New York: (George A. Nelson), 1927. 12mo. parchment-backed boards, paper cover label. (8) pages. Limited to 245 copies printed by Nelson as a Christmas greeting. Spine lightly faded, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about OUTLANDERS, WHENCE COME YE LAST?
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16714
N.P. Tunnel Road Press, 1974. single sheet 4 3/4 x 7 inches. Printed in an edition limited to 200 copies. A reprint of a Morris letter date Nov 20, 1895, to Dear Sir. He writes about the Icelandic Sagas, and the Froissart. From the collection of Sanford L. Berger. READ MORE about REPRINT OF MORRIS LETTER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 58205
London: Gordon Fraser, (1982). 4to. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards, clear printed dust jacket. 116 pages. First edition. A history of the production of this landmark private press book and its 87 illustrations by Burne-Jones. The author has reproduced a number of the preliminary sketches executed by Burne- Jones that are now in the Fitzwilliam Museum and other interesting items (total of 80 plates). The front flap of the jacket is loosely inserted, else it is..... READ MORE about WILLIAM MORRIS, EDWARD BURNE-JONES AND THE KELMSCOTT CHAUCER
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 134953
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1955. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 184 pages. The fourth volume in a series devoted to the book. With sections devoted to those influenced by Morris. Covers a bit age yellowed. READ MORE about WILLIAM MORRIS UND DIE NEUERE BUCHKUNST
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 9753
Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College Library, 1983. 4to. paper wrappers. (8) pages. A fine copy of this exhibition catalogue commemorating the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Morris. READ MORE about A SESQUICENTENARY SALUTE TO WILLIAM MORRIS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137930
London: Chiswick Press, 1899. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 45 pages. First edition. (Printing and the Mind of Man 367). An important address on decoration and the arts. A near fine copy. READ MORE about SOME HINTS ON PATTERN-DESIGNING. A LECTURE DELIVERED AT THE WORKINGMAN'S COLLEGE, LONDON, ON...
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 25684
New York: Dover Publications, (1987). 4to. (vi), 178, (2) pages. Reprint of the second edition of 1894. The first book to be published by the Kelmscott Press and one of its most influential. READ MORE about STORY OF THE GLITTERING PLAIN OR THE LAND OF LIVING MEN, THE 1984 KELM SCOTT EDITION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 33980
New York: The Viking Press, (1967). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, top edge stained red. xvi, 300 pages. First U. S. edition. Nine colored plates and many in black-and-white. Light soiling, else near fine. READ MORE about THE WORK OF WILLIAM MORRIS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 12776
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 1996. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 318 pages with 113 illustrations. Paperback edition. Reprint of the first edition with additional illustrations and new introduction. With his Kelmscott Press and associations with the Arts & Crafts Movement, William Morris helped raise the public's awareness of fine books to new heights. Morris inspired and influenced a generation of other designers and those working in American typography..... READ MORE about AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN AND WILLIAM MORRIS With a new Foreword by Jean-Francois Vilain
Price: $9.95 Order nr. 44931
New York: International Publishers, (1973). tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 401+(1) pages. Third printing. Corner bumped. READ MORE about THREE WORKS BY WILLIAM MORRIS. With an Introduction by A.L. Morton
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 116381
With Twelve Drawings in Crayon by A. Forrestier and other illustrations.
Folcroft, PA: Folcroft Library Editions, 1974. 8vo. maroon library buckram, gilt spine. xi, 68 pages. With Twelve Drawings in Crayon by A. Forrestier and other illustrations. Reprint edition limited to 100 copies, originally published in 1912. A fine copy. Frontispiece portrait of Morris. A scarce book. READ MORE about WILLIAM MORRIS, HIS HOMES AND HAUNTS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 138023
New York: Reinhold Publishing Co., (1967). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 83 pages of text followed by 90 illustrations. First U.S. edition. Many illustrations, including some in color. Some shelfwear. READ MORE about WILLIAM MORRIS AS DESIGNER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 13391
London: Studio Vista, (1979). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 83 pages of text followed by 90 illustrations. Reprint of the 1967 first edition. Many illustrations, including some in color. READ MORE about WILLIAM MORRIS AS DESIGNER
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 64221
(Bath, United Kingdom): Dempsey Parr, (1999). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 256 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Contains tidbit information regarding a variety of Kelmscott Press titles, manuscripts by William Morris, and textiles. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about ESSENTIAL WILLIAM MORRIS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136934
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2020. 6.25 x 9.375 inches. Cloth with dust jacket. 320 pages plus 8 pages of color plates. ""Tasteful, commemorative, and personal- these describe the presentation as well as the substance of the essays collected in this anthology... Peterson's collected Essays on Fine Printing are a fine testament to the craft and the tradition they invoke." - Jessica Terekhov, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, March 2022 "...one is..... READ MORE about MORRIS & COMPANY: ESSAYS ON FINE PRINTING
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 133471
(Harmondsworth): Penguin Books, (1970). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 255+(1) pages. Reprint of the second edition. This exhibit was designed to prove that Morris laid the foundation of the modern style, with Walter Gropius ultimately defining its character. READ MORE about PIONEERS OF MODERN DESIGN
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 115218
Mainz: Eggebrecht-Presse, 1951. small 4to. quarter cloth, boards, dust jacket. 59, (5) pages. Alphabetical listing of 27 famous printers. Each entry has a one-page biographical sketch of the printer followed by a full-page reproduction from a book printed by that printer. Initials by Aldus Manutius and Zainer ("A" and "Z") gilt-stamped on front and back covers respectively. Printed on special paper stock. Dust jacket worn at head of spine, else fine. READ MORE about ABC DER GROSSEN DRUCKER
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 50011
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1986. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. 58, (2) pages. Limited to 450 numbered copies printed on Hahnemuhle mould-made paper of which 400 are for sale. This copy is inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper to the former president of the Rowfant Club, Thomas P. Slavin. An essay on William Morris and the Kelmscott Press paralleling his "typographic decoration and literary elaboration of style he chose for his..... READ MORE about PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MORRIS
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 137960
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, (1975). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 192 pages. Second edition. Contains 193 illustrations including a colored frontispiece. Information on Will Bradley, William Morris and Paul Gauguin with reproductions of their work. READ MORE about ART NOUVEAU, ART AND DESIGN AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 115515
Syracuse, NY: Spare Moments Press, 1962. 8vo. Staplebound paper wrappers. 5, (1) pages. Printed in an edition of 300 copies..."one hundred of which are marked as keepsakes for participants in a quiet evening at the Herity Press on June 26, 1962." Text is from "A Note By William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press..." Hamersmith, London, 1908. READ MORE about NOTE BY WILLIAM MORRIS ON HIS AIMS IN FOUNDING THE KELMSCOTT PRESS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138233
Cambridge: Privately printed, 1973. 4to. quarter leather over decorated paper-covered boards. vii, 36 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies. The Cambridge Christmas book for 1973 contains a two page preface by the printer, Brooke Crutchley. The blue Morocco binding nicely compliments the printed paper covered boards. Includes ephemera. Spine lightly faded and some scuffing to the leather, else near fine. READ MORE about EMERY WALKER, SOME LIGHT ON HIS THEORIES OF PRINTING AND ON HIS RELATIONS WITH WILIAM MORRIS AND...
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 20028
