LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. A beautiful limited edition of 750 copies published to note the centenary of Morris's death. Printed by the Stinehour Press. Bound in rust colored paper covered boards with a Morris design. Cream linen spine with gold title. An enlarged and corrected version, designed and typeset by William Peterson, who also wrote the book's introduction. In addition to The Note with Morris's thoughts on paper, fonts, and book design, there are two sections reprinting Sydney Cockerell's history of the Kelmscott Press and an annotated list of books published by the press. Includes several illustrations. Pristine. 78 pages. MOR/051306.

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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 Book Printed Thereat

Publisher

The Grolier Club, New York

Publication Date

1996

Language

English

ISBN 10

0910672180

ISBN 13

9780910672184

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

LIMITED EDITION.

Condition

New

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William Morris

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A scholarly edition of the final Kelmscott Press book (1898) with much new information about Morris's "typographical adventure." The augmented text records variants from proofs and unpublished manuscripts and incorporates many corrections made later by Sydney C. Cockerell. Issued in conjunction with the centenary exhibition, William Morris: The Collector as Creator, held at the Grolier Club December 11, 1996 to February 15, 1997. Designed by William S. Peterson, and printed at the Stinehour Press in an edition of 750 copies.Quarter white cloth, Morris pattern boards.

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