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London: The English Illustrated Magazine, 1890. First Edition. Disbound. . Very Good+. . Walter Crane. Illustrated by Walter Crane. Printed by Macmillan and Co. Disbound. 1 p. Condition overall: Very Good+.

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1896. Third Edition. hardcover. Fair. 7 1/4" × 6" (18.4 × 15.2 cm) . Printed by Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham & Co. Small 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover black cloth with paper label. Uncut, deckled edges. [viii], 424 pp. Shoulder notes in black. Spine label states "Price: 8s."The story is set in Burgdale, a small Germanic settlement in a valley at the foot of a mountain range, and the neighboring woodlands, pastures and dales. The area is inhabited by the interdependent Dalemen, who are weavers, smiths, and traders, the Woodlanders, who are hunters and carpenters, and the Shepherds. Their society is challenged by disruptions from the outside world in the form of the Sons of the Wolf, the descendants of the Wolfings from the previous novel, and the invading Dusky Men (the Huns). The Sons of the Wolf, driven from their original country by the Dusky Men, continue to resist the invaders as a frontier force guarding their new home. The somewhat… Read More

London: Reeves and Turner, 1890. Superior Edition. hardcover. Very Good+. 8 1/8" × 6 7/8" (20.6 × 17.5 cm) . First Thus. Printed by Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham & Co. Small 4to. Bound in publisher's original hardcover Morris & Co. "Honeysuckle" printed floral chintz cloth-covered boards (designed by the author & produced by his firm), with gilt titles to spine. One of 250 copies. Printed on fine, hand-made, watermarked "J Whatman 1889" paper. Uncut, deckled edges. [i–iv], [1], 2–424 pp. Printed in Basle Roman type. "Morris bought 'the whole making' of the Whatman paper on which [this book] is printed, and used the balance for catalogues and prospectuses when he founded his own Kelmscott Press. This book so satisfied its author that he never reprinted the work at his Kelmscott Press. He declared it to be the best-looking book issued since the seventeenth century." [Colbeck II p.582]. Morris wrote to Georgie Burne-Jones on 16 November, 1889: "I am so pleased with my book—typography,… Read More