(Bayberry Hill). Johnson, Ruth & Foster.

A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY TO THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY & KELMSCOTT MANOR.

Meriden, CT: Bayberry Hill, 1968. small 4to. quarter red cloth, with paste on labels to the spine and front cover, and wallpaper-covered boards in the Acorn pattern, designed by William Morris, in black. (iv), 20 (4) pages. Limited to 75 numbered copies constituting Keepsake Number 86 of the Columbiad Club of Connecticut (Johnson,32). An account of a bookman's tour of the great Oxford library, whose continuous history dates from 1602, and a visit to the... READ MORE

Price: $175.00  other currencies  Order nr. 62217

(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. READ MORE

Price: $5.00  other currencies  Order nr. 990

(Bookbinding). Hewitt-Bates, J.S.

BOOKBINDING.

Leicester, England: The Dryad Press, (1967). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 127 pages plus 11 plates. Eighth edition, revised. Foreword by B.J. Fletcher, late Director of Art Education, Birmingham and preface by David W. Billett, the person who revised this edition. Written to assist the teacher of Arts and Crafts in primary, secondary schools and training colleges.jacket chipped with pieces missing at top of spine. Name in ink on front free endpaper. READ MORE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 37364

(Bookbinding). Hewitt-Bates, J.S.

BOOKBINDING.

Leicester, England: The Dryad Press, (1967). 8vo. cloth. xii, 127 pages plus 11 plates. Eighth revised edition. Foreword by B.J. Fletcher, late Director of Art Education, Birmingham. Written to assist the teacher of Arts and Crafts in primary, secondary schools and training colleges. Lacks dust jacket. READ MORE

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131938

(Clinker Press). Morris, William.

SWEET THAMES RUN SOFTLY.

N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (12 1/2 by 10 inches). Broadside with quotation by William Morris and color floral decorations. Signed by Andre Chaves. READ MORE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 132585

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... READ MORE

Price: $49.95  other currencies  Order nr. 70934

De Vinne, Theodore Low.

A TREATISE ON TITLE-PAGES, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS IN FACSIMILE AND SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE EARLY AND RECENT PRINTING OF BOOKS.

New York: The Century Co., 1902. 8vo. cloth, leather spine label, top edge gilt. xx, 485 pages. First edition. (Hart no.15). Hundreds of illustrations. With 14 pages devoted to William Morris and the Kelmscott Press. Wear at top of spine. READ MORE

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 42026

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. Illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones. First edition. "How William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones attempted to make of THE EARTHLY PARADISE A BIG BOOK ...." READ MORE

Price: $12.00  other currencies  Order nr. 2252

Fredeman, William E.

PRE-RAPHAELITISM, A BIBLIOCRITICAL STUDY.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 327 pages. Commentary followed by a bibliography broken down into 100 sections covering sources, bibliographies of individuals, bibliography of the movement and bibliography of illustrations. Specific information on Brown, Burne-Jones, Morris, Rossetti and others. Jacket lacking. Ex-libris with markings. READ MORE

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131311

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... READ MORE

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 58096

(Incline Press). Mitchinson, John.

ON THE VISIONARY WORK AND REVOLUTIONARY LIFE OF AN IDLE IDOL: WILLIAM MORRIS.

(Oldham, England: Incline Press, 2008). 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (ii), 14, (4) pages. Limited to 60 copies, printed for subscribers to the Incline Press. An essay that first appeared in Issu 41 of The Idler. Frontispiece illustration by Edward Burne-Jones from William Morris, "A Dream of John Ball and A King's Lesson" (1888). Facsimile A.L.s. from Morris, and a card with a quotation by Morris, laid in. READ MORE

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131237

(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... READ MORE

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103887

(Lead Graffiti). Tippett, Jane Marguerite.

THE MULTIFACETED MR. MORRIS.

Newark, DE: Lead Graffiti, 2012. 8vo. printed parchment spine with sewn paper-covered boards. 56 pages. Limited edition of 50 signed copies. Entitled The Multifaceted Mr. Morris, this is the catalogue of the William Morris exhibition mounted in the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection at the University of Delaware for the Useful & Beautiful conference held in October 2010. More than 30 books, manuscripts, drawings, and other works were highlighted and the book's introduction tells the story... READ MORE

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 110087