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News from nowhere : or, An epoch of rest : being some chapters from a Utopian romance / William Morris
de Morris, William (1834-1896)
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London : The Folio Society, 2015. First Folio Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in full leather with an elaborate gilt-blocked design by Neil Gower, in an equally fine slipcase. The classic Folio Society design. An exceptional example; corners sharp with a tight, bright and clean impression. All edges gilt. Literally as new. Physical description; 305 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm. Notes; ""This edition of News from nowhere has been reproduced from a copy of the Kelmscott Press edition by kind permission of the William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow ... It has been published in 2015 by The Folio Society""--title-page verso. Subjects; Utopias. Utopias in literature. utopian literature. Morris, William, 1834-1896. Social sciences Utopias.
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News from Nowhere (1890) is a classic work combining utopian socialism and soft science fiction written by the artist, designer and socialist pioneer William Morris. In the book, the narrator, William Guest, falls asleep after returning from a meeting of the Socialist League and awakes to find himself in a future society based on common ownership and democratic control of the means of production.
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- News from nowhere : or, An epoch of rest : being some chapters from a Utopian romance / William Morris
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- Morris, William (1834-1896)
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- First Folio Edition
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- London : The Folio Society
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- 2015
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