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Blake Songs of Innocence Grabhorn 1 of 100

Title: Songs of Innocence
Author: Blake, William
Description: [iv], 68 (numbered as sheets on rectos), [2(Colophon leaf)] pp. 6x4, original floral-patterned boards backed in brownish-gold cloth, printed paper spine label. 1 of 100 copies. Facsimile of the first edition, printed in sepia.Thatcher, a Grabhorn employee, began this edition as a personal project at the press of John Henry Nash; and the work was completed at the Grabhorn Press. A delicate production and obviously uncommon, with at least 27 of the 100 copies institutionalized. This copy with Thatcher's bookplate. GB 69.
Heading: (Grabhorn Press)Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher: Printed by R. Thatcher and E. Grabhorn for Albert M. Bender
Date Published: 1924