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
de Morris, William (1834–1896); Cockerell, S.C
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1898. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 8 1/4" × 5 5/8" × 7/16" (21 × 14.3 × 1.1 cm) . Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First Printing. Illustrated by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Printed by William Morris and sold by the Trustees of the late William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 525 [at ten shillings] paper copies (plus 12 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the second version of the Primrose watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). [iv] + 70 + [1, colophon] + [1, blank] pp. Printed in black and red throughout with the Golden type designed by Morris for his press, with 5 pages in the Troy and Chaucer types he designed. Head-title and shoulder-notes in red. The frontispiece, "Psyche Borne off by Zephyrus," designed by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, was engraved by Morris for a projected edition of THE EARTHLY PARADISE in the 1860s and was "touched up" by Robert Catterson-Smith. Rejected ornaments for LOVE IS ENOUGH. Woodcut borders (4a and 4) to frontispiece and first page of text. One 6-line woodblock initial capital also designed by Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper, plus four large, 20-line woodcut initials (designed for the Froissart, but never used).This was the last book printed at the Kelmscott Press. It was finished at No. XIV Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the County of London, on the fourth day of March, MDCCCXCVIlI. [Clark Library, Kelmscott and Doves, pp. 62–63. Peterson A53. Ransom, Private Presses, p. 331, no. 53. Sparling 53. Tomkinson, pp. 121–124, no. 53.] Errata slip laid in. Near fine condition. Mild fraying to small areas of the spine. Two corners slightly bumped. Small leather ex libris (of a prominent South African) at the top inner side of the front pastedown with some offsetting from this to a few adjacent blank pages. Otherwise internally very clean. No marks. No foxing. Condition overall: Near Fine.
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- Librería
- MRM Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1037
- Título
- A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press
- Autor
- Morris, William (1834–1896); Cockerell, S.C
- Ilustrador
- Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Limited First Edition
- Editorial
- Kelmscott Press
- Lugar de publicación
- London/Hammersmith
- Fecha de publicación
- 1898
- Tamaño
- 8 1/4" × 5 5/8" × 7/16" (21 ×
- Palabras clave
- William Morris, collectable, Kelmscott Press, First Edition, Fine Press, rare, Private Press, colophon
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fine Press; First Editions; Kelmscott Press Editions; Morris and Kelmscott Press Reference;
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- Colophon
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- Fine
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...