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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 6 1/16" × 4 1/16" × 1". Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair: (two-volume set); by Morris, William (1834–1896). London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1895. Limited First Edition. First Printing. 16mo: 6 1/16" x 4 1/16" x 1" (15.4 x 10.3 x 2.5 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. One of 600 [at fifteen shillings] paper copies (plus 12 [at four guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the first and second versions of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon in red. (6, blank), (iv), 256, (2, blank), (8, blank), (ii), 239, (3, blank) pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Chaucer type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title, shoulder-notes, and colophon in red. Numerous 7- and 3-line woodblock initial capitals all… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. Limited First Edition. Very Good. 9 7/16" × 6 7/16" × 5/16". The Floure and the Leafe; and the Boke of Cupide, God of Love, or the Cuckow and the Nightingale; by Clanvowe, Sir Thomas. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis. London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1896. Limited First Edition. First Printing. Medium 4to: 9 7/16" x 6 7/16" x 5/16" (24 x 16.4 x .8 cm). Bound in contemporary dark red leather. One of 300 [at ten shillings] paper copies (plus 10 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the Apple watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). [viii, blank], [ii], 47, [iii, blank] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Troy type, with the "Note" and "Colophon" in the Chaucer type, both types designed by Morris for his press. The two stories opening with title printed in red and 15-line elaborate… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 9 7/16" × 6 7/16" × 5/16". The Floure and the Leafe; and the Boke of Cupide, God of Love, or the Cuckow and the Nightingale; by Clanvowe, Sir Thomas. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis. London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1896. Limited First Edition. First Printing. Medium 4to: 9 7/16" x 6 7/16" x 5/16" (24 x 16.4 x .8 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 300 [at ten shillings] paper copies (plus 10 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the Apple watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). [viii, blank], [ii], 47, [iii, blank] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Troy type, with the “Note" and "Colophon" in the Chaucer type, both types… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Good. 5 13/16" × 4 1/16" × 3/8". Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society; by Morris, William (1834–1896). London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1893. Limited First Edition. Second State. 16mo: 5 13/16" x 4 1/16" x 3/8" (14.8 x 10.3 x 1 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 500 [of a total run of 1,500, at two shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 45 [at ten and fifteen shillings] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [ii], 1, [i] 68, [viii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Golden type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. Numerous 6- and 4-line woodblock initial capitals all designed by… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 5 13/16" × 4 1/16" × 3/8". Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society; by Morris, William (1834–1896). London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1893. Limited First Edition. Second State. 16mo: 5 13/16" x 4 1/16" x 3/8" (14.8 x 10.3 x 1 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 500 [of a total run of 1,500, at two shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 45 [at ten and fifteen shillings] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [ii], 1, [i] 68, [viii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Golden type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. Numerous 6- and 4-line woodblock initial capitals all designed… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Good+. 5 13/16" × 4 1/16" × 3/8". Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society; by Morris, William (1834–1896). London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1893. Limited First Edition. Second State. 16mo: 5 13/16" x 4 1/16" x 3/8" (14.8 x 10.3 x 1 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 500 [of a total run of 1,500, at two shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 45 [at ten and fifteen shillings] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [ii], 1, [i] 68, [viii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Golden type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. Numerous 6- and 4-line woodblock initial capitals all designed by… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 5 13/16" × 4 1/16" × 3/8". Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society; by Morris, William (1834–1896). London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1893. Limited First Edition. First State. 16mo: 5 13/16" x 4 1/16" x 3/8" (14.8 x 10.3 x 1 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 500 [of a total run of 1,500, at two shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 45 [at ten and fifteen shillings] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [ii], 1, [i] 68, [viii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Golden type designed by Morris for his press. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. Numerous 6- and 4-line woodblock initial capitals all designed… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. limp vellum. Very Good. 8 1/4" × 5 7/8" × 1 1/4". The Life of Thomas Wolsey: Cardinal Archbishop of York; by Cavendish, George (1497–c. 1562). Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis. London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by William Morris, and sold by Reeves & Turner. 1893. Limited First Edition. First Printing. 8vo: 8 1/4" x 5 7/8" x 1 1/4" (21 x 14.9 x 3.2 cm). Bound in publisher's original limp vellum by J. & J. Leighton, with silk ties supplied by Morris & Co., with gilt titles to spine. One of 250 [at two guineas] paper copies (plus 6 [at ten guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper, with yapped edges. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). [vii] (blanks), [i], iv, 287, [5] (blanks) pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Golden type designed by Morris for his press.… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Good+. 8 5/16" × 5 11/16" × 1/2". Maud. A Monodrama; by Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by William Morris, and published by Macmillan & Co., Bedford Street, Strand. 1893. Limited First Edition. First State. 8vo: 8 5/16" x 5 11/16" x 1/2" (21.1 x 14.4 x 1.3 cm). Bound in custom hardcover full leather with tooled design. One of 500 [at two guineas] paper copies (plus 5 [not for sale] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). All edges gilt. [iv], 69, [70, imprint] pp. Printed in black and red throughout with the Golden type designed by Morris for his press, with stanza numbers in red. Woodcut title within a floral border, facing page with full woodcut floral page-border (borders 10a and 10). Numerous other floral edge borders at… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1898. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 8 1/4" × 5 5/8" × 7/16". Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. 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. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by William Morris and sold by the Trustees of the late William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. 1898. Limited First Edition. First Printing. 8vo: 8 1/4" x 5 5/8" x 7/16" (21 x 14.3 x 1.1 cm). 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… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1898. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/4" × 5 5/8" × 7/16". Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. 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.. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by William Morris, and sold by the Trustees of the late William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. 1898. Limited First Edition. First Printing. 8vo: 8 1/4" x 5 5/8" x 7/16" (21 x 14.3 x 1.1 cm). 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… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good+/N/A. 8 7/16" × 5 11/16" × 3/8". Psalmi Penitentiales; by transcribed and edited by F.S. Ellis. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis. London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by William Morris. 1894. Limited First Edition. First Printing. 8vo: 8 7/16" x 5 11/16" x 3/8" (21.4 x 14.4 x 1 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. One of 300 [at seven shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 12 [at three 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). [ii] (blank), 63, [ii] (blank) pp. Printed in black and red throughout with the Chaucer type designed by Morris for his press. Head-titles in red. Numerous three-quarter woodcut ornamental borders… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1897. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 8 5/16" × 5 5/8" × 1/2". Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Sire Degrevaunt; by anonymous. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis, after the edition printed by J.O. Halliwell, from the Cambridge manuscript, with some additions and variations from the THORNTON ROMANCES manuscript, in the Library of Lincoln Cathedral. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1897. Limited First Edition. First Printing. 8vo: 8 5/16" x 5 5/8" x 1/2" (21.1 x 14.3 x 1.3 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 350 [at fifteen shillings] paper copies (plus 8 [at four 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… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1897. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 8 5/16" × 5 5/8" × 1/2". Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Sire Degrevaunt; by anonymous. Edited by Ellis, Frederick Startridge, after the edition printed by J. 0. Halliwell, from the Cambridge manuscript, with some additions and variations from the THORNTON ROMANCES manuscript, in the Library of Lincoln Cathedral. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1897. Limited First Edition. First Printing. 8vo: 8 5/16" x 5 5/8" x 1/2" (21.1 x 14.3 x 1.3 cm). Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 350 [at fifteen shillings] paper copies (plus 8 [at four guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Good+. 8 5/16" × 5 5/8" × 5/8". Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Syr Perecyvelle of Gales; by anonymous. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis, after the edition printed by J. 0. Halliwell, from the Cambridge manuscript, with some additions and variations from the THORNTON ROMANCES manuscript, in the Library of Lincoln Cathedral. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by William Morris. 1895. Limited First Edition. First Printing. 8vo: 8 5/16" x 5 5/8" x 5/8" (21.1 x 14.3 x 1.6 cm). Bound in contemporary hardcover full leather with gilt tooled design. One of 350 [at fifteen shillings] paper copies (plus 8 [at four 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). [8], [4], 98, [10] pp. Printed in black… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good+. 5 13/16" × 4 1/8" × 3/4". The Tale of the Emperor Coustans; and Of Over Sea: Done out of Ancient French by William Morris; by Morris, William (1834–1896) (translator). London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1894. Limited First Edition. First Printing. 16mo: 5 13/16" x 4 1/8" x 3/4" (14.8 x 10.5 x 1.9 cm). 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 seven shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 20 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the Perch watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [iv], 130 pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Chaucer type designed by Morris for his press. Woodcut frontispiece title within a floral border, and facing page with full woodcut floral page-border (borders 11a and 11). Numerous 7,… Read More

London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 5 13/16" × 4 1/8" × 3/4". The Tale of the Emperor Coustans; and Of Over Sea: Done out of Ancient French by William Morris; by Morris, William (1834–1896) (translator). London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 1894. Limited First Edition. First Printing. 16mo: 5 13/16" x 4 1/8" x 3/4" (14.8 x 10.5 x 1.9 cm). 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 seven shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 20 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the Perch watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [iv], 130 pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Chaucer type designed by Morris for his press. Woodcut frontispiece title within a floral border, and facing page with full woodcut floral page-border (borders 11a and 11). Numerous 7,… Read More