The Collected Works of William Morris

A limited edition illustrated set of the collected works of eminent literary and artistic figure, William Morris. Twenty-one volumes of a twenty-four volume set, lacking volumes one, twenty-three, and twenty-four. A limited edition of one thousand and fifty copies, of which one thousand were for sale. This set is numbered seven hundred and forty-three. The collected works of William Morris, an English textile designer, poet, artist, writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement. Morris was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production, and his literary contributions helped to establish the modern fantasy genre. As such, he is recognised as one of the most significant cultural figures of Victorian Britain. Edited by his daughter, Mary "May" Morris, an English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor. This set contains: Volume II, 'The Life and Death of Jason'. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and one plate. Volumes III, IV, V, and VI, 'The Earthly Paradise'. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume, as well as two plates IV, one folding plates and two plates to Volume V, and one plate to Volume VI. Volume VII, 'The Story of Grettier the Strong, the Story of the Volsungs, and Niblungs'. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and one folding map. Volume VIII, 'Journals of Travel in Iceland 1871-1873'. Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and three plates. Volume IX, 'Love is Enough, Poems By the Way'. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and two plates. Volume X, 'Three Northern Love Stories, The Tales of Beowulf'. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and one plate. Volume XI, 'The Aeneids of Virgil'. Illustrated with a frontispiece, one colour plate, and one plate. Volume XII, 'The Story of Sigurd the Volsung, and the Fall of the Niblungs'. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Volume XIII, 'The Odyssey of Homer Done into English Verse'. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Volume XIV, 'The House of the Wolfings, The Story of the Glittering Plain'. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and one plate. Volume XV, 'The Roots of the Mountains'. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and three plates. Volume XVI, 'News From Nowhere, A Dream of John Ball, A King's Lesson'. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and one plate. Volume XVII, 'The Wood Beyond the World, Child Christopher, Old French Romances'. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and one plate. Volumes XVIII and XIX, 'The Well at the World's End'. Both volumes illustrated with a frontispiece, in addition to one plate to Volume XVIII and two plates to Volume XIX. Volume XX, 'The Water of the Wondrous Isles'. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and two plates. Volume XXI, 'The Sundering Flood, Unfinished Romances'. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and two plates. Volume XXII, 'Hopes and Fears For Art, Lectures on Art and Industry'. Illustrated with one folding plate. Collated complete. In the original quarter cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Light loss to the spine labels from chipping with almost complete loss to the spine label of volume XX. A crease to the rear board of volume II. Front hinge just starting but firm to volume XXI. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. The odd small pencil annotation. Light age toning to the extremities. Good.…