Hints Pattern Designing by Morris William, First Edition (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. 45 pages. Hardcover bound in grey paper with brown cloth spine. Paper is chipping at the spine. Corners and spine are bumped - spine is starting. Edges of cover are worn and chipped. EX-LIBRARY with spine, flyleaf, title, marks and accession numbers. Hinges are sound and text is clean.

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+.

Original Cloth-Backed Boards. Condition: Good. First Edition. Boards soiled at edges, spine slightly worn and spotted. An address from 1881.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, linen spine, printed boards, 45pp. First Edition. Clean and crisp. A Very Good+ copy.

[2], 45 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition. First edition. [2], 45 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Linen-backed grey paper boards, title printed in black on the upper cover. Spine slightly faded else Near Fine. Morocco bookplate of Julia Parker Wightman.

[2], 45 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition. First edition. [2], 45 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Linen-backed grey paper boards, title printed in black on the upper cover. Covers slightly soiled, upper cover stained, cloth spine a bit rubbed. Bookplate of Frank Elliott Mathewson.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. A lecture delivered by William Morris at the Working Men's College, London on December 10, 1881. The 3rd of six lectures by Morris published in the same format. Description: Pale blue paper over boards, with the title page text reproduced on the upper front cover, cloth spine. Octavo: 21 × 14.5 cm; pp. [2] 45. Printed from 'Golden' type on fine mould-made paper. Inserted: Loosely inserted a printed note from the publisher indicating that the book may not be sold for a discounted price. Ref.: Walsdorf 73 Condition: Minor age toning to covers, a bit of edgewear. Endpapers and pages are clean and bright, pages are unopened, hinges are sound. A very good copy. Notes: In this lecture, Morris discusses pattern designing of various materials and predicts the influence and execution of floral and landscape motifs later found in the works of such people as Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1943) and the Rookwood Pottery Company (1880-1940).

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.

leather_bound. First Editions. 25, 31, 45 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden type designed by William Morris for the Kelmscott Press. These lectures were published after his death in 1896 of tuberculosis. Bright, fresh and very crisp copy. Raised bands, backstrip lettered in gilt, slight nick to backstrip head. Inner dentelles, binding signed 19 GS 03. Full brown calf in pattern design. Aeg. Near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4 volumes, hardbacks, linen spines and original holland-backed paper boards. Each 21 x 15cm. An Address: 25pp, 1898. A near fine unopened copy. Some Hints: 45pp, 1899. A near fine unopened copy. Architecture and History: 50pp, 1900. A very good copy, a few small marks to boards and a mark to upper margin of final leaf and facing free end-paper. Art and its producers: 47pp, 1901. A near fine copy. Lovely bright copies with only the slightest of wear.

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.

FIRST EDITION. 210 x 140 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/2"). 1 p.l., 45 pp. Publisher's linen-backed gray paper boards, printed title on upper cover. LARGELY UNOPENED. Slip with "Lynval Davidson's Book" calligraphed in red and black laid in at front. PMM 367b; LeMire A-94.01. Just a vague hint of soiling, offsetting from turn-ins onto free endpapers, but still quite a fine copy. Printed in the Golden type designed by William Morris for the Kelmscott Press, this book, from an 1881 lecture delivered to the Working Men's College in London, is cited by "Printing and the Mind of Man" for vindicating Morris' claim that "good design should be extended to objects for use as well as objects of art." This copy is from the library of Lynval Davidson (1887-1964), whose notable collection of private press books was sold in two parts by Parke-Bernet in 1969.

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.

First editions, first impressions, an attractive gathering in excellent condition, of these four Chiswick Press fine press publications of William Morris's lectures. Some Hints on Pattern Designing was one of two Morris works included in Printing and the Mind of Man. In the catalogue it is noted that 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 socialise 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 civilised world" (PMM 367). Printing and the Mind of Man 367. Four works, octavo. Original holland boards with cloth spines and blue paper over boards, titles to front boards in black. With parts of the original plain dust jackets laid in at the rear of each vol. Cover of first three titles lightly toned, the fourth almost as new, some staining to board edges of Some Hints on Pattern Designing, all sound and internally clean, generally excellent condition.