The Defence Of Guenevere and Other Poems

NO DW. Spine on this copy was obviously failed so the spine has been rebacked, not very attractively but very functionally and it is once again a tight copy. 310 numbered pages with many many illustrations. Uncut edges. Top edge gilt.

Bell & Daldy, London, 1858. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition of the author's first book, of which 500 copies were printed at the Chiswick Press. 8vo. viii, 248pp. Re-cased with a new backstrip and endpapers, but retaining the original textured cloth boards. With a title page decoration and different decorative headers introducing each poem. A little wear… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Bell and Daldy,, 1858. The first book of Pre-Raphaelite poetry First edition of the author's first major published work, containing 30 poems, published when Morris was 24 years old, and dedicated to Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Buxton Forman notes that Morris "had what I cannot doubt to have been a genuine misprision of this delightful little book" since he… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1904. [Pre-Raphaelite Poetry] FIRST KING-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 310. With 96 illustrations by King, including a frontispiece, decorated title page, and numerous in-text illustrations and full-page plates. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and boards. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. A lovely crisp, clean copy, with… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Ellis & White, 1883. Undetermined. near fine. 1st reprint Edition. viii;248pp. 12 mo. Original full morocco leather binding with inside dentelles. Raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers with gilt fore-edge. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Textblock exceptionally clean. A beautiful poetry book in a fine binding. near fine This is the… Saber más sobre este artículo

LONDON: ELLIS & WHITE, 1875 Blue cloth boards with printed paper label. 195 x 135 mm approx. viii + 248 pp. Reprinted without alteration from the edition of 1858. Printed by Robert Roberts Boston Lincolshire. VG (Book- Chips to paper title slip which is rather browned. Insect? damage to cloth at tail /front spine fold of 12mm approx. Not affecting… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Lane, the Bodley Head. Fair. 1904. First Thus. Hardcover. Mary Austin's copy with her name inscribed on front pastedown. Illustrated by Jessie M. King. Ex-library copy with labels, card pocket, and stamps from the Santa Fe public library. Signatures are loosening, a bit shaken overall. Red cloth boards with intricate gilt pictorial are soiled and… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Alexander Moring Limited, the de la More Press, 1904 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. lvi, [ii], 255, [1] pages. Part of the King's Poets series. Bound in light blue cloth with vellum spine. The cloth is browned and the spine is very soiled and the gilt lettering is dulled. Some light browning to the page edges throughout..

London: Chatto and Windus, 1907. First edition thus. First edition thus. Gray blind-stamped boards with vellum spine, gilt lettering. 255pp. TEG. Frontispiece illustration comprising a Hollyer autotype Dante Gabriel Rossetti's "King Arthur's Tomb." Superb full-page woodcut design ("The King's Poets) just before title page. Some foxing to prelims, annotated unobtrusively by an owner in pencil. Very good tight copy… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , 1900. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None . A collection of poetry by William Morris, a lovely early printing. A collection of poems by William Morris, popular British author, printer, designer, and more, recognised as one of the most significant cultural figures of Victorian Britain.  An excellent copy of this work… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Reeves and Turner, 1889. Book measures 20x14.cm. viii, 248pp, 30pp catalogue. Bound in original publishers cloth, with paper title label. Cloth lightly rubbed, label faded, private library number on spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, private library stamp and name on free endpaper. Pages in good clean condition. A nice clean copy. . Cloth. Near Very Good.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: The Bodley Head, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Jessie M King. 1st printing. Magnificently illustrated throughout by Jessie M King. Upper cover with fine gilt decoration, spine sun dulled, TEG. 2 edges untrimmed. Internally fine.

London: Bell and Dalby, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The author's first major published work, which was largely self-funded by Morris (1834-96) who dedicated the work to his friend, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The poems that make up the collection, many of which are dramatic monologues, fall into three groups. The first group consists of four poems of… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1904. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". Jessie M. King. A nice copy of these mythological poems by William Morris, this new edition beautifully illustrated by Jessie M. King. A collection of the dark poetry of William Morris, set in a sombre world of violence, many of which are written in… Saber más sobre este artículo

Ellis & White, 1875. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1875. Reprinted. 248 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with black lettering. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Binding is loose, though pages remain attached. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Front hinge is cracked, causing boards to be loose. Water staining to front pastedown and… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Ellis & White, 1875. viii, 248 pp., original green cloth, spine slightly frayed, else very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Edinburgh and London: Valde Books - Printed By Ballantyne, Hansen & Co., 2009. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. 150 Pages. This present Edition is a 2009 Valde Books reprint. Previously published was the 1858 First Edition, The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems (30 all told) London: Bell and Daldy. The 1875 Revised Edition, London Ellis… Saber más sobre este artículo

Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1908, part of and uniform with 'The Poetical Works',. Good. 1908. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, viii,248pp, owner's gift inscription on endpaper, slight foxing throughout, otherwise clean and sound, black cloth, spine title label browned, Good condition / no dustwrapper .

Ellis & White, London, 1875. Hardcover. Very Good. Half bound in dark green leather over marbled boards. 5 raised bands on spine, gilt stamped lettering; all page edges stained red. Leather corners, spine joints and ends all professionally refurbished. Volume is edge rubbed and the spine gilt is a bit faded. The interior is in… Saber más sobre este artículo

ValdeBooks, 2009. paperback. gebraucht, sehr gut leichte Gebrauchsspuren / minor wear. 22,86 x 15,24 x 0,91.