Both boards and jacket are generally clean. There is minimal creasing to the jacket joints. Internally clean and bright. This is the first complete facsimile of Vala, what Northrop Frye has called 'the greatest abortive masterpiece in English literature'. Provides a thorough transcript and study of the poem with its ninety illustrations. Through this vigorous examination, Bentley concludes that the poem's poor critical appraisal has been misguided due to a lack of understanding of the complexities of the… Read More

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth with a somewhat torn dust-jacket (with some loss). Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Corners lightly bumped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Further images and additional bibliographic data available upon request. Physical description; xviii, 220 pages, 145 pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles of original manuscript ; 47 cm. Notes; Notes; Contains partial facsimile of the original manuscript. Pages 141-145 of the plates from the original edition are reproduced on two pages. The poem, illustrated by Blake, is reproduced from the original in the British Library (Add. Mss. 39764). ""Printed in Great Britain at the University Press, Oxford by Vivian Ridler, Printer to the University""--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Blake, William 1757-1827. Four Zoas. Blake,… Read More

London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1963. SCARCE. Very Good Plus, small bumps at corners, small stain rear end pages, internally clean and bright, unmarked. In a less than Very Good dust jacket, 4" chip at bottom end of spine, 2" chip at head of spine, smaller chips and edge wear, wear at corners, old internal tape mends. A large and heavy book, additional shipping charges will be requested for priority and international shipping. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.

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.