SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF WILLIAM BLAKE 1893 VELLUM BINDING

[BLAKE, William; Housman, Laurence (ed.)]. Selections from the Writings. London: Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co., MDCCCXCIII. [1893].

First edition thus. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Duodecimo (160 x 100 x 30 mm). Pp. xxxi, 259. English text - with an introductory essay by Laurence Housman. Bound in publisher's original full vellum, titles and decoration in red and black. Top page edges gilt, other edges rough cut. Initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present. Title-page in red and black, with vignette. Illustrated frontispiece with tissue-guard showing Blake's work - The Sons of God Appearing Before The Lord. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Covers and contents largely very clean, the page edges and frontis lightly browned. Without previous ownership markings. A lovely copy.