RUDD, Margaret. Organised Innocence: The Story of Blake’s Prophetic Books.

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. XV 266 pages. Illustrated with frontispiece and several plates.  A critical study of William Blake’s prophetic writings, offering a detailed interpretation of their symbolism, structure, and thematic coherence. Rudd presents one of the first systematic modern readings of Blake’s mythic system, examining works such as The Four Zoas, Milton, and Jerusalem within their philosophical and literary contexts. A very good copy in, a price-clipped, dustwrapper.