[Rarebooks] FS: Attractive Edition of THE POEMS OF WILLIAM BLAKE

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BLAKE, William. THE POEMS OF WILLIAM BLAKE. Cambridge: Limited Editions 
Club, 1973. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-5/8") bound in quarter black morocco 
leather and mulberry-color linen boards with the front board embossed 
with a portrait of Blake, 340 pages. Selected, edited, and introduced by 
Aileen Ward; designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with twelve designs 
engraved and colored by Blake for the original editions of his poems 
faithfully reproduced from the originals. Of a total of 1500 copies, 
this copy is not numbered (in place of the number is written in ink 
"Office Copy") and bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 15 
presentation copies. Issued unsigned. Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. 
(#016297) $150.00

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