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The Wood Beyond the World
by Morris, William (1834–1896)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts House, 1895. First American Edition. hardcover. Good. 8 1/2" × 6 1/4" (21.6 × 15.9 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Printed by the University Press at Cambridge, USA. Large 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover green cloth with black floral design and gilt-stamped decorations and title to cover and spine (bearing a sword reminiscent to the gilt sword used for the "Bayntun binding," on the Roberts Brothers 1890 printing of Morris's "The Tale of the House of the Wolfings"). One of 500 copies. Printed on fine, heavy paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and printer's device. Gilt top edge. [ii], 273, [ii] pp. Frontispiece by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (tissue guard intact), which first appeared in the Kelmscott Press edition of the previous year. Finished the 11th day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five. Cloth at the top of the spine beginning to split. Stain to the top of the rear board. Rear hinge is cracked but holding well. An attractive previous owner ex libris on the pastedown. Binding strong. Condition overall: Good.
Synopsis
The Wood Beyond the World is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature. It was first published in hardcover by Morris's Kelmscott Press in 1894.
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- Bookseller
- MRM Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1095
- Title
- The Wood Beyond the World
- Author
- Morris, William (1834–1896)
- Illustrator
- Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Roberts House
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 8 1/2" × 6 1/4" (21.6 × 15.9 c
- Bookseller catalogs
- Morris First Editions;
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About MRM Books
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.
Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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