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(Bayberry Hill Press) Johnson, Ruth & Foster KELMSCOTT REVISITED.
Meriden, CT Bayberry Hill Press 1966 4to. quarter leather with patterned paper-covered boards, paper cover label, slipcase. viii, 25, (3) pages.
Limited to 125 numbered copies. A monograph written and printed primarily as a keepsake for the Columbiad Club of Connecticut. Tells of a trip to England by the authors to visit the sites of Doves Press, Kelmscott Press, Ashendene Press, William Morris' home and other important places in the history of fine printing. Examples of printing using Doves, Kelmscott Golden and Troy types and the Ashendene Ptolemy type are shown. Printed using Bookman type on Arches paper, deckle edges. Initial letters reproduced from the great Kelmscott Chaucher. The "Acorn" pattern wallpaper used in binding was designed by William Morris. Top edge of slipcase cracked.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 47521

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry GUILFORD & GREEN
North Hills Bird & Bull Press 1970 8vo. quarter morocco over patterned paper-covered boards. (ii), 88, (4) pages.
Limited to 210 numbered copies. (Taylor A9). The first part of the book describes a visit made by Henry Morris to J. Barcham Green, the famous hand papermaking firm in England. Gives a history of the firm and reproduces correspondence between William Morris and Joseph Batchelor regarding production of paper. The second section of the book reprints a number of letters written by Nathan Guilford during a trip to Kentucky in the early part of the 19th century. The interesting series of letters provides real insight into life in the States. Loosely inserted is a dust jacket made up of paper that was not used for the cover with a piece of the paper folded and inserted in a pocket in the back of this jacket .
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 12587

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry THE PRIVATE PRESS-MAN'S TALE.
With illustrations by Lili Wronker. Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 1990 4to. paste paper over cloth-backed boards, leather spine label. 61, (2) pages.
First edition, limited to 230 numbered copies. Letterpress printed with Van Dijck types on Arches mouldmade paper and bound by Barbara Blumenthal. A humorous collection of satire and prose, inspired by Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. All the text is related to the book arts - book-collecting, bookselling, printing, papermaking, etc. It includes an imaginary interview with William Morris, a great poem about the attitude of FINE PRINT magazine, Henry's explanation of the Handmade Paper Today incident and a review of the antics in Fine Print's book reviews. There are also two excellent articles by Sidney Berger on Book Fairs and Book Scouts. The illustrations have been very well executed and express all the humour of the text. An essential for anybody who is known in the books about books field, because they are bound to have been mentioned! Prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 240.00 other currencies Order nr. 89153

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(Bookbinding) Tidcombe, Marianne THE DOVES BINDERY.
London and New Castle, Delaware The British Library and Oak Knoll Books 1991 4to. cloth. xiv, 490 pages.
First edition. This famous bindery was founded by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson in 1893 and over a period of 30 years it produced some of the finest bookbindings ever conceived. In its early years the bindery shared premises with William Morris's Kelmscott Press. The consequent collaboration resulted in a series of richly-decorated copies of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Later on the majority of the bindery's work was for the Doves Press, which Cobden-Sanderson founded with Emery Walker in 1900. Dr. Tidcombe's comprehensive work provides a detailed history of the Bindery and includes a complete catalogue of the books produced, over 120 of which are described in full and illustrated. The text is supported by indexes and appendices, including a discussion of fake bindings discovered by the author in collections all over the world. Well-illustrated with over 200 black-and-white illustrations and 16 pages in color. Some spotting along hinges.
Price: $ 195.00 other currencies Order nr. 53214

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(Book Catalogue) FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY CATALOGUE CONTAINING FORTY SELECTIONS FROM STOCK.
New York House of El Dieff Inc. 1975 4to. cloth. 42 pages.
Includes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's collection of manuscripts and a Kelmscott Chaucer on vellum.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 990

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(Burne-Jones, Edward) MASTERS IN ART, A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPHS. PART 19. BURNE-JONES.
Boston Bates & Guild Company, Publishers 1901 large 8vo. paper wrappers. not paginated.
Masters in Art Part 19, Volume 2, which the entire issue is illustrated with ten plates which reproduce the paintings of Edward Burne-Jones. It includes a biographical sketch, and a commentary on the art of Burne-Jones, with criticisms from "The Edinburgh review" and a bibliography. Covers chipped.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 58228

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(Cockerell, Sydney) Blunt, Wilfrid COCKERELL, SYDNEY CARLYLE COCKERELL, FRIEND OF RUSKIN AND WILLIAM MORRIS AND DIRECTOR OF THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE.
N.P. (Gallery 303) n.d. small 8vo. self paper wrappers (12) pages.
An excerpt from Blunt's book on Cockerell describing Cockerell's relationship with William Morris and the Kelmscott Press.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 88419

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Coupe, Robert L. M. ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF WILLIAM MORRIS IN ENGLISH.
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2002 small 4to. cloth with dust jacket 240 pages
First edition. This prestigious work presents a detailed description of the various editions of works by William Morris, in which one or more artists have illustrated the text. Each bibliographic entry, in addition to supplying comprehensive information on the physical appearance of the title, emphasizes the artistic aspects of the particular book. The author has paid special attention to each artist and to his or her visual interpretation of Morris' writing. Dr. Coupe has supplied biographical notes for every artist and has also appended critical comments on the success of the illustrator in complementing Morris' vision. In the course of compiling the entries in this book, the author has brought together a wide array of interesting information that will be of value not only to the many Morris enthusiasts but also to those studying the history and art of the book. Dr. Coupe is a life member of the William Morris Society. Co-published with The British Library.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 70934

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Coupe, Robert L. M. ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF WILLIAM MORRIS IN ENGLISH.
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2002 small 4to. cloth with dust jacket 240 pages
First edition. This prestigious work presents a detailed description of the various editions of works by William Morris, in which one or more artists have illustrated the text. Each bibliographic entry, in addition to supplying comprehensive information on the physical appearance of the title, emphasizes the artistic aspects of the particular book. The author has paid special attention to each artist and to his or her visual interpretation of Morris' writing. Dr. Coupe has supplied biographical notes for every artist and has also appended critical comments on the success of the illustrator in complementing Morris' vision. In the course of compiling the entries in this book, the author has brought together a wide array of interesting information that will be of value not only to the many Morris enthusiasts but also to those studying the history and art of the book. Dr. Coupe is a life member of the William Morris Society. Inscribed by the author on the half-title.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 96190

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Dunlap, Joseph R. THE BOOK THAT NEVER WAS.
Illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones. New York Oriole Editions 1971 tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket, slipcase. (vi), 86 pages.
First edition. "How William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones attempted to make of THE EARTHLY PARADISE A BIG BOOK ...."
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 2252

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Dunlap, Joseph R. WILLIAM CAXTON AND WILLIAM MORRIS COMPARISONS AND CONTRASTS.
London William Morris Society 1964 small 4to. paper wrappers. 29+(1) pages.
First edition. A paper read to the William Morris Society.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 116282

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Hapgood, Marilyn Oliver. WALLPAPER AND THE ARTIST.
New York Abbeville Press (1992) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 272 pages.
First edition. This beautifully illustrated volume examines how major artists over the last five centuries including Albrecht Durer, William Morris, and Andy Warhol have approached wallpaper design. Wallpapers from Morris & Co. are reproduced, most strikingly in furnished rooms from Kelmscott Manor to Standen House and other country houses. The work of Walter Crane, Edward Burne-Jones, C.F.S Vosey, Edwin William Godwin and others has also been reproduced. Includes bibliography and index.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 58096

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Johnston, Paul BIBLIO-TYPOGRAPHICA, A SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY FINE PRINTING STYLE
New York Covici-Friede 1930 tall 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. (xi), 303 pages.
First edition, limited to 1050 copies. (Hart no.134). An important look at bookmaking from the Whittinghams to Elmer Adler. Many facsimile title pages and other illustrations. Essays on William Morris, Pickering, and other influences on American typography. Shows the work of Dwiggins, Rogers, Adler, and many others. Only front cover of jacket is present.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 19236

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Johnston, Paul BIBLIO-TYPOGRAPHICA, A SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY FINE PRINTING STYLE
New York Covici-Friede 1930 tall 8vo. cloth, paper spine label, dust jacket. (xi), 303 pages.
First edition, limited to 1050 copies. (Hart no.134). An important look at bookmaking from the Whittinghams to Elmer Adler. Many facsimile title pages and other illustrations. Essays on William Morris, Pickering, and other influences on American typography. Shows the work of Dwiggins, Rogers, Adler, and many others. Jacket is worn with pieces missing along edges and internally tape repaired.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 95795

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Kauvar, Gerald B. THE VICTORIAN MIND.
London Cassell & Company (1969) small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 376 pages.
First edition. An anthology of key writings by major Victorians on education, social welfare, religion, science & art. A reprint of William Morris's lecture "Art and Socialism" delivered in 1884 to the Secular Society in Leicester is included. Dust jacket lightly soiled.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 58141

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(Kelmscott Press) Carriera, Danielle THE KELMSCOTT PRESS: AN EXHIBITION HELD AT PEQUOT LIBRARY 16 OCTOBER 1996-15 JANUARY 1997.
Southport, CT Pequot Library Association 1996 8vo stiff paper wrappers 32 pages
Catalogue of Kelmscott publications, mainly in the 1890s. Introductory essay by author. Black and white illustrations.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 106847

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(Kelmscott Press) KELMSCOTT, WILLIAM MORRIS AND HIS KELMSCOTT PRESS. BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS, BIBLIOGRAPHY. CATALOGUE 219.
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books n.d. (circa 1999) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 100 pages.
Antiquarian bookseller's catalogue. Includes all the books published by the Kelmscott Press for sale. Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 106023

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(Kelmscott Press) Peterson, William S. and Sylvia Holton Peterson THE KELMSCOTT CHAUCER: A CENSUS.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2011 8.5 x 11 inches hardcover, dust jacket 280 pages
When William Morris founded the Kelmscott Press, his celebrated private press, in 1891, one of the books he intended to print was an edition of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer. Because of its size and complexity, The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer did not emerge from the press until June 1896, shortly before Morris's death. Even at the time of publication, there was almost universal recognition that it was the most ambitious and remarkable book produced in the nineteenth century. Morris himself designed the type, initials, and borders. His old friend Sir Edward Burne-Jones created the eighty-seven wood-engraved illustrations, and the book was printed on a hand-press with ink, paper, and vellum made to Morris' exact specifications.

According to Sydney Cockerell, the second Secretary of the Kelmscott Press, Morris printed 425 copies of the Chaucer book on paper and thirteen on vellum. This Census locates and describes as many of those books (which are now scattered all over the world) as possible and reconstructs their complicated history of ownership, supplying a narrative of the fortunes of each known copy that came off the press in 1896. New information about unlocated copies, copies that have been sold by book dealers and auction houses, and the binders who have subsequently rebound many of the copies is also included. Three substantial appendices record the copies sold by Bernard Quaritch (the London bookseller most closely associated with the production of the Chaucer), the mailing list of the Kelmscott Press, and other unpublished contemporary documents.

William S. Peterson (Professor of English Emeritus, University of Maryland) has written extensively about the Kelmscott Press and other aspects of fine printing in Britain and America. He is currently the editor of Printing History, the journal of the American Printing History Association. Sylvia Holton Peterson (Professor of English Emerita, University of the District of Columbia) is a medievalist and the co-author (with Jackson Campbell Boswell) of Chaucer's Fame in England: STC Chauceriana, 1475-1540 (2004).
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 103887

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Mackail, J.W. SOCIALISM AND POLITICS: AN ADDRESS AND A PROGRAMME.
Hammersmith Hammersmith Publishing Society 1903 small 8vo. quarter vellum, paper-covered boards. 37, (3) pages.
First edition. This address, given in Clifford's Inn Hall by invitation of the Metropolitan Council of the Independent Labour Party on February 5, 1902, shows William Morris' influence on MacKail's political ideas. Printed at the Chiswick Press for T.J. Cobden-Sanderson. Covers soiled and corners slightly bumped.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 61801

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Macrobert, T.M. PRINTED BOOKS, A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO FINE TYPOGRAPHY
London Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1971 tall 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 8 pages followed by 46 full-page plates.
Revised edition. Plates show pages by Schoffer, Froben, Tory, Caslon, Bodoni, Fournier, Baskerville, Kelmscott and others.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 4461

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Masefield, John. THANKS BEFORE GOING WITH OTHER GRATITUDE FOR OLD DELIGHT.
London William Heinemann Ltd. (1947) large 12mo. cloth. vi, 216 pages.
First edition. (Handley-Taylor 64) A 22 page chapter on William Morris is an appreciation of his art as Masefield comes to realize "with full acuteness, the loneliness and the heroism of the man and all the greatness of his invention." Foxing along inner gutters.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 58206

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McLean, Ruari MODERN BOOK DESIGN FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO THE PRESENT DAY
London Faber & Faber 1958 (1959 printing) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 116 pages.
Second impression of first edition. Illustrated. An important study. Jacket chipped with small pieces missing. Bookplate of Susan Otis Thompson (which has glue stains).
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 114980

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(Miniature Books) Mackail, M.J. WILLIAM MORRIS
Roswell, Georgia The Hillside Press 1983 miniature book (6 x 5.2 cm) cloth. (vi), vi, 56, (2) pages.
Limited to 275 numbered copies signed by Mrs. Irwin of the Hillside Press; the first production of the press after its move to Georgia (Bradbury, Hillside, 58). With two handpainted devices after Morris on the endpapers. Reprints Mackail's life of Morris as given to the Hammersmith Socialist Society. Illustrated.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 2533

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(Miniature Books) Walsdorf, John J. (editor) PRINTERS ON MORRIS
Beaverton, Oregon Beaverdam Press 1981 miniature book (7.6 x 5.6 cm) leather spine, floral paper covered boards. (36) pages.
Limited to 326 copies of which this is one of the 300 bound thus (Bradbury, Beaverdam, 1). Comments by members of the book world on William Morris arranged in this handsome production. Frontispiece was engraved on wood by Barry Moser. Four page prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 2531

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Morison, Stanley THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS, TWO LECTURES.
Cambridge Harvard University Press 1950 tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 106 pages.
First U.S. edition. Reprints The Typographic Artsand The Art of Printing. (Appleton no.148c). With information on William Morris throughout. Jacket with small chips along edges.
Price: $ 22.50 other currencies Order nr. 4568

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