A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press. Together with a short description of the Press by S.C. Cockerell, & an annotated list of the books printed thereat.

Published by Trustees of the Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith, 1898

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Seller: SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, United KingdomSOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB

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One of 525 copies printed on paper (a further 12 copies were printed on vellum). Wood engraved frontispiece designed by Edward Burne-Jones and engraved by William Morris with a border on the first page of text, 3 ornaments (originally rejected for Love is Enough) and 4 initials (designed for the Froissart Chronicles) by William Morris, engraved by Hooper. Printed in red and black in Golden type on Batchelor hand-made paper. 8vo., original quarter holland (linen backed blue paper covered boards), title printed in black on the upper cover. A superb, fresh copy housed in a contemporary drop-top box of brown morocco, lined with marbled paper, gilt lettering on spine with the title declaring this to be 'Manuscript' (sadly just a printed copy) The final posthumous publication from the Kelmscott Press and what is effectively William Morris's printing manifesto. The bibliography is very interesting as the notes by Cockerell give quite detailed of the history of each book's publication and production. Our copy is the Doheny copy with the green morocco and gilt booklabel on the front pastedown. A typed description from the Pasadena woman bookseller Alice Millard, under the name of George M. Millard Rare and Fine Imported Books is inserted loose and a pencil note at the rear declares this was bought from Millard in May 1934.…

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Title
A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press. Together with a short description of the Press by S.C. Cockerell, & an annotated list of the books printed thereat.
Author
KELMSCOTT PRESS.
Publisher
Trustees of the Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith
Publication year
1898
Binding
Hardcover

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