Hints Pattern Designing Lecture Delivered by Morris William (8 results)

hardcover. Condition: near fine. First Edition. "Printed at the Chiswick Press with the golden type designed by William Morris for the Kelscott Press, and finished on the fourth day pf October, 1899." Octavo (approx. 5 3/4"wide by 8 3/8" tall), cloth spine over light blue boards. 45 pages. No names or marks in book. The boards have browned somewhat, else in near fine condition. Printing, Art and Design. 091625A.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed by Chiswick Press. Bound in publisher's original quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with blue linen spine and black titles to cover. Printed on fine, handmade, heavy paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [iv], 45, [iv] pp.  Part of a William Morris series comprising five octavo books printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden type designed by Morris for his Kelmscott Press, 1898-1901. "Lecture III: Some Hints on Pattern-Designing," was delivered by Morris at the Working Men's College, London, on December 10, 1881. The book was finished on the fourth day of October, 1899. An important essay which "summarizes succinctly views which would apply equally well to any branch of applied art." As Walter Crane wrote of Morris's far-reaching aesthetic philosophy, "if it has not turned all British craftsmen into artists or all British artists into craftsmen, it has done not little to expand and socialize the idea of art, and (perhaps it is not too much to say) has made the tasteful English house with its furniture and decorations a model for the civilized world." [PMM 367.]  Two small stains to front cover. Condition overall: Good+.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Bound in tan paper-covered boards, darker tan cloth spine, clean and unmarked, page edges uncut and unopened, 45 pages, very light age toning to edges of covers; Printed by Chiswick Press in Golden type designed by William Morris for the Kelmscott Press.

Chiswick Press (illustrator). 8vo. original quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. (ii), 45+(1) pages. First edition. (Printing and the Mind of Man 367). Minor soiling to boards, minor wear to spine ends, else a near fine copy. The third in a series of lectures delivered by the author at the Working Men's College in London. original quarter cloth, paper-covered boards.

cloth-backed boards. 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.

First Edition. Number three in a series covering his lectures on art and design. Printed on fine, hand-made, heavy paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [iv], 45, [iv] pp. Laid in is an announcement on the production of the lectures by the Chiswick Press. Some marks to covers otherwise VG.

boards covers, very good pages uncut.

First edition of this essay that "summarizes succinctly views which would apply equally well to any branch of applied art" (PMM). It builds on the ideas that Morris expounded in his famous 1877 lecture, "The Decorative Arts", including his emphasis on functionalism and simplicity along with the use of natural materials and organic forms. Printing and the Mind of Man 367b. Octavo. Text printed with the Golden Type designed for the Kelmscott Press. Original grey boards, blue cloth spine, front cover lettered in black. Spine lightly faded, a touch of wear to corners, foxing to boards and edges: a very good copy.