A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press: Together with a Short Description of the Press by S.C. Cockerell, & an Annotated List of the Books Printed Thereat
by Morris, William (1834–1896); Cockerell, S.C
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1898. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 8 1/4" × 5 5/8" × 7/16" (21 × 14.3 × 1.1 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Printed by William Morris and sold by the Trustees of the late William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 525 [at ten shillings] paper copies (plus 12 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). [iv] + 70 + [1, colophon] + [1, blank] pp. Printed in black and red throughout with the Golden type designed by Morris for his press, with 5 pages in the Troy and Chaucer types he designed. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. The frontispiece, "Psyche Borne off by Zephyrus," designed by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, was engraved by Morris for a projected edition of THE EARTHLY PARADISE in the 1860s and was "touched up" by Robert Catterson-Smith. Rejected ornaments for LOVE IS ENOUGH. Woodcut borders (4a and 4) to frontispiece and first page of text. One 6-line woodblock initial capital also designed by Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper, plus four large, 20-line woodcut initials (designed for the Froissart, but never used).This was the last book printed at the Kelmscott Press. It was finished at No. XIV Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the County of London, on the fourth day of March, MDCCCXCVIlI. [Clark Library, Kelmscott and Doves, pp. 62–63. Peterson A53. Ransom, Private Presses, p. 331, no. 53. Sparling 53. Tomkinson, pp. 121–124, no. 53.] Errata slip laid in. Near fine condition. Mild fraying to small areas of the spine. Two corners slightly bumped. Small leather ex libris (of a prominent South African) at the top inner side of the front pastedown with some offsetting from this to a few adjacent blank pages. Otherwise internally very clean. No marks. No foxing. Condition overall: Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- MRM Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1037
- Title
- A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press
- Author
- Morris, William (1834–1896); Cockerell, S.C
- Illustrator
- Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Publisher
- Kelmscott Press
- Place of Publication
- London/Hammersmith
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 8 1/4" × 5 5/8" × 7/16" (21 ×
- Keywords
- William Morris, collectable, Kelmscott Press, First Edition, Fine Press, rare, Private Press, colophon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press; First Editions; Kelmscott Press Editions; Morris and Kelmscott Press Reference;
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I'm a collector and seller of fine books focused on works written and/or printed by William Morris, especially books from his famed Kelmscott Press.
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